Kimego West

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kimego West, from 64 m² to 1,596,186 m² (159.62 ha, 394.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kimego 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.

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional

  Carry out a minor alteration to the existing side elevation by enlarging the existing first floor window with all associated site works at Kimego West, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560679

• 30 May 2024Conditional

  Retention permission to retain two existing bedrooms in the attic of his house and planning permission to install a puraflo type polishing filter to serve existing septic tank at Kimego West, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460341

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  RETAIN EXTENSION TO HOUSE AND ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23947

• 21 Jan 2021Conditional

  (A) RETAIN PRIVATE STORAGE AREAS AND RETAIN ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF HOUSE. (B) PERMISSION TO CHANGE OF USE OF PRIVATE STORAGE AREAS TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION. (C) PERMISSION TO ALTER, RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING HOUSE. (D) PERMISSION TO REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2142

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITH MODIFIED CONDITION 4 OF PLANNING REF. NO. 20/389

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20954

• 29 Apr 2020Conditional

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE HOUSE AS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20389

• 20 Jan 2020Conditional

  PERMISSION TO A) CHANGE OF USE FROM THE EXISTING 2 NO. SELF-CONTAINED LIVING UNITS TO FORM ONE DWELLING HOUSE, B) ALTER AND EXTEND BALCONY TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, C) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, EVELATION CHANGES AND (D) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISING FILTER AN ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2032

• 18 Dec 2019N/a

  (A) RETAIN ANNEX, (B) PERMISSION TO EXTEND, ALTER AND RENOVATE ANNEX AND HOUSE, AND TO CONNECT ANNEX TO HOUSE TO FORM ONE HOUSE, (C) PERMISSION TO REPLACE SEPTIC TANK WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191282

• 17 Jul 2019N/a

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE HOUSE AS BEING CONSTRUCTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19754

• 6 Feb 2018Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING WITH FIRST FLOOR ATTIC AREA AS CONSTRUCTED AND WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1879

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA 004154
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Doulus Head To Cooncrome Harbour 001350

Recorded monuments

• KE069-001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Located in blanket peat between the lower NW slopes of Slievagh and the cliffs at Canglass Point, this cairn is of subcircular plan. Measuring 15.3m N-S x 13.5m E-W, it rises to a maximum height of .9m at N. Largely composed of medium sized stones, it is retained at N and NW by a series of four large slabs set on end, with average dimensions of 1.35m x .5m x .25m. Some 25m to S is a stretch of pre-bog walling, c. 7m long, while a short distance to W is Poulagellane blow-hole. 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. 394. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE069-006 Field system
  Description

  Blanket peat, large sections of which have been cut-over, extends over the W slopes of Slievagh towards a level strip of land bordering the cliffs N of Cooncrome Harbour. Here, between Coosfadda inlet and the stream which runs into the sea at Coosatooig, is a large pre-bog field-system consisting of three main walls which occur over an area measuring approximately 1km N-S x 600m E-W. Lengths of up to 400m of these walls are exposed, and in the N and E sections of the complex further stretches, traced by probing, are overlain by peat. The walls are generally composed of intermittent upright slabs and boulders, with small stone infill between; they average .5m high and .8m wide. The N wall commences at Coosfadda and runs up the slopes of Slievagh to SE for 180m before gradually turning to S for a further 600m. Here, its course is somewhat irregular and is largely overlain by peat. The second principal wall commences at Coosnamuck inlet, 240m SW of Coosfadda, and runs E for 180m before turning S for 220m. Here, it turns sharply to E and runs 200m to join the first wall at right angles. A further curving stretch of wall at S, largely peat-covered, forms a D-shaped enclosure (KE069-006001-), 125m N-S x 100m E-W, within which is a subcircular hut (KE069-006003-) and a small enclosure (KE069-006002-). The hut measures 9.1m in internal diameter; its wall consists of uprights, up to .45m high, and some drystone work is preserved. The enclosure occurs 14m to E and abuts the N-S wall; it measures 4m x 2.5m internally, and a gap at NW may reprasent the entrance. Located between the hut and the enclosure is a row of three large, upright boulders. The third main wall commences close to the cliffs, midway between Coosnamuck and Coosatooig. It runs to E for 120m, where it turns S for 400m and terminates at the stream which forms the S limit of the complex. It is overlain in part at S by the wall of a modern field system, and is abutted at W by a number of short stretches of pre-bog walling. Located close to the latter is Cnocán na hAitinne, a natural mound on the S side of which is a souterrain (KE069-008001-). Located 120m SW of Cnocán na hAitinne are the poorly preserved remains of a rectangular hut which measures 3.15m x 2.6m internally; no entrance is apparent. Two further rectangular huts are located together on the banks of the stream to S, close to the end of the W wall. One measures 3.7m E-W and 2.6m N-S externally, while only the S side-wall and the W end-wall of the second hut, measuring 2.25m and 1.9m in length respectively, are preserved. Old field walls KE069-007001-, probably contemporary, occur in the immediate vicinity. 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. 55; 1339. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE069-006001 Enclosure
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55, '…D-shaped enclosure…'). 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

