# Knockanacuig, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tralee, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnocán an Chuig.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 200,339 m² (20.03 ha, 49.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 328 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tralee, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/tralee.md
- Barony: Trughanacmy
- Electoral division: Tralee Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Tralee Rural electoral division: 19,032 people in 7,091 households; 60% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24800
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71890
- Centre: latitude 52.271952, longitude -9.725301 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanacuig, from 9 m² to 67,441 m² (6.74 ha, 16.67 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1220033: 67,441 m² (6.74 ha, 16.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220033.md
- Parcel 1228767: 32,950 m² (3.3 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228767.md
- Parcel 5626345: 22,297 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5626345.md
- Parcel 1218255: 16,570 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1218255.md
- Parcel 4449653: 7,778 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4449653.md
- Parcel 1244587: 4,183 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244587.md
- Parcel 3005112: 3,406 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3005112.md
- Parcel 3846759: 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3846759.md
- Parcel 4449650: 1,834 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4449650.md
- Parcel 1186874: 1,254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1186874.md
- Parcel 1147890: 1,056 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147890.md
- Parcel 1245102: 824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245102.md
- Parcel 1151784: 725 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151784.md
- Parcel 3021941: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3021941.md
- Parcel 1213046: 641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213046.md
- Parcel 1157778: 571 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157778.md
- Parcel 1178894: 566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178894.md
- Parcel 2950199: 565 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2950199.md
- Parcel 1529675: 533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1529675.md
- Parcel 3199495: 532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3199495.md
- Parcel 1240140: 515 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240140.md
- Parcel 2951432: 508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2951432.md
- Parcel 1195619: 502 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195619.md
- Parcel 1220032: 496 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220032.md
- Parcel 1530019: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530019.md
- Parcel 3038451: 473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3038451.md
- Parcel 2677886: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677886.md
- Parcel 1162337: 467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162337.md
- Parcel 2673709: 465 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673709.md
- Parcel 1166961: 444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1166961.md
- Parcel 1176301: 443 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176301.md
- Parcel 1179216: 440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179216.md
- Parcel 2950647: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2950647.md
- Parcel 1199903: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199903.md
- Parcel 1162534: 425 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162534.md
- Parcel 4704112: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4704112.md
- Parcel 1179030: 420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179030.md
- Parcel 1180500: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180500.md
- Parcel 1202557: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202557.md
- Parcel 3021945: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3021945.md
- Parcel 1160152: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160152.md
- Parcel 1178002: 398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178002.md
- Parcel 1143301: 389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143301.md
- Parcel 1530311: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530311.md
- Parcel 1147891: 384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147891.md
- Parcel 2950147: 373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2950147.md
- Parcel 3021934: 373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3021934.md
- Parcel 2500365: 370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2500365.md
- Parcel 3009964: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3009964.md
- Parcel 1162336: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162336.md
- Parcel 1144271: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144271.md
- Parcel 1224884: 362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224884.md
- Parcel 1180186: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180186.md
- Parcel 2951431: 353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2951431.md
- Parcel 1178951: 352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178951.md
- Parcel 1178891: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178891.md
- Parcel 1178232: 349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178232.md
- Parcel 1164430: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164430.md
- Parcel 1178531: 337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178531.md
- Parcel 1224875: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224875.md
- Parcel 1164768: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164768.md
- Parcel 1162539: 334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162539.md
- Parcel 1180499: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180499.md
- Parcel 3038449: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3038449.md
- Parcel 1180187: 328 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180187.md
- Parcel 2647737: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2647737.md
- Parcel 3021931: 324 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3021931.md
- Parcel 1164410: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164410.md
- Parcel 1166877: 318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1166877.md
