Fussa

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fussa, from 108 m² to 238,748 m² (23.87 ha, 59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Fussa 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.

• 9 Feb 2023Conditional

  (A) RETAIN ELEVATION CHANGES MADE TO THE HOUSE, (B) RETAIN THE REVISED DRIVEWAY LAYOUT AND (C) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23120

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TIMBER SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES AS LOCATED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22652

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: Kilgarvan Ice House SAC 000364
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilgarvan Ice House 000364

Recorded monuments

• KE094-068 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture, on the valley floor to the N of the Roughty River. This standing stone (1.33m x 0.64m; H 1.5m) is subrectangular in plan and section and is orientated NE-SW. It leans slightly to the NW and its N corner has been damaged. 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

• KE094-069 Bridge
  Description

  Road bridge (original Wth 5.8m; long axis E-W) spanning the Owbeg River. Built of random rubble. Single segmental arch with roughly shaped voussoirs spans river. Two segmental dry arches, with roughly shaped voussoirs, on floodplain to the W. Two pointed cut-waters on upstream (N) side of piers rise to height of arches. The bridge has recently been extended on the downstream side. The surviving parapet wall has vertical stone coping. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE094-070 Church
  Description

  In a graveyard (KE094-07001-). Built of random limestone ashlar. Rectangular nave (long axis E-W) lit by pairs of narrow pointed lights with cut-stone surrounds; chancel at E end lit by large pointed window consisting of five tall pointed lights separated by slender mullions. Lean-to vestry adjoins the N walls of the chancel and the nave. Three-storey tower at the W end with corner buttresses; crenellated parapet surmounted by corner pinnacles. Gabled entrance porch adjoins the S wall of nave towards its W end. The walls of the church display a slight basal batter. Part of cruciform church indicated on 1846 OS 6-inch map may be incorporated into the present structure which has a mid-19th-century appearance. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE094-070001 Graveyard
  Description

  On a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. A roughly rectangular area (c. 100m E-W; c. 60m N-S) bounded by a recently constructed stone wall (T 0.55m; H 1.5m). The earliest headstones noted date to the mid-19th century. One vaulted tomb, built of random rubble, lies immediately to the E of the Church of Ireland church (KE094-070----) which is in the W half of the graveyard. The graveyard is in occasional use. The graveyard and church grounds have recently been landscaped. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE094-077 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In a small quarry on the N side of a trackway leading NE from Ardtully House (KE094-071---). A large, well-built, mid/late 19th-century limekiln with façade (S-facing) and side walls of coursed ashlar. Central segmental-arched recess (H c. 2.4m; Wth c. 2.5m; D c. 3.5m) with semi-circular ope at the rear. A path to the E climbs a steep slope to give access to the top of the kiln. The circular brick-lined funnel (diam. 1.8m), with iron rim, splays outwards towards the bottom. Adjacent to the kiln at SE is a free-standing, gable-ended, rectangular building (ext. 10m N-S; 6m E-W), now roofless. Built of random rubble, it has a narrow door ope (Wth 1.4m) off-centre in its N wall and a second wider one (Wth 2.1m) towards the S end of its W wall. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Michael J. Quill Centre, church/chapel, 1805–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Gothic Revival style former Church of Ireland church, built c. 1815, with three-bay nave, singe-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to south elevation, single-bay double-height lower chancel to east gable end, two-bay single-storey lean-to sacristy projection to north-east corner and single-bay three-stage tower to west gable end. Nave and chancel extensively reconstructed, c. 1865, with tower retaining original aspect. Renovated in late twentieth century to accommodate use as museum. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, gable limestone coping, moulded springers and replacement gutters on limestone corbel table. Battlemented parapet and corner pinnacles to tower. Random rubble limestone walls with ribbon repointing. Rubble stone walls to upper section of tower having corner piers. Single or paired lancets to nave and chancel with limestone ashlar surrounds, relieving arches, iron lattice glazing panels and stained glass panels. Lancet east window. Pointed arch to door opening with replacement door. Freestanding cut-stone Celtic Cross style grave marker, c. 1820, to site. Gateway, built c. 1865, to south comprising pair of stone piers with wrought-iron gates.

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 Fussa, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fussa.

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 Fussa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Fussa · An Fosadh

Area

964,568 m² (96.46 ha, 238.35 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgarvan, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kilgarvan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

788 people lived in 310 households in the Kilgarvan electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardtully, Gortnaboul, Kilpadder, Lounaghan, Slaght, Slaheny

Placenames

Fussa 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.