# Carks, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tuosist, barony of Glanarought, Co. Kerry; in Irish Na Cearca.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,821,375 m² (182.14 ha, 450.07 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,059 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tuosist, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/tuosist.md
- Barony: Glanarought
- Electoral division: Dawros, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 611 people lived in 226 households in the Dawros electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22914
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70599
- Centre: latitude 51.833786, longitude -9.645655 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carks, from 2,123 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 1,309,155 m² (130.92 ha, 323.5 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1148370: 1,309,155 m² (130.92 ha, 323.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148370.md
- Parcel 4354705: 444,411 m² (44.44 ha, 109.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4354705.md
- Parcel 1208720: 29,983 m² (3 ha, 7.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208720.md
- Parcel 1225901: 17,458 m² (1.75 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225901.md
- Parcel 2677687: 5,059 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677687.md
- Parcel 2677680: 4,979 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677680.md
- Parcel 1197106: 4,874 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197106.md
- Parcel 1189393: 3,340 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189393.md
- Parcel 1201977: 2,123 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201977.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Carks in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carks.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE101-038: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-038----. In rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope, commanding excellent views to the Dromoghty River valley and Lake and Kenmare Bay. B. Ó Ciobháin recorded the placename 'carn beag', or little cairn in this townland (SMR file). This cairn is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE101-048: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-048----. In rough pasture, on the spine of a ridge on a hilltop commanding extensive views in all directions. An oval cairn (18.5m N-S; 12m E-W; H 4.5m) straddles an E-W outcropping rock and stones from it have tumbled downslope on both the N and S sides. Short sections of stone slabs, set contiguously on the N side, possibly outline the original extent of the cairn. Stones from the cairn have been used to construct two smaller modern cairns (H 1.8m) on top of the outcropping rock. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE101-093001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-093001-. In rough hill pasture, on a N-facing slope, sheltered by a rocky scarp to the N. A circular area (5.2m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.5m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. Loose stones are scattered around the enclosure externally. There is another enclosure (KE101-093002-) c. 20m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE101-093002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-093002-. In rough hill pasture, on a N-facing slope, sheltered by a rocky scarp to the N. A circular area (diam. 5m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.55m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. A boulder is incorporated into the wall along the NW arc. There is another enclosure (KE101-093001-) c. 20m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE101-094: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-094----. In pasture, on a N-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Reen River. A semicircular area (c. 12m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (Wth 2.9m; H 1.15m) of earth and stone SW-NE and by a linear stone field boundary at SE (L 20m). Traces of a low bank are evident on top of the scarp N-NE. Faint intermittent traces of the scarp continue on the SE side of the linear field boundary and indicate that the rath was originally circular. The remains of cultivation ridges are visible in the level interior. The field in which the rath is situated is known locally as the 'field of the fort'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE101-095: Mass-house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE101-095----. In rough pasture, in a sheltered hollow. The remains of a rectangular structure (13.7m E-W; 3.8m N-S) of drystone-built walls (T 1m; H 1.3m), covered by dense overgrowth. A pile of rubble at the E end may be the remains of a collapsed gable. The interior is divided into two compartments by a cross wall (T 0.9m): the larger room (8.8m E-W) is at the E end and has a door (Wth 0.8m) in the W end of its N wall; the smaller room (4m E-W) is at the W end. According to local information, this structure was used as a mass-house during 'Penal Times'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carks.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Carks, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carks.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carks.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carks.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carks.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Carks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cooryeen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cooryeen.md
- Dawros: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dawros.md
- Derreenacallaha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derreenacallaha.md
- Derreengarrinshagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derreengarrinshagh.md
- Dromroe: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromroe-71202.md
- Feorus East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/feorus-east.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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