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

Townland in the civil parish of Tuosist, barony of Glanarought, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Drom Bán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 928,734 m² (92.87 ha, 229.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 112,768 m² (11.28 ha, 27.87 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/22931
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71146
- Centre: latitude 51.825485, longitude -9.606427 (WGS 84)

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

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drombane, from 362 m² to 219,512 m² (21.95 ha, 54.24 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1201986: 219,512 m² (21.95 ha, 54.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201986.md
- Parcel 1225910: 204,474 m² (20.45 ha, 50.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225910.md
- Parcel 1241018: 193,509 m² (19.35 ha, 47.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241018.md
- Parcel 1143791: 165,097 m² (16.51 ha, 40.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143791.md
- Parcel 1192986: 112,768 m² (11.28 ha, 27.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1192986.md
- Parcel 1220188: 6,285 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220188.md
- Parcel 1230008: 4,608 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1230008.md
- Parcel 3013177: 4,162 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013177.md
- Parcel 5995719: 362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5995719.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drombane 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 Drombane 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 Drombane.

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

- KE102-019001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE102-019001-. In the SE half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (KE102-019003-). This church is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1844 OS 6-inch map as 'Drombane Church (in ruins)' and on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as 'Drombane Church (site of)'. 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
- KE102-019002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE102-019002-. In an ecclesiastical enclosure (KE102-019003-). Numerous low uninscribed grave-markers, orientated N-S, are evident in the NW half of the ecclesiastical enclosure. Some graves are evident as low grass-covered mounds. According to Dennehy (1997, 158), the majority of the grave-markers contain veins of quartz. Dennehy (ibid.) also noted an 'unusual box-like construction of boulders' in the NE quadrant of the burial ground. The area was last used as a burial ground for unbaptised infants one hundred years ago (ibid.). A souterrain (KE102-019004-) occurs within the burial ground and there is a church site (KE102-019001-) in the SE half of the ecclesiastical enclosure. 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
- KE102-019003: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE102-019003-. In pasture, on a hillock with commanding views in all directions over the valley of the Dromoghty River. An elevated roughly oval area (46m E-W; 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.1m) SWW and NNWN and elsewhere by a scarp (H 1.7m). The scarp is faced EW with a stone wall which appears to be of recent construction. A distinct inward curve in the scarp at SW suggests that part of this area may have been damaged or removed. Field-clearance rubble is piled against the scarp face WNNW and NSW. This rubble also spills into the interior at irregular intervals. A children's burial ground (KE102-019002-) and a souterrain (KE102-019004-) occupy the NW half, where the uneven ground surface is partially obscured by overgrowth. The church site (KE102-019001-) is in the SE half, where coniferous trees and scrub obscure the uneven surface. Stones are evident on the surface intermittently, especially in the SE half. A circular (diam. 3.4m) arrangement of large stones on the surface at NE appears to be a recent addition. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE102-019004: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE102-019004-. In the NW quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (KE102-019003-) and within a children's burial ground (KE102-019002-). A downsloping grassy passage (L 2.5m; Wth 2m) S-N leads to a collapsed opening (D 1.6m) where the earth-cut sides and the curved roof of the souterrain are evident. A concave depression (diam. 1.2m; D 0.6m) to the E of the opening is probably the result of a collapse within the souterrain. 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 Drombane.

## 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 Drombane, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drombane.
- 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/drombane.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombane.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombane.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drombane 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)

- Ballynafullia: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballynafullia.md
- Coolanarroo: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolanarroo.md
- Cummeen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cummeen.md
- Derrysallagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derrysallagh.md
- Derryvorahig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derryvorahig.md
- Inchicloon: https://everytownland.com/kerry/inchicloon.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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