Cleedagh

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cleedagh, from 928 m² to 122,193 m² (12.22 ha, 30.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

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

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE058-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a NE-facing slope, overlooking the Gweestin River to the N. A roughly circular area (c. 30m N-S) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.25m) E-SW, by a field boundary which is incorporated into the bank SW-NW and by a recently constructed E-W lane which truncates the N sector. The remains of an old E-W lane crosses the interior to the N of the centre, overlying the bank along the NW-NNW and NE-E arcs. This lane was originally defined by two earthen banks but the bank on the S side has been levelled except for the E and W extremities. There is a possible entrance at ESE. The N half of the interior is raised to compensate for the downslope. The interior to the N of the disused lane is strewn with large stones and debris. A souterrain (KE058-050001-) is associated with this rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-050001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE058-050----). There are no visible remains of this souterrain. A lane crosses the N half of the rath on an E-W axis and a waterlogged area on this lane may mark its location. It was recorded in the 1840s that a 'cavern...was discovered in 1832 by labourers who were sinking a small lane or carway which runs through the centre of the Fort' (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 3, 23). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a low hill. A circular area (c. 32m N-S) defined by the remains of two earthen banks, an intervening fosse and a possible outer fosse. The inner bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m) is covered with overgrowth and appears to be stone-faced internally. A stone wall (H c. 1m) is built on top of it WSW-NW. The intervening fosse (Wth 2.65m at the base) is covered with overgrowth in places. The outer bank (Wth 2.95m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.2m) is covered with overgrowth and stone-faced externally. A possible outer fosse (Wth c. 2.5m; D 0.3m), which has been infilled in places, is evident S-SW. The interior is level and covered with overgrowth. There is an opening into a souterrain (KE058-076001-) in the NW quadrant. An entrance occurs in both banks at E. This rath was recorded as 'Cliddagh Fort' in the 1840s when it was described as being in the boundary at the S end of Cleedagh townland (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 2, 8). It was mentioned in the 1940s as 'a great earthen Fort, with two rings' (ITA). Another rath (KE058-073----) is c. 40m to the WSW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-076001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE058-076----). A portion of a stone-lined and lintelled passage (on a NW-SE axis) is visible through an opening in the NW quadrant of the rath. The souterrain was recorded in the 1940s as a '4ft [1.22m] opening to very extensive underground chambers, propped up by large stone slabs, and some masonry work' (ITA). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-346 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved, lush pasture, on a NW-facing slope. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a small enclosure (one of three). Low profile circular area (diam. c. 8m) defined by scarp (Wth 1.25m; H 0.1m) NW->E->SW. Scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m) is less defined on the downslope to N. The monument is traceable in this area as a very low rise which is truncated to W by a field boundary (long axis NW-SE) and tertiary road. The remains of a levelled field boundary (long axis ENE-WSW) are to E; This corresponds to boundary depicted upon OS historic mapping. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 12 January 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cleedagh.

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.

No address of the register names Cleedagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Cleedagh

Area

243,612 m² (24.36 ha, 60.2 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Kilcummin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcummin electoral division: 2,348 people in 773 households; 86% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dooneen, Glebe, Knockacullig South, Knockalibade, Knockataggle Beg

Placenames

Cleedagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.