Cahernageeha

Area

670,312 m² (67.03 ha, 165.64 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it, 385 m² on the ground

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Cahernageeha

Planning applications on this parcel

• 13 Mar 2023Conditional

  RENISTATE A DAMAGED SECTION OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL SEPARATING THE WETLANDS AND DERRYNANE ESTUARY AT DERRYNANE HOUSE CAHERDAINEL CO. KERRY. A NATURAL IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROPOSE MEASURES TO MITIGATE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF THE SITE. THE NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23268

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  iNVALID APPICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23183

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Kenmare River SAC 002158
• Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA 004154
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Darrynane Bay Islands And Marsh, Lamb's Head 001346

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 6 recorded monuments.

• KE106-053 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 21m N-S, 27m E-W This considerably disturbed caher is located in forestry on the top of a natural rise which is bounded on its E side by a small river. It appears to have been seriously interfered with since the mid-nineteenth century, when it was shown on the first edition of the OS map as a circular univallate enclosure. It is not marked on the second edition map. The S sector of the caher wall is built on an outcrop of rock and rises 1m on average above external ground level. The wall has mostly collapsed outwards, but stretches of the inner and outer basal facing, comprising lines of upright slabs, survive along its circuit. The wall width indicated by the present remains is only 1.2m. No definite evidence for an entrance is apparent. The interior of the caher is heavily overgrown. Abutting the inner face of the enclosing wall at SE is a semicircular area outlined by a band of stone collapse. The area measures 6.25m N-S x 5.9m E-W, and the average width of the stony band is 1.2m. The entire NW quadrant of the site is artificially raised .9m above the level of the remainder. Close to the S edge of its upper surface is a row of .5m high slabs, set on edge, which delineates an L-shaped area measuring 3.4m N-S x 2.75m E-W. The purpose of this feature is unclear. A substantial though crudely built wall is located 2.5m outside the caher's enclosing element at W. This is 13m long, 1.25m high and 2.8m wide. At its S end are the collapsed foundations of a small circular structure (KE106-053001-), 1.6m in internal diameter. It is not clear if these remains are contemporary with the caher. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 574. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-053001 Hut site
  Description

  At its S end are the collapsed foundations of a small circular structure (KE106-053001-), 1.6m in internal diameter. It is not clear if these remains are contemporary with the caher. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 574. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-074 Country house
  Description

  In woodland near N shore of Derrynane Bay. Derrynane House was the home of Daniel O'Connell. The oldest part of the house, built in 1702, was demolished in 1967 for safety reasons during the restoration work. Daniel O'Connell built the two-storey south wing facing the sea and the crenellated library wing to the east in 1825, the oldest surviving part of the house. The chapel was added in 1844 and was modelled on the ruined monastery chapel of Ahamore Abbey on nearby Abbey Island (KE106-077----). From then on Derrynane House was also known as Derrynane Abbey. It is not an abbey in the true sense of the word. By 1964 the two-storey building was in a poor structural condition and was transferred to the Commissioners of Public Works. Restoration work was completed in 1967, when the house was officially opened to the public as a museum by President De Valera. Derrynane House and 300 acres of adjoining land now make up Derynane National Historic Park, under the management of the national Monuments and Historic Properties Service of Dúchas. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE106-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Doonbreen/Dun Braoin(?): This site is referred to locally as 'Altar Hill', a place where Mass was celebrated in Penal Times (Ó Cíobháin 1984a, 63). It is a steep-sided, rocky knoll with a flat upper surface of roughly circular outline and is located on the N shore of Darrynane Bay. The OSRNB refer to the 'remains of an old fort . . . about 3 chains E of Altar Hill'. There is, however, no indication of a monument at this location now. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 666. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-113 Ogham stone (present location)
  Description

  National Monument No. 346. This ogham stone lay partly buried on Darrynane strand (see KE106-114----) prior to being erected in its present position by the OPW in the 1940s. Of sandstone grit, it now stands 2.1m high and measures .5m x .36m at base. The severely eroded inscription runs up the sinister and down the dexter angles and was read by Macalister (1945, 214-5, no. 220) as: ANM LLATIGNI MAQ M[I]N[E]RC M[UCOI] Q[...]CI. Only three scores of Macalister's double L are apparent, and the first I and G are poorly preserved. The following N and I are not visible, while only the Q in the following word is apparent. The I, N and E of the third word are not visible and only the terminals of the scores representing R survive. None of the inscription recorded by Macalister on the stone's dexter angle is now apparent. (O’Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 913) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=220 Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 27 February 2017 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1931).

• KE106-122 Souterrain
  Description

  A stone-built souterrain passage, aligned N-S, was reputedly discovered at this location in the woods surrounding Darrynane House (local information). It was blocked up in 1990, and now lies beneath a trackway. A second souterrain (KE106-136----) is reputed to lie W of the Lodge House in the woods, but its exact location could not be identified. Neither site is marked on the OS maps. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 870. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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