# Gortnacurra, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kenmare, barony of Glanarought, Co. Kerry; in Irish Gort na Corra.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,440,309 m² (144.03 ha, 355.91 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 15,513 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Kenmare, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kenmare.md
- Barony: Glanarought
- Electoral division: Cappagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22871
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71543
- Centre: latitude 51.914222, longitude -9.512185 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnacurra, from 159 m² to 368,555 m² (36.86 ha, 91.07 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1197165: 368,555 m² (36.86 ha, 91.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197165.md
- Parcel 3079300: 170,427 m² (17.04 ha, 42.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3079300.md
- Parcel 1155411: 145,974 m² (14.6 ha, 36.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155411.md
- Parcel 1222743: 143,149 m² (14.31 ha, 35.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222743.md
- Parcel 1152168: 139,972 m² (14 ha, 34.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152168.md
- Parcel 1208778: 126,315 m² (12.63 ha, 31.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208778.md
- Parcel 4636429: 94,565 m² (9.46 ha, 23.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636429.md
- Parcel 1148338: 18,040 m² (1.8 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148338.md
- Parcel 1142631: 12,986 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142631.md
- Parcel 1147284: 9,678 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147284.md
- Parcel 1160524: 5,177 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160524.md
- Parcel 1138413: 3,334 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138413.md
- Parcel 6084569: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6084569.md
- Parcel 2391810: 1,595 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2391810.md
- Parcel 1247127: 1,449 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247127.md
- Parcel 1179662: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179662.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 7 Sept 2022, Kerry County Council 22944: Conditional. Retention. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22944/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE084-024: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE084-024----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE084-024001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE084-024002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE084-024003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE084-024004-. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortnacurra.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortnacurra.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortnacurra.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gortnacurra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bausheen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/bausheen.md
- Caher East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/caher-east.md
- Cooragweanish: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cooragweanish.md
- Fustane Lower: https://everytownland.com/kerry/fustane-lower.md
- Fustane Upper: https://everytownland.com/kerry/fustane-upper.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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