Dromteewakeen

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dromteewakeen, from 3,214 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres) to 1,649,977 m² (165 ha, 407.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dromteewakeen 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 Dromteewakeen 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

• KE082-005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This horseshoe-shaped mound is located in cutaway bog on the floor of the Bridia Valley, between a modern drain and a small stream which joins the Caragh river a short distance to N. Its overall dimensions are 10.5m N-S x 7m E-W. It is open to E, where a roughly oval-shaped depression, 2.5m N-S x 3.55m E-W occurs. The mound, composed of fire-shattered stones, survives to an average height of .6m above surrounding ground level. Three shallow depressions occur in its upper surface. Just 3m to E is a second fulacht fiadh which survives as a low, broad, horseshoe-shaped mound of similar composition to the first. Measuring 11.5m N-S x 5m E-W, it reaches a maximum height of .3m. Approximately 30m to W of these sites is an uncut bank of peat which measures 1.4m high. 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. 425. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-005001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This horseshoe-shaped mound is located in cutaway bog on the floor of the Bridia Valley, between a modern drain and a small stream which joins the Caragh river a short distance to N. Its overall dimensions are 10.5m N-S x 7m E-W. It is open to E, where a roughly oval-shaped depression, 2.5m N-S x 3.55m E-W occurs. The mound, composed of fire-shattered stones, survives to an average height of .6m above surrounding ground level. Three shallow depressions occur in its upper surface. Just 3m to E is a second fulacht fiadh which survives as a low, broad, horseshoe-shaped mound of similar composition to the first. Measuring 11.5m N-S x 5m E-W, it reaches a maximum height of .3m. Approximately 30m to W of these sites is an uncut bank of peat which measures 1.4m high. 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. 426. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-006 Burnt spread
  Description

  Deep ploughing at this location in 1989 resulted in the levelling of a fulacht fiadh. It was located a short distance SW of a stone row (KE082-007001-), and close to two other fulachta fiadh (KE082-005---- & KE082-005001-) at E. It survives as a spread of charcoal and fire-cracked stones, 8m NE-SW x 6m NW-SE. 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. 427. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-007001 Stone row
  Description

  This site is situated in reclaimed bogland on the floor of the Bridia valley, 75m S of the Caragh river. The location is encircled by high mountains, except where the valley opens to W. Ó Nualláin recorded a possible boulder-burial NE of the site (1988, 239), but the land here was deep-ploughed in 1989 and no trace of this feature survives. The stone row consists of three orthostats, the smallest of which was levelled in 1989. The other two stand in a ENE-WSW line, 2.25m apart. The taller stone, at ENE, is of trapezoidal plan at base and of somewhat irregular elevation; it stands 2.27m high and has maximum dimensions of .87m x .33m at base. The second stone tapers in elevation towards a flat top, rising to a height of 1.88m; it measures .57 x .46m at base. The third component of the row was a low stone which stood c. 1.2m further to WSW; it measured .4m high and .58m x .3m at base. Analysing the significance of this monument's orientation, Lynch concluded that it was aligned on the rising sun at the summer solstice (1981b, 26). The possible boulder-burial was located 24m to the NE of the stone row. Before destruction it comprised a large boulder, 1.6m x 1.35m, which rested above four or more small stones (Ó Nuallain 1988, 238-9, Fig. 14). The stone row was disturbed during land reclamation operations in 1989 and, as a result, was excavated (Sheehan 1990a, 30). The socket of the felled orthostat and the area around the two remaining uprights were investigated. A shallow pit and a number of stake-holes were discovered close to the ENE orthostat, but these may not be contemporary with the monument. The location of the possible boulder-burial was also excavated, but no finds or features were noted. 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. 108. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-007002 Boulder-burial
  Description

  The possible boulder-burial was located 24m to the NE of the stone row (KE082-007001-). Before destruction it comprised a large boulder, 1.6m x 1.35m, which rested above four or more small stones (Ó Nualláin 1988, 238-9, Fig. 14). In 1989 an area of 18 sq. m, centering on the original location of the possible boulder burial was excavated (Sheehan 1990, 30). There were no finds and no features survived to identify the nature of the site. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 50-51, no. 108). 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

