Gortacareen

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortacareen, from 1,367 m² to 508,849 m² (50.88 ha, 125.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Gortacareen 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.

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460965

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A FAMILY FLAT EXTENSION/ANNEX TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201096

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: 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

• KE068-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the lower NW-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as an oval enclosure (c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 50m WNW-ENE) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as an intermittently enclosed area, truncated by a NW-SE road, on the 1894-5 OS 6-inch map. There is a possible souterrain (KE068-032001-) associated with this rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-032001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE068-032----). According to local information, a souterrain was uncovered by drainage works many years ago but is now covered over. There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. It may be the 'cave' recorded in the 1940s in a rath in this townland (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

• KE068-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing lower slopes of The Paps of Dana. A slightly raised semicircular level area (dim. c. 17m E-W) abuts a N-S field boundary (L c. 20m). This is the W half of a possible rath, which was bisected by a field boundary; the E half of the rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map with field boundaries radiating from it at N, NNE, S and NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-042 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana. This circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible as an earthwork on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, W 16-15) taken in 1973. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-109 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slopes of The Paps of Dana. The remains of a circular hut (diam. 4.1m) defined by a partially grass-covered, earth and stone bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m). The N arc of the bank is obscured by overgrowth. Large stones have recently been placed on top of the bank along the S arc. Rubble is strewn internally around the perimeter. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-174 Fulacht fia
  Description

  'This large fulacht fiadh is located approximately 100m to the northwest of KE068-042---- in a partially reclaimed field which is still marsh underfoot. The grass covered horseshoe-shaped mound is 1.75m high, with the total dimensions of the site being 12m north-south by 8m east-west. The trough area measures 3m north-south by 3.5m east-west, and opens onto a small swift flowing stream, 1m to the west of the site.' The above description was published in F. Coyne, 'Islands in the clouds: an upland archaeological study on Mount Brandon and the Paps, Co. Kerry.' (Kerry Co. Council in association with Aegis Archaeology, 2006). Date of upload: 15 December 2011

• KE076-036 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the summit of the western peak of the Paps of Dana, with unbroken views in all directions. A damaged and denuded oval cairn (c. 13m N-S; c. 11m E-W; H c. 2m) consisting mainly of small loose stones. Traces of larger stones laid horizontally at intervals inside the present outer limits suggests kerbing enclosing a circular area (diam. c. 10m), which may have defined the original cairn. A recent, roughly constructed shelter abuts the cairn at E. A modern cairn (diam. 1.6m; H c. 2.5m) has been recently constructed on top of the original cairn. Rubble is scattered along the downslope in all directions. Subsequent to the site inspection, the shelter was dismantled under archaeological supervision and the stones from which it was constructed were reinstated in the cairn (Coyne 2003, 164). During this work it was also noted that the cairn appears to have a kerb of drystone-walling (ibid.). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortacareen

Area

2,487,717 m² (248.77 ha, 614.73 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Doocarrig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doocarrig electoral division: 694 people in 226 households; 91% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh Beg, Annagh More, Derrymaclavlode, Derrynafinnia, Doocarrig Beg, Doocarrig More, Gortderrig

Placenames

Gortacareen 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.