Gortagowan

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortagowan, from 136 m² to 1,420,669 m² (142.07 ha, 351.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Gortagowan 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 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct a Community Playground including associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2696

• 4 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND WITH CAR PARKING, AN ACCESSIBLE SET DOWN AREA SERVING THE PLAYGROUND AND EXISTING ADJACENT SCHOOL, OUTDOOR SEATING AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22360

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

Recorded monuments

• KE091-065 Enclosure
  Description

  This possible enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is shown on an aerial photograph (GSI 1973, V281/282) located in rough boggy pasture on the lower W slopes of Knocknagullion. A recent plantation of trees now occupies the area and the site cannot be located. 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. 816. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 26m NW-SE Not marked on the OS maps, this ruined rath is located on a low rise on the W side of a small valley which stretches S towards Coongar Harbour, affording views of Kenmare Bay and the Beara Peninsula beyond. The site is covered by a dense layer of vegetation and an E-W field boundary has obliterated a large section of the enclosing bank at N. The bank, composed of earth and small stones, averages .55m high externally, .6m high internally and 1.3m in basal width. It is very eroded and is gapped in many places, though the original entrance is not clearly identifiable. Traces of a shallow external fosse are inter­mittently present, measuring 2m wide and .25m deep below external ground level. There are a few ill-defined stone scatters in the interior of the rath. A large amount of field clearance material has been dumped against the external face of the bank as S. 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. 515. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 30.75m N-S, 32.25m E-W This bivallate rath is located between Knockanamadane and Derrygarriff mountains on the E side of the Tahilla river. It is situated in rough grazing land and overlooks Kenmare Bay to S. Trees grow on the crest of the inner bank, which is composed of earth and gravel with occasional large stones. This bank has an internal height of 1.3m at N and is flush with the level of the interior along the S half. It has a basal width of 5.6m and varies from 2.1m to 3.9m in external height. An ill-defined gap occurs at SE which may be the location of the original entrance. The fosse is 3.3m wide and is waterlogged at S. The outer bank is extant only from SE to N, and measures 1.8m high externally. It is up to 6.7m wide. The level interior of the rath is apparently featureless. 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. 516. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 30.7m N-S, 29m E-W This circular univallate rath is located in boggy pasture on the E side of the Tahilla river valley. The site affords an extensive view to S over Kenmare Bay to the Beara Peninsula beyond. The bank is considerably disturbed and for a short stretch at S it is level with the interior. It survives best at E, where it measures 1.05m high internally, 2.45m high externally and is 4.95m wide at base. A 2m long stretch of stone facing, .65m high, revets its inner face at ENE. A 1.6m wide gap at E appears to be secondary. Slight traces of an external fosse surround the site from NE to SW. It is 2.45m wide and .8m deep below external ground level. Old cultivation ridges traverse the interior of the site, where a centrally located low mound features a rectangular depression at its W side. The mound may represent a hut site (KE100-005002-) and the depression, which measures 5.4m x 2m x 1m deep, may indicate the presence of a collapsed souterrain (KE100-005003-). 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. 517. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-005001 Cultivation ridges
  Description

  Old cultivation ridges traverse the interior of the site, where a centrally located low mound features a rectangular depression at its W side. 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. 517. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-005002 Hut site
  Description

  The mound may represent a hut site (KE100-005002-) 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. 517. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-005003 Souterrain
  Description

  The depression, which measures 5.4m x 2m x 1m deep, may indicate the presence of a collapsed souterrain (KE100-005003-). 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. 517. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE100-006 Hut site
  Description

  On a small rise in rough grazing land, overlooking Kenmare Bay to S. An overgrown circular hut of drystone construction, with large block-like boulders set upright along the external wall-face from S to N. Stone collapse in the interior. D: 4.3m. H: .6m. T: 1.3m. Extending NW from the hut is an 8m stretch of possibly coeval walling. 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. 1283. 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 Gortagowan.

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).

No address of the register names Gortagowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Gortagowan · Gort an Ghabhann

Area

8,255,366 m² (825.54 ha, 2,039.95 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron South

Electoral division

Tahilla, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ankail, Boolananave, Brackloon, Derreennamucklagh, Doon, Dromlusk, Letterfinish, Lettermoneel, Maulcallee, Tahilla

Placenames

Gortagowan on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.