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

Townland in the civil parish of Knockane, barony of Dunkerron North, Co. Kerry; in Irish Drom Tí Mhaicín.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,282,795 m² (328.28 ha, 811.2 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,707 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Knockane, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/knockane.md
- Barony: Dunkerron North
- Electoral division: Loughbrin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23093
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71206
- Centre: latitude 51.957802, longitude -9.797302 (WGS 84)

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

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); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1222737: 1,649,977 m² (165 ha, 407.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222737.md
- Parcel 1208824: 1,618,317 m² (161.83 ha, 399.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208824.md
- Parcel 1197217: 4,707 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197217.md
- Parcel 4940965: 3,645 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4940965.md
- Parcel 1179204: 3,214 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179204.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Dromteewakeen in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment, site code 000365

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

- KE082-005: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-005----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-005001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-006----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-007001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-007002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-010----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-011----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-057001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-058----. (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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-059----. (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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-060----. (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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-061----. (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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE082-062----. (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

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 Dromteewakeen.

## 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 Dromteewakeen, about 1 in 5 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 Dromteewakeen.
- 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/dromteewakeen.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromteewakeen.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromteewakeen.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Dromteewakeen 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)

- Cloghfune: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cloghfune-70696.md
- Derreeny: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derreeny.md
- Derrynablaha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/derrynablaha.md
- Dromdarragh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromdarragh.md
- Moyleglass: https://everytownland.com/kerry/moyleglass.md
- Shronahiree Beg: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shronahiree-beg.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromteewakeen
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/dromteewakeen