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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 751,212 m² (75.12 ha, 185.63 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,455 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcummin, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kilcummin.md
- Barony: Magunihy
- Electoral division: Rathmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,941 people lived in 735 households in the Rathmore electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23740
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71334
- Centre: latitude 52.082013, longitude -9.28237 (WGS 84)

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

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Freemount, from 160 m² to 217,994 m² (21.8 ha, 53.87 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1224253: 217,994 m² (21.8 ha, 53.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224253.md
- Parcel 1142583: 147,913 m² (14.79 ha, 36.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142583.md
- Parcel 1209729: 113,158 m² (11.32 ha, 27.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209729.md
- Parcel 1203000: 73,257 m² (7.33 ha, 18.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203000.md
- Parcel 1209675: 53,014 m² (5.3 ha, 13.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209675.md
- Parcel 1184589: 27,663 m² (2.77 ha, 6.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184589.md
- Parcel 1189615: 13,911 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189615.md
- Parcel 1159866: 12,174 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159866.md
- Parcel 1159730: 8,959 m² (0.9 ha, 2.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159730.md
- Parcel 1139669: 7,587 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139669.md
- Parcel 1201231: 7,184 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201231.md
- Parcel 3845627: 7,167 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3845627.md
- Parcel 1159932: 7,113 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159932.md
- Parcel 1227901: 6,864 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227901.md
- Parcel 1241429: 3,416 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241429.md
- Parcel 2700888: 3,384 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2700888.md
- Parcel 1204387: 2,898 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204387.md
- Parcel 5589428: 2,740 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589428.md
- Parcel 1162281: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162281.md
- Parcel 1159882: 2,455 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159882.md
- Parcel 1224822: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224822.md
- Parcel 1162282: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162282.md
- Parcel 1221685: 1,491 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1221685.md
- Parcel 1224185: 1,427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224185.md
- Parcel 1160355: 1,380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160355.md
- Parcel 1209894: 1,105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209894.md
- Parcel 1204815: 1,088 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204815.md
- Parcel 1244744: 973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244744.md
- Parcel 5589427: 893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589427.md
- Parcel 1159795: 718 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159795.md
- Parcel 1157468: 525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157468.md
- Parcel 1203960: 512 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203960.md
- Parcel 1239489: 432 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239489.md
- Parcel 1157445: 298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157445.md
- Parcel 1247094: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247094.md
- Parcel 1182417: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182417.md
- Parcel 1209879: 240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209879.md
- Parcel 1247235: 189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247235.md
- Parcel 1220859: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220859.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Freemount 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 13 Sept 2023, Kerry County Council 23995: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23995/0
- 17 Apr 2018, Kerry County Council 18353: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18353/0

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## 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 Freemount.

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

- KE068-003: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-003----. In a graveyard (KE068-003001-). Indicated as a rectangular 'Church in ruins' (c. 15m E-W; c. 8m N-S) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. There are no visible remains of this church. It is unclear if overgrown mounds at the E and W side of the graveyard are the remnants of the church. In the 1940s it was noted that the 'cemetery wall [was] built with stones from the old chapel about 1810. Two heaps of stones still remain.' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE068-003001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-003001-. In undulating pasture, with views SW to Macgillycuddy's Reeks. A roughly square graveyard (c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall, with a road skirting the N and E sides. Inscribed headstones date from 1833 to the early 20th century; uninscribed grave-markers were noted near the outer limits at E, S and W. Overgrown mounds occur at E and at W. The site of a church (KE068-003001-) is within the graveyard. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE068-081: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-081----. In level marshy grazing, with views SW to the Paps of Dana. A roughly horseshoe-shaped mound (c. 22m E-W; c. 17m N-S; H 1.8m) of burnt material with the opening (7m N-S; c. 7m E-W) facing W, is largely obscured by gorse and briars. An open drain skirts the mound along the S and W sides, and has revealed burnt material along both faces of the drain to a depth of 0.8m. Spoil, containing clay and some burnt material from the drain, is placed haphazardly along the S and W sides of the mound and along the outer bank of the drain. Spoil heaps and machine damage may have distorted the size of the mound. It is largely inaccessible due to dense overgrowth. This is probably the fulacht fia recorded in the 1940s in Mrs D. Murphy's land (listed under the adjoining townland of Knockacappul), and which was described as circular and '20 feet [6.1m] in diameter and 2 feet [0.61m] high' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 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 Freemount.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Freemount 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)

- Banard: https://everytownland.com/kerry/banard.md
- Gortanahaneboy East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortanahaneboy-east.md
- Knockacappul: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockacappul.md
- Stagmount: https://everytownland.com/kerry/stagmount.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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