Gortnacurra

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnacurra, from 159 m² to 368,555 m² (36.86 ha, 91.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Gortnacurra 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.

• 7 Sept 2022Conditional

  (A) RETAIN AN EXTENSION AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND AN EXTENSION AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND (B) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A GARDEN SHED

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 22944

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortnacurra.

Recorded monuments

• KE084-024 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. An irregular area (95m E-W; 85m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.4-0.7m; H 0.2-0.5m) which varies considerably in preservation. The interior is partially covered in heather. An enclosure (KE084-024002-) abuts the NE wall, externally and three hut sites (KE084-024001-, KE084-024003-, KE084-024004-) adjoin the internal NE corner. 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

• KE084-024001 Hut site
  Description

  The westernmost of three contiguous hut sites (see KE084-024003-, KE084-024004-) in the internal NE corner of an enclosure (KE084-024----). The remains of this subrectangular hut site (8m N-S; 5.2m E-W) are defined by a partially collapsed drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 1m). The E wall of this hut site is abutted by the adjoining hut site (KE084-024003-) to the E. The interior slopes down to the S and is overgrown with rushes. There is an enclosure (KE084-024002-) c. 20m to the N. 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

• KE084-024002 Enclosure
  Description

  Adjoining the external NE wall of an enclosure (KE084-024----). A roughly trapezoidal area (60m E-W at the S side; c. 40m E-W at the N side; 50m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.4-0.7m; H 0.2-0.5m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. The wall is grass covered and the interior is heather clad. Three hut sites (KE084-024001-, KE084-024003-, KE084-024004-) are c. 20m the S. 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

• KE084-024003 Hut site
  Description

  The central of three contiguous hut sites (see KE084-024001-, KE084-024004) within the internal NE corner of an enclosure (KE084-024004-). This hut site abuts the E wall of the hut site (KE084-024001-) to the W and the W wall of the hut site (KE084-024004-) to the E. The remains of this rectangular hut site (5.1m N-S; 3m E-W) are defined by a partially-collapsed, drystone wall (T 0.6-0.8m; H 1.1m at W). There is an entrance (Wth 0.75m) in the E wall, situated off-centre to the S. This entrance is opposite a similar break in the E wall of the adjoining hut site (KE084-024004-) and allows access to the latter. The interior slopes down to the S and is scattered with loose stones. There is an enclosure (KE084-024002-) c. 20m to the N. 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

• KE084-024004 Hut site
  Description

  The easternmost of three contiguous hut sites (see KE084-024001-, KE084-024003-) in the NE corner of an enclosure (KE084-024----). The W wall of this hut site is abutted by the adjoining hut site (KE084-024003-) to the W. The remains of this subrectangular hut site (6m N-S; 3.4m E-W) are defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.7m) in the E wall, situated off-centre to the S. This entrance is opposite a similar break (Wth 0.75m) in the W wall which accesses the adjoining hut site (KE084-024003-). There are rushes in the interior and loose stones are scattered around the hut site, both internally and externally. The collapsed N-S drystone wall of the enclosure (KE084-024----) extends S from the SW corner of this hut site. There is another enclosure (KE084-024002-) c. 20m to the N. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortnacurra · Gort na Corra

Area

1,440,309 m² (144.03 ha, 355.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kenmare, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Cappagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cappagh electoral division: 404 people in 149 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bausheen, Caher East, Cooragweanish, Fustane Lower, Fustane Upper

Placenames

Gortnacurra 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.