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

Townland in the civil parish of Killemlagh, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry; in Irish Duichealla.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,678,665 m² (167.87 ha, 414.81 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,666 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Killemlagh, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killemlagh.md
- Barony: Iveragh
- Electoral division: Ballinskelligs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 419 people lived in 172 households in the Ballinskelligs electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 55% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22061
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71214
- Centre: latitude 51.798977, longitude -10.33653 (WGS 84)

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

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ducalla, from 245 m² to 514,333 m² (51.43 ha, 127.09 acres); 3 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1151224: 514,333 m² (51.43 ha, 127.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151224.md
- Parcel 1222611: 378,700 m² (37.87 ha, 93.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222611.md
- Parcel 1143767: 318,824 m² (31.88 ha, 78.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143767.md
- Parcel 1208794: 229,349 m² (22.93 ha, 56.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208794.md
- Parcel 1151443: 149,059 m² (14.91 ha, 36.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151443.md
- Parcel 1151402: 80,470 m² (8.05 ha, 19.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151402.md
- Parcel 4062602: 4,155 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4062602.md
- Parcel 1222045: 3,177 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222045.md
- Parcel 1220267: 2,899 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220267.md
- Parcel 1186503: 2,494 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1186503.md
- Parcel 1183997: 2,264 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183997.md
- Parcel 2592934: 1,183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592934.md
- Parcel 2592935: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592935.md
- Parcel 1152338: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152338.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ducalla 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 28 Mar 2025, Kerry County Council 2560232: Conditional. Permission. Permission to Construct a Dwellinghouse served by a Septic Tank and Polishing Filter at Duchalla, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560232/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA, site code 004154, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004154

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

- KE096-015: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-015----. This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located on a W facing slope above Ducalla Head. It was discovered in the 1940s during repair work to a field boundary. A 3m long section of the souterrain passage is visible, aligned E-W, and it is blocked with collapse at both ends. The side-walls are composed of upright slabs, c. .5m high, overlain by drystone walling which corbels slightly. Roofed with lintels, the passage is 1.15m wide and 1.1m 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. 875. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE096-016: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-016----. On a natural terrace on the W slopes of Bolus, overlooking Ducalla head to W. A pair of poorly preserved conjoined huts of drystone construction, built on the W edge of a stone revetted terrace. The better preserved S hut KE096-016---- is oval in plan. D: 3.5m x 2.4m. H: 1.5m. T: .7m. The collapsed circular N hut KE096-016001- features a 1.4m wide gap at E, probably the entrance. D: 3m x 2.9m. H: .6m. T: .6m. 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. 1262. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE096-016001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-016001-. On a natural terrace on the W slopes of Bolus, overlooking Ducalla head to W. A pair of poorly preserved conjoined huts of drystone construction, built on the W edge of a stone revetted terrace. The better preserved S hut KE096-016---- is oval in plan. D: 3.5m x 2.4m. H: 1.5m. T: .7m. The collapsed circular N hut KE096-016001- features a 1.4m wide gap at E, probably the entrance. D: 3m x 2.9m. H: .6m. T: .6m. 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. 1262. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE096-017: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-017----. Located c. 400m SSW of KE096-015---- and not marked on the OS maps, this Y-shaped, stone-built souterrain is situated in rough pasture on a W facing slope overlooking Ducalla Head. The entrance leads into a passage 2.5m long and .8m wide, which is aligned WNW-ESE and is littered with collapse. Its side-walls are of drystone construction and only two roofing lintels survive in situ. A creepway in the WNW end-wall, .5m x .5m, leads into a second passage which is 1m high, .6m wide and extends to NNE for a distance of 3.3m. The well-constructed end-wall at NNE is neatly rounded, and a possible ventilation shaft occurs just below roof level. The side-walls are regularly coursed and incline slightly inwards towards the lintelled roof. A creepway, .5m x .5m, in the SW corner of this passage gives access to a third passage which curves to W for 3.7m. It is .8m wide, .6m high and is of similar construction to the second passage. A single slab closes its W end. 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. 876. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013
- KE096-018: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-018----. This site, overlooking the Atlantic to W, is located in rough upland pasture on the SW slopes of Bolus mountain, just below the saddle that extends NE-SW. It consists of a raised rectangular area, 7m NW-SE x 5.3m NE-SW, which is delimited by a rough stone kerb. Most of the kerb stones are set on edge and they average .2m x .5m x .4m thick. The earthen interior is raised approximately .5m above surrounding ground level. The site is locally referred to as the 'Giant's Grave'. 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. 1471. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE096-024: Signal tower, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE096-024----. Situated adjacent to steep sea cliffs adjacent to Bolus Point, and c. 1.1kms N of Bolus Head (c. 209m OD). Located on a small area of level ground with abrupt steep slopes to the W, NW and SW at the sea cliffs, and with an area of terrain that slopes away gradually to the E\ESE before rising again close to the enclosed barracks\signal station site (KE104-001----), which is located c. 600m away. The surrounding area consists of unenclosed blanket bog and rocky cliffs with areas of enclosed pasture further away to the NE and SE (c. 1km). The adjacent stations in the signal tower\station chain are found at Bray Head, Valentia Island (KE087-107----), located c. 11.5kms to the NNW, and at Hog’s Head enclosed barracks\signal station (KE105-004----), located c. 10.2kms to the E\ESE. A signal tower\station was planned for Hog Island (Scariff Island) but this may never have been built (Kerrigan 1995, 278). This signal tower site at Bolus Head is located c. 2.3kms W of an ecclesiastical enclosure (KE097-044001- to KE097-044014-) at Cill Rialaigh, and c. 2.5kms S of a coastal promontory fort (KE096-014----) located at Alachaí Mór. An early nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) originally two-storey square-plan signal tower (ext. dims. c. 6m NE-SW x c. 6m NW-SE) built of randomly coursed rubble stone masonry. The walls of the signal tower face to the NE, SE, SW, and NW. The signal tower is now mostly collapsed, and consists only of a number of short upstanding sections of rubble stone walling that do not extend above the original ground floor level; rubble spreads mainly to the N indicating that the tower collapsed in this direction. It has been suggested that this signal tower pre-dates, and was later serviced by\superseded by, the nearby enclosed barracks\signal station (KE104-001----), located 600m to the E\ESE (Clements 2013, 99). Kerrigan established that this signal tower was almost completed by April 1806 (Kerrigan 1995, 278). It is possible that this signal tower site was never completed, and that the nearby enclosed barracks\signal station superseded it before it was ever in use. The signal tower is shown as a small rectangular-plan building on the Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1841-2, and as a small square-plan building on the Ordnance Survey second and third eds. six-inch maps, surveyed 1894-8 and 1914-5 respectively. There is no indication of any surrounding enclosure indicated on any of the Ordnance Survey maps or on available aerial photographs. The site is connected to a field wall that runs away to the NE that is indicated on the Ordnance Survey second and third eds. six-inch maps, but not on the Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 28/07/22

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 Ducalla.

## 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 Ducalla, 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ducalla.
- 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/ducalla.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ducalla.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ducalla.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ducalla 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)

- Allaghee More: https://everytownland.com/kerry/allaghee-more.md
- Bolus: https://everytownland.com/kerry/bolus.md
- Canuig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/canuig-70553.md
- Kildreelig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kildreelig.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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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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