- Parcel 2679470: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679470.md
- Parcel 1162059: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162059.md
- Parcel 2434868: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2434868.md
- Parcel 1164062: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164062.md
- Parcel 2486002: 309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486002.md
- Parcel 2950205: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2950205.md
- Parcel 1164060: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164060.md
- Parcel 2677893: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677893.md
- Parcel 1164063: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164063.md
- Parcel 1164125: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164125.md
- Parcel 1197016: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197016.md
- Parcel 1162750: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162750.md
- Parcel 1176174: 291 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176174.md
- Parcel 1164432: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164432.md
- Parcel 1178893: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178893.md
- Parcel 1179807: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179807.md
- Parcel 1164429: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164429.md
- Parcel 1164767: 279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164767.md
- Parcel 1178627: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178627.md
- Parcel 1164411: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164411.md
- Parcel 1178892: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178892.md
- Parcel 1162079: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162079.md
- Parcel 1178555: 262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178555.md
- Parcel 3068192: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3068192.md
- Parcel 1163250: 258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163250.md
- Parcel 1176172: 257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176172.md
- Parcel 1164061: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164061.md
- Parcel 1179219: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179219.md
- Parcel 1166875: 252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1166875.md
- Parcel 1164124: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164124.md
- Parcel 2677892: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677892.md
- Parcel 1163735: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163735.md
- Parcel 1163734: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163734.md
- Parcel 1164672: 238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164672.md
- Parcel 1178319: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178319.md
- Parcel 1176173: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1176173.md
- Parcel 1178003: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178003.md
- Parcel 1139886: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139886.md
- Parcel 1164766: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164766.md
- Parcel 1166876: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1166876.md
- Parcel 4686415: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4686415.md
- Parcel 1245553: 199 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245553.md
- Parcel 1246012: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246012.md
- Parcel 1138966: 189 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138966.md
- Parcel 2976402: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2976402.md
- Parcel 2716676: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716676.md
- Parcel 2716657: 137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716657.md
- Parcel 2722800: 133 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2722800.md
- Parcel 5517775: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5517775.md
- Parcel 2715970: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2715970.md
- Parcel 2716656: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716656.md
- Parcel 2715991: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2715991.md
- Parcel 3846756: 102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3846756.md
- Parcel 3846758: 95 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3846758.md
- Parcel 2715960: 89 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2715960.md
- Parcel 2716667: 88 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716667.md
- Parcel 2716660: 87 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716660.md
- Parcel 2716002: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2716002.md
- Parcel 3846757: 82 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3846757.md
- Parcel 2679295: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679295.md
- Parcel 4521690: 9 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4521690.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 144 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- G3 Landscape Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- N3.2 Electricity: Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- G4 Active Open Space (Active open space): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- R1 New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- N5 Solid Waste (Solid waste): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf
- C2.1 Industrial, Enterprise, Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://cdp.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Variation-No1-Tralee-MD-Settlements-Plan.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

12 applications, newest first.

- 30 Mar 2026, Kerry County Council 2660275: Conditional. Permission. permission for demolition and removal of existing dressing-rooms building, storage containers and pitch floodlighting and construction of new dressing-rooms building, erection of new floodlighting, ball-stop poles and nets, installation of ball-wall, modular stand and mobile dug-outs, laying of new all-weather sand-based training pitch with perimeter path and fence, all with associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660275/0
- 18 Dec 2024, Kerry County Council 2460995: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house, and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460995/0