• KE069-006002 Enclosure
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55, '…small enclosure…' within D-shaped enclosure). 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

• KE069-006003 Hut site
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 29, no. 55). 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

• KE069-007 Hut site
  Description

  Above sea-cliffs to NE of Cooncrome Harbour, on the lower SW slopes of Slievagh. The site consists of a jumble of stones, within which the foundations of a rectangular structure are discernible. D: 3.6m x 3.15m. Old field walls, probably contemporary, occur in the immediate vicinity. 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. 1339. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE069-008001 Souterrain
  Description

  This poorly preserved souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, is located at the base of a natural mound known locally as Cnocán na h-Aitinne. It is situated in gently sloping boggy pasture, between the lower SW slopes of Sliveagh and the cliffs N of Cooncrome Harbour. The mound, of irregular plan, measures 19m N-S x 17m E-W and is composed of peat-covered outcrop which rises to a height of 2m above surrounding ground level. Three pre-bog walls radiate out from the mound at NW, NE, and SE, and form part of a larger field-system (KE069-006----). The souterrain is located at the base of the SE side off the mound. In the 1950s much of the stone used in its construction was removed and used for building material (local information). Two short passages are identifiable. The first is .8m long and is capped by two large lintels resting on uprights slabs; it is .95m wide and is aligned E-W. A small surface aperture allows viewing of the second section, 1.3m to W. It is c. 1.5m long, c. 1m wide and is aligned WSW-ENE. It is filled with stone debris to within .4m of its lintels. An elongated depression extends for 6.5m to NNE from it, and may represent a destroyed length of passage. A grooved whetstone, discovered in this souterrain, is now in NMI (1958:129) 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. 890. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE069-009 Hut site
  Description

  A pair of rectangular huts of drystone construction, set 2m apart, on S bank of a stream on SW side of Slievagh mountain. An old field system (KE069-009001-), possibly associated with the huts, lies to S. N hut (KE069-009----) is better preserved. D: 3.7m x 2.6m (external). H: .4m. T: .45m. The S hut (KE069-009002-) has only its S and W walls surviving; the W wall is built against a low artificial scarp and stands .55m high and 1.9m long. The S wall is 2.23m long. 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. 1340. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE069-009001 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough grazing on bog, on a gentle W-facing slope to the E of the cliff-tops on the E side of Cooncrome Harbour. The remains of a mainly curvilinear stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.3m) protrude intermittently above the surface of the bog and extend (L c. 100m) in a W direction almost as far as the cliffs. Many stones are leaning and the slab-type stones are set at right angles to the line of the wall. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 410, no. 1340) 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

• KE069-009002 Hut site
  Description

  A pair of rectangular huts of drystone construction, set 2m apart, on S bank of a stream on SW side of Slievagh mountain. An old field system (KE069-009001-), possibly associated with the huts, lies to S. The S hut (KE069-009002-) has only its S and W walls surviving; the W wall is built against a low artificial scarp and stands .55m high and 1.9m long. The S wall is 2.23m long. 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. 1340. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE069-021 Field boundary
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 115, no. 394). 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

