Deelis
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Glanarought, Co. Kerry; in Irish Duílios
- Area
- 93 ha
- 230 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 923,520 m² (92.35 ha, 228.21 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Deelis, from 923,520 m² (92.35 ha, 228.21 acres) to 923,520 m² (92.35 ha, 228.21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Deelis 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Deelis 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Deelis.
Recorded monuments
- KE102-036 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on top of a hillock, on the lower N-facing slopes of Deelis Mountain. A level circular area (diam. c. 33m) defined by a bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) of earth and stone WNW-ENE and by a damaged and eroding scarp (H 1m) ENE-WNW. An external fosse (Wth 1.3m; D 0.3m) is evident W-ENE. There is a possible causeway entrance (Wth 3m) at NE. There is a souterrain (KE102-036001-) in the S quadrant. 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
- KE102-036001 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (KE102-036----). A collapsed narrow opening at the base of an oval depression (2.6m N-S; 1.6m E-W; D 0.8m) in the S quadrant of the rath reveals an underground passage extending to the N, with roof lintels resting on stone side-walls. 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
- KE102-037 Hut site
Description
In rough pasture, on the NW-facing rocky slopes of Deelis Mountain. The remains of a rectangular hut site (2m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.65m) at E, S and W, and by the vertical face of outcropping rock at N. A well-defined entrance (Wth 0.9m) is situated at the S end of the E wall. There is a hut site (KE102-037001-) c. 8m to the E and two other hut sites (KE102-037002-, KE102-037003-) are c. 50m to the NW. 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
- KE102-037001 Hut site
Description
In rough pasture, on the NW-facing rocky slopes of Deelis Mountain. The remains of a roughly rectangular hut site (2.55m NW-SE; 1.6m NE-SW) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.2m) at SW, NW and SE, and by the sloping face of outcropping rock at NE. A boulder is incorporated into the wall at SE. A break at NW may indicate an entrance. There is another hut site (KE102-037----) c. 8m to the W and two other hut sites (KE102-037002, KE012-037003-) are c. 50m to the NW. 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
- KE102-037002 Hut site
Description
In rough pasture, on the NW-facing rocky slopes of Deelis Mountain. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.3m NE-SW; 1.7m NW-SE) defined by a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 1.35m) at NE, NW and SW, and by the vertical face of outcropping rock at SE. A partially collapsed entrance (Wth 0.5m) is located at NW. There is a hut site (KE102-037003-) c. 6m to the NE and two other hut sites (KE102-037----, KE102-037001-) are c. 50m 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
- KE102-037003 Hut site
Description
In rough pasture, on the NW-facing rocky slopes of Deelis Mountain. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.25m NE-SW; 1.4m NW-SE) enclosed by a partially grass-covered, collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.8m) at NE, NW and SW, and by the vertical face of outcropping rock at SE. There is an entrance (Wth 0.65m) at the NW corner. Rubble is spilling downslope to the NW. There is a hut site (KE102-037002-) c. 6m to the SW and two other hut sites (KE102-037----, KE102-037001-) are c. 50m 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Deelis.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Deelis.
- 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 Deelis with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Deelis · Duílios
- Area
- 930,486 m² (93.05 ha, 229.93 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glanarought
- Electoral division
- Banawn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Banawn electoral division: 267 people in 93 households; 89% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Deelis 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.