Kilmackerrin West

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmackerrin West, from 133 m² to 576,832 m² (57.68 ha, 142.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Kilmackerrin West 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.

• 15 Mar 2022Conditional

  SCIOBÓL BEITHÍOCH LE HÚRLÁR LEATAÍ A THÓGÁIL, LÁMH LE FOIRGNIMH FEIRMÍOCHTA AR MO THAILTE, MARAON LE SEO, BA MHIAN LIOM DHÁ UMAR DRAMHAÍLE AOILIGH FAOI THALAMH A THÓGÁIL AR AN LÁTHAIR SEO AGUS LE GACH SEIRBHÍS CHOIMHDEACH A CHUR AR FÁIL FREISIN. (CONSTRUCT A NEW SLATTED LIVESTOCK HOUSE ADJACENT TO EXISTING FARM BUILDINGS ON MY LANDS, PROPOSED SLATTED HOUSE TO INCORPORATE EASY FEED AND 2 UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS WITH EXTERNAL AGITATION POINTS AND ANCILLARY CONCRETE.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22298

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17237

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 Kilmackerrin West.

Recorded monuments

• KE089-005 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture on the S slopes of Beenduff. A hut defined by an oval-shaped setting of slabs with ruined, sod-covered external coursing. Possible entrance at E. D: 3.45m x 3.1m. Two possible huts nearby indicated by less well-defined circular settings of uprights. Old field walls occur in this area. 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. 1337. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE089-005001 Hut site
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 409-10, no. 1337, one of 'Two possible huts…'). 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

• KE089-005002 Hut site
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 409-10, no. 1337, one of 'Two possible huts…'). 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

• KE089-005003 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough, stony, hill grazing on shallow bog, on the lower S-facing slopes of Beenduff Mountain. The intermittent remains of relict field walls (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) occur in a roughly quadrilateral area (c. 150m E-W; c. 125m N-S). The mainly curvilinear walls protrude above the surface of shallow bog and are in a collapsed state with rubble embedded in the bog on the downslope side of the walls. Several gaps occur in the walls. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 409-10, no. 1337) 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

• KE089-006 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the S-facing slopes of Beenduff. The remains of an oval hut site (2.8m N-S; 2.3m E-W) defined by the roughly constructed lower courses of a partially collapsed, drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.9m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.7m) at E. The level interior is raised (H 0.4m) at S and cut (D 0.6m) into the upslope at N. The remains of an annexe (2m E-W; 0.9m N-S; H 0.6m) which is roofed with stone slabs on the W side, abuts the hut site at 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

• KE089-018 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Kilmackerrin Burial Ground: Located on sloping ground on the SE spur of Beenduff, this site overlooks the Inny river valley and its estuary to SW. It is a 12.8m square platform, delineated by poorly preserved stony banks which rise 1.15m above external ground level at S and .5m on the upslope N side. The heavily overgrown interior contains up to 150 uninscribed grave-markers. A modern field boundary crosses the W side of 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. 1029. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE089-083 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Wedge-tomb identified by local man Paddy Bushe and described by John Sheehan (UCC) as, 'a very well preserved example, with capstone, side stones, end-stone and front slab still in position. The side stones are slightly displaced, and there is very clear evidence of fairly high cairn material around it. It is located on a ridge orientated NNE-SSW, overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by John Sheehan Date of upload: 27 September 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Kilmackerrin West · Cill Mhic Iarainn Thiar

Area

2,473,020 m² (247.3 ha, 611.1 acres)

Civil parish

Dromod, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Canuig, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Canburrin, Cloghanecarhan, Kilmackerrin East, Maulagirkane, Maulnahone, Tullig

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Kilmackerrin West 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.