• KE082-008 Burnt spread
  Description

  An area of burnt, shattered stones was exposed when this field, on the S side of the Caragh river, was deep ploughed in 1989. Located c. 250m NE of KE082-006----, it appears to have been a fulacht fiadh. 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. 428. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE082-010 Field boundary
  Description

  This short stretch of an intra-peat wall is exposed in a cut-away section of bog on the S side of the Bridia Valley. Running NE-SW, it is 5.35m long and is composed of large boulders. It occurs on .35m of peat, .5m below the present surface of the bog. The wall averages 1.2m wide and .55m high, and the roots of an in situ pine stump directly overlie a portion of it. A sample of peat from the level of the base of the wall yielded a radiocarbon determination of 2810±80 BP (McDonnell 1991, 36). 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. 40. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-011 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  Located a short distance SE of KE082-010----, this intra-peat stone trackway occurs in a peat-cutting on the S side of a low, elongated, peat-covered ridge known as Coimin an Chosáin (Ó Cíobháin 1978, 116). It runs NNW- SSE and is exposed for a distance of 7.3m. Formed of large, carefully laid slabs, it varies between 1.4m and 2m wide. It runs into a 1.35m high peat-face at NNW, where it is overlain by .65m of peat. Peat derived from immediately beneath one of the slabs of the trackway yielded a radiocarbon determination of 2820±50 BP (McDonnell 1991, 36). 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. 41. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE082-057001 Field boundary
  Description

  This pre-bog complex is located in the Bridia Valley, on the N slopes of Knockaunanattin, NW of Lough Namweela. It occupies an area measuring c. 600m x c. 540m, and comprises up to twenty stretches of linear walls, varying in length from 8m to 30m. Some occur as cross-walls which intersect with longer N-S stretches. The walls are on average .65m wide and .5m high above the present level of the bog. They occur in peat which has a maximum depth of 1.5m. Eight enclosures are widely scattered within this area: (KE082-058----) A collapsed arc of stone, measuring .25m high x .55m wide, with an internal diamter of 3m x 2.9m; (KE082-059----) A circular outline of boulders, which measures 1.5m x 1.2m internally; (KE082-060----) A ruined enclosure with a .8m wide entrance gap at E. Its .3m high wall averages 1.2m wide and encloses an area 5.2m x 3.1m; (KE082-061----) A turf-covered bank of stone enclosing a subcircular area measuring 5.1m internally; (KE082-062----) Adjacent to 4 is a turf-covered bank of stone with a .6m wide gap at E. The enclosed area measures 4.7m x 4.4m internally; (KE082-063----) A small, roughly built, circular enclosure. It measures 2.9m x 2.8m internally and features a possible entrance gap at W, .7m wide; (KE082-064----) The circular foundations of a small enclosure measuring 1.35m x 1.2m internally. The stone footings average .5m wide; (KE082-062----) A large subcircular enclosure measuring 10.2m in internal diameter. The collapsed walling averages .4m high and .7m wide. 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-058 Enclosure
  Description

  (KE082-058----) A collapsed arc of stone, measuring .25m high x .55m wide, with an internal diamter of 3m x 2.9m; 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-059 Enclosure
  Description

  (KE082-059----) A circular outline of boulders, which measures 1.5m x 1.2m internally; 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-060 Enclosure
  Description

  (KE082-060----) A ruined enclosure with a .8m wide entrance gap at E. Its .3m high wall averages 1.2m wide and encloses an area 5.2m x 3.1m; 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-061 Enclosure
  Description

  (KE082-061----) A turf-covered bank of stone enclosing a subcircular area measuring 5.1m internally; 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE082-062 Enclosure
  Description

  (KE082-062----) Adjacent to 4 is a turf-covered bank of stone with a .6m wide gap at E. The enclosed area measures 4.7m x 4.4m internally; 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. 42. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Dromteewakeen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Dromteewakeen.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Dromteewakeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Dromteewakeen · Drom Tí Mhaicín

Area

3,282,795 m² (328.28 ha, 811.2 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Loughbrin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

136 people lived in 54 households in the Loughbrin electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghfune, Derreeny, Derrynablaha, Dromdarragh, Moyleglass, Shronahiree Beg

Placenames

Dromteewakeen 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.