• KE069-023 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Promontory fort described in 2003 as follows; 'Two collapsed and grassed over earth and drystone walls cut off a steeply sloping west facing headland. The outermost wall is straight and a slight depression running along the base is the only trace of a fosse. The inner bank curves and less remains to be seen. The headland is inhospitable and the interior is featureless. The sides are steep and the site is overlooked by higher land to the east. Despite this, the inner bank seems to be the remains of a heavily eroded defensive bank’ (Casey 2003, 39, no. M).

• KE079-011 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Overall diam. 31m N-S, 30.8m E-W Caher-na-Cath/Cathair na gCat: This poorly preserved site is the most northerly of a group of three cahers located between the estuary of the Valencia river and Cooncrome Harbour. The other two sites are Leacanabuaile (KE079-016----) and Cahergal (KE079-024----), both of which have been excavated and conserved. The land in the immediate vicinity of Caher-na-Cath, boggy pasture broken by outcropping, slopes down to SW and W. The caher is built on a natural platform, close to the upper edge of a low cliff on its W side. The edges of its very dilapidated enclosing bank are not well-defined, merging with external ground level, and, internally, with the outlines of three huts. At S the bank survives as a 5m wide stony spread. A wall, carefully built with thin slabs, runs adjacent to the site at W and may have been constructed using stones from the enclosing bank. The original entrance to the site may have been located at SSE, where there is a 2.4m wide gap defined by a number of upright slabs. A modern trackway skirts the site at E and S, and a short stretch of stone facing is preserved on the external face of the bank at NE. Three collapsed, sod-covered huts occupy the interior of the caher. Internal stone facing is visible in the roughly oval-shaped hut at E (KE079-011001-), which has internal dimensions of 7.6m x 5.4m. A shallow circular depression in the centre of its floor is locally reputed to be the entrance to a souterrain (KE079-011002-). (KE079-011003-) This is situated just N of KE079-011001, and is joined to it by a band of stone collapse. Stone facing is again visible in its interior, which measures 4.8m in diameter. A narrow entrance, .6m wide, occurs at SW. The circular, stone-faced foundations of hut (KE079-011004-) are located in the site's SW quadrant, interrupting the line of the enclosing feature here. The hut has an internal diameter of 5.4m, and there is a 1.7m wide entrance gap at SE. Its walls survive .4m high and are 2m wide. 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. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-011001 Hut site
  Description

  Three collapsed, sod-covered huts occupy the interior of the caher. Internal stone facing is visible in the roughly oval-shaped hut at E (KE079-011001-), which has internal dimensions of 7.6m x 5.4m. 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. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-011002 Souterrain
  Description

  A shallow circular depression in the centre of its floor is locally reputed to be the entrance to a souterrain (KE079-011002-). 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. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-011003 Hut site
  Description

  (KE079-011003-) This is situated just N of KE079-011001, and is joined to it by a band of stone collapse. Stone facing is again visible in its interior, which measures 4.8m in diameter. A narrow entrance, .6m wide, occurs at SW. 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. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-011004 Hut site
  Description

