Commons of Dingle
Townland in the civil parish of Dingle, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Coimín an Daingin
- Area
- 347.5 ha
- 859 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 2,202 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons of Dingle, from 15 m² to 126,993 m² (12.7 ha, 31.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Oct 2023Conditional
full planning permission to construct a dwelling house served by proprietary wastewater treatment system with all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360233
3 Oct 2023N/a
full planning permission to construct a dwelling house served by proprietary wastewater treatment system with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360206
27 Jul 2023Conditional
(A) RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED DWELLING HOUSE FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG NO. 91/1451, AND (B) RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23852
15 Oct 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL FARM ENTRANCE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211172
26 Apr 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING CARRYING OUT ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18383
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Mount Brandon SAC 000375
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mount Brandon 000375
Recorded monuments
- KE043-091 Hut site
Description
On W slopes of Ballysitteragh/Beennabrack mountain. A pair of conjoined circular drystone huts, with entrances at S but no communicating passage. Both huts have a low lintelled opening in their N walls, suitable only for small animals. D: 3.14m and 2.47m. H: 1.19m and .97m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1189. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-091001 Hut site
Description
On W slopes of Ballysitteragh/Beennabrack mountain. A pair of conjoined circular drystone huts, with entrances at S but no communicating passage. Both huts have a low lintelled opening in their N walls, suitable only for small animals. D: 3.14m and 2.47m. H: 1.19m and .97m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1189. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-094 Hut site
Description
A settlement complex occupying an area 130m E-W x c. 40m N-S, in the upper reaches of the Ballyheabought river valley. Only 2 of the 6 structures in the complex seem large enough for human habitation, the remainder being possibly outhouses or animal shelters. Also within the complex are some disused field walls and a single completely enclosed field. The 2 huts are of drystone construction, one oval (KE043-094001-), the other circular (KE043-094----). (1) D: 3.3 to 3.75m. H: .8m. T: 1.25 to 1.6m. (2) Considerably modified. D: 4m. H: 1.2m. T: 1.5 to 1.8m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1190. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-094001 Hut site
Description
A settlement complex occupying an area 130m E-W x c. 40m N-S, in the upper reaches of the Ballyheabought river valley. Only 2 of the 6 structures in the complex seem large enough for human habitation, the remainder being possibly outhouses or animal shelters. Also within the complex are some disused field walls and a single completely enclosed field. The 2 huts are of drystone construction, one oval (KE043-094001-), the other circular (KE043-094----). (1) D: 3.3 to 3.75m. H: .8m. T: 1.25 to 1.6m. (2) Considerably modified. D: 4m. H: 1.2m. T: 1.5 to 1.8m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1190. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-151 Hut site
Description
On W slopes of Ballysitteragh/Beennabrack mountain, about 35m E of the Ballyheabought river. A circular drystone hut. D: 2.8m. H: 1.5m. T: .81 to 1.23m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1191. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-152 Hut site
Description
In rough mountain pasture on W slopes of Ballysitteragh/Beennabrack mountain. A circular corbelled drystone hut. D: 3.78m. H: 1.63m. T: 1.1 to 1.41m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1188. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-153 Hut site
Description
In rough mountain pasture on S side of Ballyheabought river. A circular drystone hut of slightly corbelled construction. D: 3.3m. H: 1.8m. T: .85 to 1.3m. A lintelled recess, now blocked, probably communicated with a conjoined hut at SE, the latter now reduced to a stone-faced mound of stones with a slightly depressed centre. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1187. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-153001 Hut site
Description
In rough mountain pasture on S side of Ballyheabought river. A conjoined hut at SE, the latter now reduced to a stone-faced mound of stones with a slightly depressed centre. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1187. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-154 Hut site
Description
On the W slopes of the ridge forming the S side of the Ballyheabought river valley. A circular hut of corbelled drystone construction. D: 4.15m. H: 1.96m. T: 2 to 2.25m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1186. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-159 Hut site
Description
On a boulder-strewn terrace on the S slopes of Ballysitteragh mountain. Very ruinous remains of a roughly circular drystone hut. D: 2.8 to 3.2m. H: .95m. T: c. 1.25m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1192. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-219 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Knocknahoran/Cnoc an Chairn is said to derive its name from a cairn of stones which formerly crowned its summit (An Seabhac 1939, 18; McKenna 1979, 6). There is no trace of this now. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 233. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons of Dingle.
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, landslides, flooding
- 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_15 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Commons of Dingle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Commons of Dingle · Coimín an Daingin
- Area
- 3,474,945 m² (347.49 ha, 858.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dingle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Glinn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glinn electoral division: 1,806 people in 654 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinasig, Ballybowler North, Ballyheabought, Ballynabooly, Coumbowler, Cullenagh, Farranflaherty, Killelane, Mullaghveal
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Commons of Dingle 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.