Graignagreana

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graignagreana, from 216 m² to 808,423 m² (80.84 ha, 199.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Graignagreana 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.

• 12 Jun 2019Conditional

  (A) RENOVATE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING NEW PROPOSED EXTENSION (WOOD BATH) ONTO THE EXISTING DWELLING, (B) TO DEMOLISH EXISTING GARDEN SHED AND CONSTRUCT NEW WRITER'S STUDIO, (C) TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING TREATMENT SYSTEM & INSTALL NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, AND (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO FACILITATE THIS DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19613

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

• KE083-009 Enclosure
  Description

  The subcircular enclosure (KE083-009----) at N is roughly built and its wall survives to an average height of .4m. Its internal diameter is 6m, and a gap in the wall at E, .6m wide, may represent an entrance. 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. 52. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE083-011 Enclosure
  Description

  On the S slopes of Knocknabreeda, in rocky mountain terrain. A subcircular enclosure of stone and boulder construction. D: 8.3m x 6.1m. H: .35m. T: 1m. 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. 1287. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE083-013 Hut site
  Description

  Immediately W of Cummeralooderry stream, a tributary of the Owenreagh river. Foundations of a circular hut with some basal slabs set on edge. D: 4m x 3.5m. H: .3m. T: .5m. 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. 1288. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE083-065001 Field boundary
  Description

  This peat-covered platform, on the S side of Knocknabreeda, contains a number of pre-bog walls and two enclosures. Up to ten stretches of walls run in a N-S or E-W direction, and they vary from 10m to 40m long. The peat varies in depth, and the walls are exposed to a maximum height of .5m above its surface. The subcircular enclosure (KE083-009----) at N is roughly built and its wall survives to an average height of .4m. Its internal diameter is 6m, and a gap in the wall at E, .6m wide, may represent an entrance. To S is a D-shaped enclosure (KE083-066----), delineated by a low, turf-covered earth and stone bank, .9m wide and up to .5m high. Internally the structure measures 4.7m x 4.5m. 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. 52. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE083-066 Enclosure
  Description

  To S is a D-shaped enclosure (KE083-066----), delineated by a low, turf-covered earth and stone bank, .9m wide and up to .5m high. Internally the structure measures 4.7m x 4.5m. 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. 52. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE083-067 Hut site
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 28, no. 53). 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

• KE083-068 Field boundary
  Description

  A short distance E of KE083-065001- is another complex of walls, the longest stretch of which extends for 70m. The walls average .75m high and protrude a maximum of .35m above the surface of the peat. To W are the ruined remains of a circular hut (KE083-067----), with an internal diameter of 4.35m. The N side of the hut is buried beneath the peat surface; elsewhere it reaches a height of only .15m. 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. 53. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE083-069 Hut site
  Description

  On the S slopes of Knocknabreeda, in rocky mountain terrain. Subcircular hut foundations with low orthostats forming inner face at S and with outcrop incorporated into its N side. D: 3.5m x 3.1m. H: .5m. T: .7m. 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. 1289. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE083-070 Hut site
  Description

  About 150m downslope from KE083-069----. Foundations of a circular drystone hut. D: 2.3m x 2.1m. 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. 1290. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE083-071 Hut site
  Description

  Immediately W of Cummeralooderry stream, a tributary of the Owenreagh river. A circular hut of drystone construction. D: 3.2m x 2.9m. H: .9m. T: .7m. 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. 1291. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE083-072 Enclosure
  Description

  This ruined subcircular enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is situated in boggy pasture just W of Cummeralooderry stream, a tributary of the Owenreagh river. Its overgrown wall, which features rough horizontal coursing, survives .5m high and .8m wide. A portion of the wall at N is overlain by peat. The site measures 10.3m x 9.5m internally. 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. 753. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Graignagreana.

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

Name

Graignagreana · Gráig na Gréine

Area

2,835,064 m² (283.51 ha, 700.56 acres)

Civil parish

Templenoe, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Loughbrin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughbrin electoral division: 136 people in 54 households; 89% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bealdarrig, Bunbinnia, Crossderry, Gearhasallagh, Graignagower

Placenames

Graignagreana 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.