  The circular, stone-faced foundations of hut (KE079-011004-) are located in the site's SW quadrant, interrupting the line of the enclosing feature here. The hut has an internal diameter of 5.4m, and there is a 1.7m wide entrance gap at SE. Its walls survive .4m high and are 2m wide. 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. 601. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  National Monument No. 414. Internal diam. 23.3m N-S, 22.8m E-W. Known locally as Leacanabuaile/Leaca na Buaile, this site is one of a group of three cahers located between the Valencia river estuary and Cooncrome Harbour. Depicted on the first edition of the OS map as a circular enclosure, it is not shown on subsequent editions. It is situated on a massive rock eminence with steep ascents on its N, S and W sides. It was excavated in 1939-40 and was subsequently conserved and restored to its present condition. Much of the following description of the site is based on the report of that excavation (Ó Ríordáin and Foy, 1941). Prior to its excavation the site consisted of a subcircular area defined by a slight, sod-covered bank. Drystone facing could be traced around most of the bank's external circuit, and two short stretches of internal facing were also visible. The bank was poorly preserved at E, where the top of an upright stone marked the location of the entrance. The outlines of two structures, one circular (1) and one rectangular (4), were visible in the site's interior, which was largely filled with sod-covered stone collapse. The excavations revealed that the site was enclosed by a substantial caher-type wall which contained two wall chambers and featured a terraced inner face. The foundations of six stone-built houses, three circular (1-3) and three rectangular (4-6), were revealed in the interior. A souterrain (KE079-016003-) ran from the interior of the best preserved of the circular houses (1) to one of the chambers in the caher wall. Stratigraphic and other evidence indicated that the three circular houses were the earliest to be built on the site, and that the largest of the rectangular houses (4) was built during the period of use of circular house (1), which it abutted, but subsequent to the use of houses (2) and (3), whose foundations it overlay. House (5) was constructed later than (4), and house (6) was considered by the excavators to be probably of similar date to (5). Among the finds from the occupation levels of the site were iron knives and nails, quantities of iron slag (KE079-016011-), bone comb fragments, whetstones, fragments of rotary querns, a ploughsock, a sickle and a bronze ring-headed pin. Cattle were well represented in the bone assemblage from the site, though bones of sheep, pig, deer, grey seal, fish and sea-birds also occurred. The excavators proposed a ninth to tenth century date for the construction and occupation of the caher. Caher Wall: The shape and sloping upper surface of the rock eminence on which Leacanabuaile is built appears to have dictated the rather irregular outline of its enclosing wall. The wall has a non-uniform batter and comprises a rubble core faced internally and externally with thin shale slabs. A foundation layer of large slabs projects beyond its external face in places. It averages 3.3m in basal width and 1.5m high. A .8m wide terrace runs along its inner face, and a second terrace occurs below this at the wall's NE sector. Short series of steps or projecting slabs occur at ten locations around the internal circuit of the wall, giving access to these terraces or to the wall-top. The entrance is located at E, where the ascent to the caher was easiest, and measures 1.4m in average width. Midway along the sides of the entrance passage, which may have been lintelled originally, projects a pair of opposed upright slabs or portals. The entrance to a small wall chamber is located just outside the SE corner of house (6). Measuring .45m high. 4m wide, this gives access to the S end of the chamber which is 1.3m wide and 3.3m long, NW-SE. Its lintelled roof is .7m high. Houses: (1 - KE079-016010-) Abutting the face of the enclosing wall at W, the wall of this circular house, 4.7m in internal diameter, averages 1.5m wide at base and is preserved to a height of 1.8m. It is well-faced internally and features a strongly corbelled incline. Excavation revealed several postholes in the interior of the house, which indicate that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. Another posthole, found just inside the 1m wide entrance at E, presumably held a door-post. The entrance to a souterrain is located close to the opposite side of the doorway. The souterrain (KE079-016003-) is stone-built and comprises two passages linked by a short creepway. It terminates in a chamber contained within the caher wall just SW of house (1). The first passage is 6.2m long and averages .8m wide and .75m high. It curves gently downwards from the entrance at NE, beneath the wall of house (1), to SW. Its side-walls are drystone-built and are slightly corbelled in their upper courses. In places they overlie the rock-cut sides of the souterrain's construction trench. The passage is roofed with large slabs. A creepway, .8m long x .4m wide, which is fitted with a neatly cut arch stone, leads from the SW end of the passage to the E end of the second passage. The latter passage is 3.8m long, .9m in average width and .8m high. Aligned E-W, it is constructed in the same manner as the first passage. Its W end underlies the caher wall and here a space, .5m x .4m, was left in its roof to allow access to the overhead wall chamber. Of subrectangular form, this chamber measures 4.8m N-S x 1.2m E-W and is 1m high. It is roofed by a series of large slabs, some of which are supported by a modern concrete pillar. During the conservation work carried out at the site a low opening to this chamber was built through the external face of the caher wall. There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. (2) (KE079-016005-) Only the lower courses of the wall of this circular house, which was overlain by the SW side-wall of house (4), is preserved. This averages 1.2m wide. (3) (KE079-016006-) The poorly preserved remains of the N sector of the wall of this circular hut were noted beneath the NE side-wall of house (4). (4) (KE079-016007-) This, the largest of the Leacanabuaile houses, was built against the E face of house (1) thus incorporating the entrance to the latter in its structure. Rectangular in plan, it measures 7.15m x 6.15m internally and features a 1m wide doorway at ESE. Its side-walls, preserved up to 1.5m high at W, average 2m in basal width and are battered inwards on both faces. The walls are well-faced internally and are neatly bonded at the corners. Externally, the corners are somewhat rounded. Excavation revealed four large postholes in the interior of the building, which indicated that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. The excavators suggested that a large holed stone, found over-lying the occupation layers in the house, may have been set in the roof to serve as a smoke-hole. A slab-covered drain (KE079-016002-) ran from just inside the doorway of the house across the interior of the caher and out through its entrance. (5) (KE079-016008-) This poorly constructed building is located between the S angle of house (4) and the enclosing wall of the caher, which forms its S side-wall. Of subrectangular internal plan, it has average dimensions of 7m x 3.4m. A .9m wide entrance at NE leads through a 1.2m wide wall, which narrows to .3m in width at the building's NW corner to allow access between it and house (4) to the S portion of the caher's interior. (6) (KE079-016009-) This rectangular building is located adjacent to the wall chamber at NW and utilises the caher wall as its NE side-wall. Measuring 4.2m x 3.3m internally, it features a .6m wide entrance in its SE end-wall. Its walls average 1m wide and were preserved to a height of .6m. The exc

