Gortnagulla

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnagulla, from 2,118 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 761,709 m² (76.17 ha, 188.22 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 Gortnagulla 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 Gortnagulla 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: 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

• KE070-011 Rock art
  Description

  On the upper S slopes of Been Hill, situated in an area of rock outcrop and scree, is an earthfast boulder, 2.85m x 1.65m x .5m high. From this location fine views may be had to W along the Ferta river valley to the sea beyond. The decorated face slopes upwards to N and features a network of large, deeply pocked grooves. These define circular, oval and triangular areas and enclose a range of motifs, comprising five rings, one penannular ring, three cup-and-rings and one cup-and-three rings with a radial groove. A cupmark with a curved radial groove occurs close to one of the cup-and-rings (Lynch 1906, 281-2). See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 62 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. 329. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. In mountain pasture (376m OD), in area of rock outcrop and boulders, on a steep SW-facing slope of Been Hill; Excellent views of River Ferta valley and sea to SW. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone rock (dims. 3.30m NE-SW; 1.85m NW-SE; max. H 0.44m at W), which has a sub-rectangular decorated surface (dims. 2.46m NE-SW; 1.38m NW-SE) and a SE-facing aspect. The motifs are well defined, yet weathered. A large sub-oval area (dims. 1.12m WNW-ESE; 0.57m NNE-SSW) defined by a groove (Wth 2cm; D 5mm) is located at NE end of rock surface; cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 23cm; ring Wth 2cm; D 3-4mm; cup diam. 6cm; D 9mm), formed by pickmarks, is within interior. A large sub-circular area (dims. 0.60cm N-S; 0.55cm E-W) defined by a groove (Wth 1.5-2cm; D 3-4mm) is conjoined to SW side of the large sub-oval element. A cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 16cm; ring Wth 1cm; D 2mm; cup diam. 5cm; D 5mm) and a single cup (diam. 5cm; D 5mm) are within interior; a radial groove extends from cup at E. A large circular area (dims. 0.65m N-S; 0.60m E-W) defined by a groove (Wth 2cm; D 4mm) is conjoined to S side of large sub-oval element and E side of sub-circular element. A cup-and-three-ring motif (overall diam. 32cm; ring Wth 1cm; D 3-4mm; cup diam. 8cm; D 2cm) having penannular rings is within the interior; A radial groove extends from N side of cup to exterior of the penannular rings. A short linear groove is connected to S and adjoins a large D-shaped area (dims. 0.61m NE-SW; 0.71cm NW-SE) defined by a groove (Wth 2.5cm; D 5mm). A cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 27cm; ring Wth 2cm; D 4mm; cup diam. 7cm; D 8mm) and a ring (diam. 16cm) are within the interior. There are six rings (diam. 8-12cm) located on SW area of stone surface. A number of other linear grooves join up with the large enclosing elements, as per O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 97, Fig. 62). A low stone field wall (long axis NE-SW) c. 20m to W. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 May 2017

• KE070-031 Stone row
  Description

  Located on rocky ground at the lower end of a ridge which runs to SW from Mullaghnarakill mountain, this site is comprised of a row of three stones and an enclosure. The row, of which one stone is now prostrate, measures 4.3m long and is orientated NE-SW. The stone at the NE end of the line stands 1.95m high, and measures .9m x .25m at base; it inclines slightly to SE. The second stone is .63m further to SW, and stands 1.8m high and measures .68m x .26m at base. The prostrate stone lies 1.42m further to SW, and measures 3.15m long. Rectangular in outline, it averages .8m wide and has a maximum thickness of .6m (Ó Nualláin 1988, 238). 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. 113. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE070-031001 Enclosure
  Description

  The enclosure occurs c. 8m W of the stone row. Of circular plan, it is composed of a stone bank, approximately 1.2m wide, and encloses an area 2.95m in diameter. 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. 113. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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, 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 Gortnagulla.

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

Name

Gortnagulla

Area

1,931,884 m² (193.19 ha, 477.38 acres)

Civil parish

Killinane, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Killinane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killinane electoral division: 298 people in 121 households; 94% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boulerdah, Cahereighterrush, Caherlehillan, Cahernaman, Coomshanna, Coulagh, Garrydine, Knockaneyouloo, Letter West

Placenames

Gortnagulla 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.