Gearha North

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gearha North, from 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres) to 507,194 m² (50.72 ha, 125.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gearha North 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 Gearha North 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: Blackwater River (Kerry) SAC 002173
• 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

• KE091-018 Field boundary
  Description

  The apparently associated field system (KE091-018----) extends S and W of the enclosure. 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. 750. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-018001 Enclosure
  Description

  The subcircular enclosure, marked on the second edition of the OS map, and a number of associated walls are located in boggy pasture on the lower SW slopes of Knocklomena mountain. The enclosing element is a wall of rough construction which survives one to two courses in height. The enclosed area measures 10.5m internally, and is occupied by a small plantation of pine trees. The apparently associated field system (KE091-018----) extends S and W of the enclosure. 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. 750. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-019 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone is located on the lower S slopes of Knocklomena, on a small hillock on the E side of the Kealduff river valley. It is of roughly rectangular elevation, with a rounded top. Standing 1.68m high, it measures 1.15m x .95m at base; N-S. It leans slightly to E. 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. 184. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE091-022 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  This pair of standing stones is located on a small rise on the E bank of the Kealduff river. The larger of the two occurs at NNE, and inclines to SW. It stands 1.75m high and measures 1.1m x .65m at base; NNE- SSW. The second stone, a squat boulder, is located .95m to SW. It stands 1.3m high at its S edge, and measures 1.1m x .55m at base. A build-up of stone debris, both against and between the stones, is probably the result of field clearance (Ó Nualláin 1988,250). 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. 122. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE091-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 24.85m E-W This circular rath is located on gently sloping boggy pasture, broken by rock outcrop, and overlooks the confluence of the Kealduff and Blackwater rivers. The site is poorly preserved and heavily overgrown. Much of its S downslope side is defined by a 2m high scarp, but elsewhere it is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone. This has an external height of 1.75m, falls .95m to the interior and has a basal width of 2.6m. It is revetted internally and externally by an intermittent facing of rough drystone coursing, and slabs set on edge occur for short stretches internally at E and W. The bank is gapped and broken in places by animal-tracks and the original entrance cannot be identified. Field walls radiate out from it at N and E. A shallow external fosse can be traced from S to W. This is 1.25m wide and .5m deep below external ground level. 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. 514. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-097 Hut site
  Description

  Hut and associated souterrain (KE091-097001-) located on a terrace on the lower SW slopes of Knocklomena, a short distance E of the Kealduff river. The square hut, measuring 4.5m internally, is defined by a low bank of earth and stone which measures .5m high and 1m wide. It is open on its SE side, where a field-wall skirts the site. An opening to the souterrain occurs on the exterior of the hut at SW close to a large boulder which partly overlies the first chamber. Earth-cut, this is subcircular in plan and measures 2.35m in diameter and 1.15m high. An area of drystone facing occurs on its NW side, and this may represent a blocking of the point from where the chamber was tunnelled from an adjoining construction shaft. A 1m long passage at NE, drystone constructed, may be the original entrance passage; it is largely filled with collapse. Opposite, at SE, is an earth-cut creepway .65m high x .55m wide, which leads into a second earth-cut chamber aligned WNW-ESE. Several large slabs revet its lower wall-face and the remains of a ventilation shaft are located at N. This chamber is 3.1m long, 1.2m high and has a maximum width of 2m at its ESE end. A creep-way, .6m x .5m, in its S wall, leads into a third earth-cut chamber, 3.1m long, which is aligned NE-SW; it averages 1.4m wide and 1m high. An accumulation of fill prevents access beyond this point. 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. 1278. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE091-097001 Souterrain
  Description

  Hut and associated souterrain (KE091-097001-) located on a terrace on the lower SW slopes of Knocklomena, a short distance E of the Kealduff river. The square hut KE091-097----, measuring 4.5m internally, is defined by a low bank of earth and stone which measures .5m high and 1m wide. It is open on its SE side, where a field-wall skirts the site. An opening to the souterrain KE091-097001- occurs on the exterior of the hut at SW close to a large boulder which partly overlies the first chamber. Earth-cut, this is subcircular in plan and measures 2.35m in diameter and 1.15m high. An area of drystone facing occurs on its NW side, and this may represent a blocking of the point from where the chamber was tunnelled from an adjoining construction shaft. A 1m long passage at NE, drystone constructed, may be the original entrance passage; it is largely filled with collapse. Opposite, at SE, is an earth-cut creepway .65m high x .55m wide, which leads into a second earth-cut chamber aligned WNW-ESE. Several large slabs revet its lower wall-face and the remains of a ventilation shaft are located at N. This chamber is 3.1m long, 1.2m high and has a maximum width of 2m at its ESE end. A creep-way, .6m x .5m, in its S wall, leads into a third earth-cut chamber, 3.1m long, which is aligned NE-SW; it averages 1.4m wide and 1m high. An accumulation of fill prevents access beyond this point. 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. 1278. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

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

Name

Gearha North · An Gaorthadh Thuaidh

Area

1,748,972 m² (174.9 ha, 432.18 acres)

Civil parish

Templenoe, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron South

Electoral division

Loughbrin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Derrygarrane North, Derrygarrane South, Derrylicka, Dromlusk, Gearha South, Gortbrack, Tooreennafersha

Placenames

Gearha North 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.