• KE079-016002 Decorated stone
  Description

  There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016003 Souterrain
  Description

  The souterrain (KE079-016003-) is stone-built and comprises two passages linked by a short creepway. It terminates in a chamber contained within the caher wall just SW of house (1). The first passage is 6.2m long and averages .8m wide and .75m high. It curves gently downwards from the entrance at NE, beneath the wall of house (1), to SW. Its side-walls are drystone-built and are slightly corbelled in their upper courses. In places they overlie the rock-cut sides of the souterrain's construction trench. The passage is roofed with large slabs. A creepway, .8m long x .4m wide, which is fitted with a neatly cut arch stone, leads from the SW end of the passage to the E end of the second passage. The latter passage is 3.8m long, .9m in average width and .8m high. Aligned E-W, it is constructed in the same manner as the first passage. Its W end underlies the caher wall and here a space, .5m x .4m, was left in its roof to allow access to the overhead wall chamber. Of subrectangular form, this chamber measures 4.8m N-S x 1.2m E-W and is 1m high. It is roofed by a series of large slabs, some of which are supported by a modern concrete pillar. During the conservation work carried out at the site a low opening to this chamber was built through the external face of the caher wall. There is a number of incised carvings on the N side-wall of the first passage, close to the creepway. It is unclear whether these were incised into the face of the bedrock or only into the layer of dried mud which adheres to it. Of uncertain date, they include a number of concentric circles and a quadruped animal. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016005 House - early medieval
  Description

  (2) (KE079-016005-) Only the lower courses of the wall of this circular house, which was overlain by the SW side-wall of house (4), is preserved. This averages 1.2m wide. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016006 House - early medieval
  Description

  (3) (KE079-016006-) The poorly preserved remains of the N sector of the wall of this circular hut were noted beneath the NE side-wall of house (4). 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016007 House - early medieval
  Description

