Kilduff

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilduff, from 247 m² to 197,520 m² (19.75 ha, 48.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilduff 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 Kilduff 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

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

Recorded monuments

• KE045-005 Enclosure
  Description

  There is little trace of the circular univallate enclosure marked here on the 1st edition of the OS map. The site is now bisected E-W by the road. The only visible feature is a low stony bank which runs 14m E-W about 6m N of the road. The bank is straight but both ends curve S for 1 to 2m. It is .5 to .6m high and c. 1m wide. It is not clear whether this is part of the original ringfort or of a later feature. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 706. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-006 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain is situated on a fairly steep S facing slope overlooking the narrow E-W valley that lies between Flemingstown Mountain to S and Knocknakilton to N. The collapse of a roof slab at the S end of a drystone-built passage permits only minimal inspection as the slab has lodged upright across the opening and prohibits access. Though noted by Ashe (1954, 22), he provided no details and the extent of the souterrain is not known. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 777. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Overall diam. 44.7m This circular univallate rath is located on a S facing slope at the foot of Knocknakilton mountain. The outline of the enclosure is for the most part discernible, but the bank is considerably damaged and eroded. It has disappeared completely in the E quadrant. Along the S side, as far as the W point, the enclosure is defined by a scarp which rises 1.4m from the external ground level to the interior. The bank around the remainder of the perimeter is a maximum of .4m high externally and .65m high internally. Souterrain: This is located in the S sector of the interior. It is possibly L-shaped in plan, but only a single rectangular chamber is now accessible. A porthole slab at the E end of the N wall marks the entrance to a presumed passage or chamber which is now inaccessible. The porthole is .45m high and was formerly closed by a stone slab (CKFC 1945). The accessible chamber is 4.6m long WNW-ENE, 1.45m wide and .95m high. The walls are constructed of upright slabs overlain by drystone masonry, and corbelling of the upper courses reduces the chamber width to 1.05m at the level of the 5 roofing slabs. The collapse of portion of the S wall has created an aperture which now provides the only means of access. The original entrance may have been located in another part of the souterrain. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 463. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-007001 Souterrain
  Description

  Circular univallate rath KE045-007---- is located on a S facing slope at the foot of Knocknakilton mountain. Souterrain KE045-007001-: This is located in the S sector of the interior. It is possibly L-shaped in plan, but only a single rectangular chamber is now accessible. A porthole slab at the E end of the N wall marks the entrance to a presumed passage or chamber which is now inaccessible. The porthole is .45m high and was formerly closed by a stone slab (CKFC 1945). The accessible chamber is 4.6m long WNW-ENE, 1.45m wide and .95m high. The walls are constructed of upright slabs overlain by drystone masonry, and corbelling of the upper courses reduces the chamber width to 1.05m at the level of the 5 roofing slabs. The collapse of portion of the S wall has created an aperture which now provides the only means of access. The original entrance may have been located in another part of the souterrain. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 463. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-008001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Tobar na Croise is a spring well located near the head of Kilduff valley. Rounds have not been made here for 30 or 40 years. Ó Danachair (1960, 71) suggested that this was the well from which the Ballynahunt ogham stone (KE045-016----) reputedly came. Ó Danachair (1960, 71) recorded the following details about this well; 'This well is still visited occasionally. Nine circuits of the well are made while a rosary is recited : in the full ritual this should be done on nine successive mornings before sunrise or evenings after sunset. The well held a cure for the " evil ". An ogham stone [KE045-016----] carved with a cross now in the neighbouring townland of Ballynahunt is said to have been taken from this well'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 942. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-008002 Ogham stone
  Description

  A cross-inscribed ogham stone, now attached to the gable end of a farmhouse (see KE045-016----), was found in a trench or drain close to the location marked on the OS maps (OSNB Ballinvoher, 3); this was c. 20 to 30m SE of its present position. Windele (1848, 390) recorded the tradition that it originally came from near a well 'up the mountain east of Ballynahunt' (KE045-008001-). The stone stands 1.5m high, is a maximum of .43m wide and averages .14m thick. An outlined Latin cross with expanded base is carved on one face. The continuous grooves of the arms and shaft outline a square at the crossing and similar square designs are repeated at the terminals of the head and arms. The left arm has been damaged by the metal clamp which fixes the stone to the wall. An ogham inscription runs along both edges of the narrower end of the stone. This reads: DUG(E or U)NNGG[I] MAQI RODDOS, although the M of MAQI is now underground and most of the vowels are badly weathered. Macalister (1945, 164-5) noted that the cross is at the original butt end of the stone, 'inverted with respect to the inscription and certainly of later date'. (Cuppage 1986, no. 797) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 14 January 2017

• KE045-009001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Kilduff graveyard/Cill Dubh: A rectangular enclosure situated on a steep SSW facing slope at the head of the E-W valley that separates Flemingstown mountain from the central mountain range. The enclosure measures 33m E-W x c. 28m N-S internally and is bounded by drystone-built walls which do not differ in construction from adjacent field walls. The interior slopes steeply to SW and the mounds and terraces which give it an uneven surface appear to be natural. Children were still being interred here in the 19th century (OSNB Ballinvoher, book 2, 8). Cross-slab (KE045-009003-): This stands near the SE corner of the enclosure and measures 1.13m in height, c. 0.36m in width and c. 0.16m in thickness. The SW face bears an equal-armed cross within a circle, each quadrant thus formed being occupied by a small saltire cross. The lower arm continues beyond the circle and appears to terminate with a scroll or pelta-like motif which is only faintly discernible. The NE face bears a simple equal-armed cross. Two stones set on edge and a large prostrate slab lie W and S of the cross but their function is not known. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 847. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-009002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Kilduff graveyard/Cill Dubh: A rectangular enclosure situated on a steep SSW facing slope at the head of the E-W valley that separates Flemingstown mountain from the central mountain range. The enclosure measures 33m E-W x c. 28m N-S internally and is bounded by drystone-built walls which do not differ in construction from adjacent field walls. The interior slopes steeply to SW and the mounds and terraces which give it an uneven surface appear to be natural. Children were still being interred here in the 19th century (OSNB Ballinvoher, book 2, 8). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 847. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-009003 Cross-slab
  Description

  Kilduff graveyard/Cill Dubh: A rectangular enclosure (KE045-009001-) situated on a steep SSW facing slope at the head of the E-W valley that separates Flemingstown mountain from the central mountain range. Cross-slab (KE045-009003-): This stands near the SE corner of the enclosure and measures 1.13m in height, c. 0.36m in width and c. 0.16m in thickness. The SW face bears an equal-armed cross within a circle, each quadrant thus formed being occupied by a small saltire cross. The lower arm continues beyond the circle and appears to terminate with a scroll or pelta-like motif which is only faintly discernible. The NE face bears a simple equal-armed cross. Two stones set on edge and a large prostrate slab lie W and S of the cross but their function is not known. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/6SULt The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 847. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilduff, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Kilduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Kilduff · An Chill Dubh

Area

2,179,278 m² (217.93 ha, 538.51 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinvoher, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Ballinvoher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

586 people lived in 224 households in the Ballinvoher electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahunt, Flemingstown, Glanlough South, Glanlough West, Glanteenassig, Lougher

Placenames

Kilduff 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.