Coomcallee

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coomcallee, from 3,579 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres) to 5,959,952 m² (596 ha, 1,472.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 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 Coomcallee 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 Coomcallee 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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE073-021 Hut site
  Description

  At the head of the Gaddagh river valley between loughs Grouragh and Callee, in level mountain terrain. The ruined remains of a circular drystone hut. D: 3.1m. H: .4m. T: .7m. 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. 1214. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-047 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  A cairn of dubious antiquity is located on the summit of Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland. Measuring 6m x 5m in overall dimensions, it is composed of loose, flat slabs, gathered from the scree on the mountain summit. The site was once described as a pile of stones (Hayward 1945, 83), but has since been modified for use as a climbers' shelter. Two other shelters occur on the summit. A large iron cross was erected N of the cairn in 1950. 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. 383. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE073-048 Hut site
  Description

  At the head of the Hag's Glen on the SE side of Carrauntoohil, at the base of the Devil's Ladder. The foundations of a roughly circular hut KE073-048----, one to two courses high. The upper courses have been rebuilt. D: 2m x 1.8m. H: .3m. T: .8m. Immediately downslope, to NE, the ruined foundations of a circular hut. Collapse on downslope side. D: 1.8m x 1.65m. T: .8m. 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. 1215. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-048001 Hut site
  Description

  At the head of the Hag's Glen on the SE side of Carrauntoohil, at the base of the Devil's Ladder. The foundations of a roughly circular hut KE073-048----, one to two courses high. The upper courses have been rebuilt. D: 2m x 1.8m. H: .3m. T: .8m. Immediately downslope, to NE, the ruined foundations of a circular hut KE073-048001-. Collapse on downslope side. D: 1.8m x 1.65m. T: .8m. 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. 1215. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-049 Hut site
  Description

  At the NW end of a saddle ridge, on the SE side of Carrauntoohil. A square hut of rough construction; its upper courses have been rebuilt. D: 2m. 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. 1216. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-052001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on the E bank of the Gaddagh River on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. A roughly D-shaped area (4.6m E-W) defined by a linear scarp (L 4m N-S; H c. 2m) at E and by a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.9m; H 1.45m) S-N. The entrance (Wth 0.9m) is at NE. A hut site (KE073-052002-) lies c. 25m to the SE. 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

• KE073-052002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on the E bank of the Gaddagh River on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a rectangular hut site (2.2m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by the roughly constructed lower courses of a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.55m; H 0.6m). The level interior is obscured by rubble. An enclosure (KE073-052001-) is c. 25m to the NW and another hut site (KE073-052003-) is c. 15m to the SW. 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

• KE073-052003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on the E bank of the Gaddagh River on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a rectangular hut site (2.7m N-S; 2.2m E-W) defined by the lower courses of a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.9m). Rubble is scattered along the perimeter and it obscures the entrance at S. The remains of a small rectangular annexe (2.2m E-W; 0.5m N-S) at N are in a jumbled state. Another hut site (KE073-052002-) is c. 15m to the NE. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 the townland of Coomcallee.

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 Coomcallee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Coomcallee · Com Caillí

Area

6,232,963 m² (623.3 ha, 1,540.2 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Curraghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Curraghmore electoral division: 382 people in 134 households; 90% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Breanlee, Capparoe, Cloghernoosh, Coolroe, Curragh More, Lisleibane, Lyreboy, Meallis

Placenames

Coomcallee 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.