# Keeas, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Knockane, barony of Dunkerron North, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Cias. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,779,236 m² (177.92 ha, 439.66 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,547 m² (1.85 ha, 4.58 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Knockane, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/knockane.md - Barony: Dunkerron North - Electoral division: Curraghbeg, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 187 people lived in 68 households in the Curraghbeg electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22202 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71693 - Centre: latitude 51.976726, longitude -9.84485 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keeas, from 486 m² to 532,384 m² (53.24 ha, 131.55 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1180674: 532,384 m² (53.24 ha, 131.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180674.md - Parcel 1233545: 179,860 m² (17.99 ha, 44.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233545.md - Parcel 1239590: 140,318 m² (14.03 ha, 34.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239590.md - Parcel 5252856: 129,846 m² (12.98 ha, 32.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5252856.md - Parcel 1233542: 121,557 m² (12.16 ha, 30.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233542.md - Parcel 1245416: 80,718 m² (8.07 ha, 19.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245416.md - Parcel 1241523: 65,753 m² (6.58 ha, 16.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241523.md - Parcel 1138818: 63,954 m² (6.4 ha, 15.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138818.md - Parcel 1205295: 56,086 m² (5.61 ha, 13.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205295.md - Parcel 1233666: 54,569 m² (5.46 ha, 13.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233666.md - Parcel 1155282: 52,337 m² (5.23 ha, 12.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155282.md - Parcel 4996508: 46,376 m² (4.64 ha, 11.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996508.md - Parcel 1203606: 45,585 m² (4.56 ha, 11.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203606.md - Parcel 1164219: 32,451 m² (3.25 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164219.md - Parcel 1530083: 29,786 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530083.md - Parcel 1233543: 20,902 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233543.md - Parcel 1244213: 19,059 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244213.md - Parcel 1245856: 18,547 m² (1.85 ha, 4.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245856.md - Parcel 1215612: 14,806 m² (1.48 ha, 3.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215612.md - Parcel 4996538: 13,012 m² (1.3 ha, 3.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996538.md - Parcel 1160461: 9,090 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160461.md - Parcel 4996540: 8,369 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996540.md - Parcel 1184123: 5,129 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184123.md - Parcel 1215613: 4,779 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215613.md - Parcel 4656262: 4,295 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4656262.md - Parcel 1215615: 3,290 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215615.md - Parcel 1233544: 3,268 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233544.md - Parcel 1157437: 2,213 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157437.md - Parcel 1206999: 2,145 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206999.md - Parcel 1215614: 2,133 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215614.md - Parcel 4656290: 1,994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4656290.md - Parcel 1222796: 1,908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222796.md - Parcel 1157353: 1,529 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157353.md - Parcel 1215543: 900 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215543.md - Parcel 3845880: 486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3845880.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Keeas 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) No planning application touches the townland of Keeas in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment, site code 000365 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE072-011: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-011----. Internal diam. 21.05m N-S, 22.4m E-W This caher is located in pasture on the S facing slope of Beenbane, and affords broad views of the Bridia and Cloon valleys to E and S. The enclosing wall consists of a rubble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry. It is poorly preserved at NE, but elsewhere survives up to 3.6m high and 3.8m wide. It is 1.3m high internally, and much collapse abuts its inner face at N. A 1.1m wide gap at SE seems to represent the original entrance. A gap at WNW, 1.5m wide, appears to be of recent origin. The rectangular outline of a hut (KE072-011001-) abuts the inner face of the enclosing feature at W. It measures 3m x 1.8m internally and features a 1.1m wide entrance at E. Just to SE is a pile of field clearance material. There is locally reputed to be an inaccessible souterrain at the site. 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. 596. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 - KE072-011001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-011001-. The rectangular outline of a hut (KE072-011001-) abuts the inner face of the enclosing feature at W. It measures 3m x 1.8m internally and features a 1.1m wide entrance at E. Just to SE is a pile of field clearance material. 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. 596. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 - KE072-011002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-011002-. There is locally reputed to be an inaccessible souterrain at the site. 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. 596. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 - KE072-020: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-020----. This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located at the edge of a level terrace in land that otherwise slopes down fairly steeply towards the Caragh river at S. It was blocked up in the 1960s, but is still remembered locally as a drystone-built structure with 'steps leading down into a passage'. The field in which it is located is known located as 'Gort na hÓn' (Ó Cíobháin 1978, 61). 