  (4) (KE079-016007-) This, the largest of the Leacanabuaile houses, was built against the E face of house (1) thus incorporating the entrance to the latter in its structure. Rectangular in plan, it measures 7.15m x 6.15m internally and features a 1m wide doorway at ESE. Its side-walls, preserved up to 1.5m high at W, average 2m in basal width and are battered inwards on both faces. The walls are well-faced internally and are neatly bonded at the corners. Externally, the corners are somewhat rounded. Excavation revealed four large postholes in the interior of the building, which indicated that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. The excavators suggested that a large holed stone, found over-lying the occupation layers in the house, may have been set in the roof to serve as a smoke-hole. A slab-covered drain (KE079-016002-) ran from just inside the doorway of the house across the interior of the caher and out through its 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016008 House - early medieval
  Description

  (5) (KE079-016008-) This poorly constructed building is located between the S angle of house (4) and the enclosing wall of the caher, which forms its S side-wall. Of subrectangular internal plan, it has average dimensions of 7m x 3.4m. A .9m wide entrance at NE leads through a 1.2m wide wall, which narrows to .3m in width at the building's NW corner to allow access between it and house (4) to the S portion of the caher's interior. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016009 House - early medieval
  Description

  (6) (KE079-016009-) This rectangular building is located adjacent to the wall chamber at NW and utilises the caher wall as its NE side-wall. Measuring 4.2m x 3.3m internally, it features a .6m wide entrance in its SE end-wall. Its walls average 1m wide and were preserved to a height of .6m. The excavators suggested that both it and house (5) were built subsequent to the construction of (4). 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016010 House - early medieval
  Description

  Houses: (1 - KE079-016010-) Abutting the face of the enclosing wall at W, the wall of this circular house, 4.7m in internal diameter, averages 1.5m wide at base and is preserved to a height of 1.8m. It is well-faced internally and features a strongly corbelled incline. Excavation revealed several postholes in the interior of the house, which indicate that its roof may have been a thatched or sod-covered timber construction supported on posts set in the floor. Another posthole, found just inside the 1m wide entrance at E, presumably held a door-post. The entrance to a souterrain is located close to the opposite side of the doorway. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-016011 Metalworking site
  Description

  Among the finds from the occupation levels of the site were iron knives and nails, quantities of iron slag (KE079-016011-), bone comb fragments, whetstones, fragments of rotary querns, a ploughsock, a sickle and a bronze ring-headed pin. 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. 602. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 85/1940).

• KE079-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  National Monument No. 1227. Internal diam. 26.2m Known locally as Cahergal/An Chathair Gheal, this impressive monument is the most southerly of a group of three cahers situated on the N side of the Valencia river estuary. It is located on the crest of a slight ridge, and its N sector is skirted by a low rock-face. The site consists of a massive circular rampart, which features terraces and interconnecting steps on its inner face, and encloses a large central hut. The hut was recently excavated (Manning 1991, 37; 1992, 24-5) as part of the extensive programme of repair and conservation being carried out on the site by the OPW. Prior to its restoration the enclosing rampart of the caher was breached at NNE and its external face had collapsed at S and W. The original entrance, at SSE, was almost totally covered by collapse. A number of early photographs, including Lawrence Collection 4562WL, recorded the dilapidated state of the site at this time. The rampart survived to a maximum external height of 4m at SW, and consisted of a rubble core faced internally and externally with drystone masonry of exceptionally high quality. Averaging 5.5m in basal thickness, it featured a pronounced batter both internally and externally, and averaged 3.5m wide on top. The basal courses of the original entrance feature were cleared of overlying collapse and reconstructed as a lintelled passage by the OPW. This is 5.7m long, 2m wide and 2m high. Two tall portal-like slabs project from the sides of the passage close to its inner end, where a large slab, set on edge, acts as a step-up to the interior of the site. Each of these three slabs are original features of the entrance passage. The inner face of the caher rampart features two terraces, on average 1.15m and 2.7m high above ground level, which are each divided into nine sections by inset arrangements of opposing steps. These sections average .6m wide and vary in length between 4.5m and 7.5m. The steps to the upper terrace tend to occur midway along the lengths of the individual sections of the lower one. At two points, at NNE and SW, access is gained to the top of the rampart from the upper terrace via sets of opposing steps. The central hut is of drystone construction. Prior to excavation and conservation its interior was filled with rubble and its wall was only preserved above ground level at W, where it stood up to 1.7m high. Here it displayed a pronounced inward corbel and a number of slabs projected from its external face. Traces of an entrance were visible at SSE. Chatterton recorded a local tradition that the roof of the hut was of corbelled stone, and noted that a lamb shelter had been constructed in its interior (1839, 280). Excavation revealed that the hut was 6.7m in internal diameter and featured two opposing entrances, each 1.1m wide. A third, blocked, entrance was located at N. Removal of the collapse in the interior of the hut revealed an occupation layer over the floor, a large central hearth-pit and several hundred stake-holes. There was little evidence for activity on the site prior to the construction of the hut. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. Westropp and Henry recorded a large perforated slab lying outside the hut at SE (1912, 295; 1957, 63). This is no longer visible and was interpreted by Henry as a support slab for a timber door frame. Another slab lying in the interior of the caher, 2.45m x .7m x .15m thick, has two large circular depressions on its present upper surface. A drystone structure of rectangular plan formerly stood against the inner face of the caher rampart at N. It was dismantled by the OPW in the early 1980s. It measured 2.8m N-S x 2.4m E-W in internal dimensions, and its walls averaged .55m thick. Its E wall was apparently gabled and stood 1.9m high. Although it was interpreted by Lecky as a possible oratory (1914, 49), it was not depicted in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875, 22) and was deemed by Henry (1957, 63) to be of modern date. A pin sharpener and three fragments of a quern from Cahergal are in KCM (1993:4; 1992:33). 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. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-024001 Building
  Description

  National Monument No. 1227. A drystone structure of rectangular plan formerly stood against the inner face of the caher rampart at N. It was dismantled by the OPW in the early 1980s. It measured 2.8m N-S x 2.4m E-W in internal dimensions, and its walls averaged .55m thick. Its E wall was apparently gabled and stood 1.9m high. Although it was interpreted by Lecky as a possible oratory (1914, 49), it was not depicted in Dunraven's plan of the site (1875, 22) and was deemed by Henry (1957, 63) to be of modern date. 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. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-024002 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 1227. The central hut is of drystone construction. Prior to excavation and conservation its interior was filled with rubble and its wall was only preserved above ground level at W, where it stood up to 1.7m high. Here it displayed a pronounced inward corbel and a number of slabs projected from its external face. Traces of an entrance were visible at SSE. Chatterton recorded a local tradition that the roof of the hut was of corbelled stone, and noted that a lamb shelter had been constructed in its interior (1839, 280). Excavation revealed that the hut was 6.7m in internal diameter and featured two opposing entrances, each 1.1m wide. A third, blocked, entrance was located at N. Removal of the collapse in the interior of the hut revealed an occupation layer over the floor, a large central hearth-pit and several hundred stake-holes. There was little evidence for activity on the site prior to the construction of the hut. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. Westropp and Henry recorded a large perforated slab lying outside the hut at SE (1912, 295; 1957, 63). This is no longer visible and was interpreted by Henry as a support slab for a timber door frame. Another slab lying in the interior of the caher, 2.45m x .7m x .15m thick, has two large circular depressions on its present upper surface. 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. 603. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-024003 Metalworking site
  Description

  National Monument No. 1227. Artefacts recovered included quern fragments, scraps of sheet bronze, iron slag and tuyère fragments. Excavation between the caher entrance and the hut revealed a paving of stone flags flanked with low upright slabs. A pin sharpener and three fragments of a quern from Cahergal are in KCM (1993:4; 1992:33). 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. 603. 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 Kimego 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, 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 Kimego 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.

• Kimego West, Caherciveen5 sales

Name

Kimego West

Area

2,914,530 m² (291.45 ha, 720.2 acres)

Civil parish

Caher, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Castlequin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlequin electoral division: 583 people in 225 households; 92% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarbery East, Ballycarbery West, Emlagh, Kimego East, Mountluke

Placenames

Kimego 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.