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. 889. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 - KE072-021: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-021----. This large boulder is located in a wooded area of the Bridia valley, on the W bank of a stream which flows to the Caragh river. It measures 2.1m x 1.9m x 1.3m high and its decorated surface slopes upwards to NW. A number of deep fissures traverse the surface, which carries a large array of carvings. Among these are four motifs formed of cupmarks with radial grooves enclosed by one to four open-ended keyhole-shaped grooves; in one instance the outer groove is closed. The remainder of the motifs comprise at least nineteen simple cupmarks, eleven cup-and-rings, ten cup-and-two rings and two cup-and-four rings. The rings are both annular and penannular. Several straight and curved grooves also occur among these markings. 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. 349. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 In rough pasture field, on a gentle SSW-facing slope. Not located. According to O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 102) ‘this large boulder is located in a wooded area of the Bridia valley, on the W bank of a stream which flows to the Caragh river.’ Some moss-covered stones were seen, although no large boulder as described by O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 102) was noted: ‘It measures 2.1m x 1.9m x 1.3m high and its decorated surface slopes upwards to NW. A number of deep fissures traverse the surface, which carries a large array of carvings. Among these are four motifs formed of cupmarks with radial grooves enclosed by one to four open-ended keyhole-shaped grooves; in one instance the outer groove is closed. The remainder of the motifs comprise at least nineteen simple cupmarks, eleven cup-and-rings, ten cup-and-two rings and two cup-and-four rings. The rings are both annular and penannular. Several straight and curved grooves also occur among these markings.’ Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 July 2017 - KE072-028: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE072-028----. Souterrain excavated by Julianna O'Donoghue under licence No. 10E0318, the results of which were summarised as; 'Following the discovery of a souterrain in Keeas, Co. Kerry, a survey and minor excavation was undertaken at the site on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The souterrain is c. 18m in length. It contains four passages and one chamber. It is predominantly a drystone structure but displays earth- and rock-cut features in places. It also features two air vents, steps and a drop-hole. Following the natural contours, the souterrain slopes from north to south. The site was discovered when Passage 1, the uppermost passage, was disturbed by a mechanical excavator. The landowner found Passage 1 in an unroofed state, completely backfilled with small stones. He subsequently excavated the passage, shovelling most of the backfill out by hand and casting it to either side of the passage and revealing the entrance to Passage 2. Excavation of the backfill material was completed by the survey team in order to expose the extent of the passage. The passage measured 4.9m in length and an average of 0.7m in width. The back wall comprised vertically cut bedrock and was flanked by sidewalls curving slightly to the south-south-east. The entrance to Passage 2 marks the beginning of the roofed section of the souterrain. An accumulation of soil resulting from the land clearance at the entrance to this passage was not removed as this section of the structure was unstable. Thus it could not be determined whether the original entrance to the passage was sloped, stepped or a drop-hole feature. Seven lintels cap this passage. It is 1.45m in height and 0.9m in width. Passage 3 is accessed through an opening close to the southern end of the western wall. An extended constriction is located at the conjunction of the passages. It is orientated on a north–south axis and measures 4.2m in length including the constriction. Eleven lintels provide roofing for this passage. At the end of this passage there is an expanded terminal extending in a westward direction facilitating a drop-hole into Passage 4. An air vent is set into the back wall directly over the drop-hole. Passage 4 and the chamber constitute the best-preserved section of the souterrain as well as the most skilfully constructed elements. However, these proved difficult to access and survey as during periods of heavy rainfall they completely fill with water, which slowly dissipates making the lower section of the souterrain frequently inaccessible. Passage 4 is capped with seven lintels. An air vent occurs on the back wall of the passage just below roof level. The chamber is located at a distance of 2.2m from the drop-hole on the eastern wall. A gap in the drystone wall of 0.5m provides an entrance to the chamber which is cut out of the bedrock though the very top of the ceiling is earth-cut. The chamber is irregular in plan. It measures 1.6m in length by 1.2m in width' (O'Donoghue 2013, 123-4). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 October 2022 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 Keeas. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Keeas, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Keeas. - 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/keeas.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/keeas.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/keeas.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Keeas 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) - Boheeshil: https://everytownland.com/kerry/boheeshil.md - Coss: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coss.md - Garrane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/garrane-71352.md - Glanmakee: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glanmakee.md - Gortmaloon West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortmaloon-west.md - Shronahiree More: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shronahiree-more.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/keeas - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/keeas