- 17 Oct 2023, Kerry County Council 2360238: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention permission to retain a partially complete single storey extension to the rear and Permission to complete a new single storey extension to the side and all associated site works all at 124 Fairway Heights, Knocknacuig, Tralee, Co.Kerry V92 T8N1. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360238/0
- 22 Sept 2023, Kerry County Council 2360176: N/a. Retention. Invalid- Retention permission to retain a partially complete single storey extension to the rear and complete a new single storey extension to the side and all associated site works all at 124 Fairway Heights, Knocknacuig, Tralee, Co.Kerry V92 T8N1. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360176/0
- 18 Apr 2023, Kerry County Council 23425: Conditional. Permission. (A) PROVISION OF AN MV SUBSTATION BUILDING (C.60SQ.M, 4.6M HIGH) AND AN MV MODULAR STRUCTURE ( C. 12SQ.M, 3.4 M HIGH) BOTH BEING WITHIN A FENCED COMPOUND WITHIN THE "CONSENTED BALLYENAGHTY SOLAR FARM" (B) A C. 2.3KM 10KV UNDERGROUND CABLE INSTALLATION BETWEEN THE " CONSENTED BALLYENAGHTY SOLAR FARM AND THE EXISTING ESB BALLYRICKARD 38KV SUBSTATION VIA THE KERRIES ROAD AND SPA ROAD AND (C) ALL OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A DURATION OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23425/0
- 8 Mar 2021, Kerry County Council 21228: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21228/0
- 22 Oct 2020, Kerry County Council 201011: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING A SINGLE STOREY LEAN TO EXTENSION TO THE REAR/SOUTH SIDE OF PROPERTY . PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SHED WITH ATTIC STORAGE ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF SITE COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/201011/0
- 4 Nov 2019, Kerry County Council 191122: Conditional. Permission, 4 homes. CONSTRUCT 4 NO. DWELLING HOUSES CONSISTING OF 2 BLOCKS OF 3 BEDROOM SEMI DETACHED HOUSES, CONNECT TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND SERVICES, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROAD ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191122/0
- 30 Jan 2019, Kerry County Council 1971: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOFED EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH EAST (REAR AND LEFT SIDE) OF DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING A BEDROOM AND ACCESSABLE SHOWER ROOM COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/1971/0
- 21 Dec 2018, Kerry County Council 181276: Refused. Permission, 1 home. (A)CONSTRUCT EXTENSION ONTO EXISTING COTTAGE, DEMOLISH EXISTING ATTACHED OUTBUILDING, ELEVATION CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING COTTAGE (B) CONSTRUCT 2 NO. DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES AND (C) CONNECT TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND SERVICES, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROAD, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS .RETAIN EXISTING COTTAGE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/181276/0
- 29 Mar 2018, Kerry County Council 18288: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ALTER AND EXTEND THE HOUSE TO THE SIDE AND REAR AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18288/0
- 27 Feb 2018, Kerry County Council 18176: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18176/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE029-112: Hilltop enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE029-112----. 'This large enclosure is marked on the OS 1st and 2nd Edition maps in the townland of Knockanacuig, though the evidence for a third enclosing element would place the fort partially within the townland of Lohercannan also. Indeed the middle enclosing element form the boundary of the townland of Knockanacuig, the townland curving around to include this area of the monument. The fact that four modern townlands meet at the monument and the townland name, Knockanacuig – ‘the hill of the five’ may be of significance. The site is recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places as a ringfort (RMP KE029-112----) but this seems to only take the inner enclosure into account. The outer defensive elements clearly show this site to be a hillfort, though the inner enclosure may have been a later ringfort placed inside the earlier bi-vallate hillfort. The fort is situated on the summit of a low hill, which forms part of the ridge that extends from the western end of the Stacks Mountains to the northern side of Tralee Bay. Even though only 35m above OD, the site affords expansive and panoramic views in all directions, particularly of Tralee Bay, the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula, the Slieve Mish, the estuary of the River Lee and the western end of the Lee Valley. The site is traversed by the existing Ballyvalley-Knockanacuig road, 35m from its eastern extent and has been severely disturbed and partially destroyed by modern development.. A house constructed in the late 1970's sits inside the site, directly on the inner enclosure, while others are located on or abutting the outer elements of the site to south, west and north. The existence of these structures has greatly disturbed the site and makes an overall view of the defenses impossible. The OS representation of the site shows it to comprise an outer bank that curves inwards to join the bank of the inner enclosure at the north-east. The inner enclosure is partially destroyed and overall very disturbed by the house located on the southern half of the site. However, the bank can be discerned on the northern side, while the line of the bank is preserved in the field boundary to the west. The bank on the northern side is on average 9m wide, 0.45m high internally and 0.50m high externally. The internal diameter of the enclosure was approximately 35m E-W, while the total diameter is approximately 57m E-W. Dimensions on the N-S axis are impossible to assess due to the house and subsequent destruction of portion of the enclosure. An aerial photograph from 1967 shows the inner enclosure in an almost completely intact state and it appears to have a number of features inside its enclosing bank, which are no longer visible. The second bank is visible all round the site but is flattened and denuded at a number of points and is crowned by bushes and trees particularly to the south and west, where it functions as a field boundary. It is best preserved at the south-east, south-west and, particularly the west, were traces of an internal ditch 1.3m in width and 0.30m deep can be seen. On average the bank measures 9m in width, 0.6m high externally and 0.8m high internally. This second bank has overall dimensions of 141m N-S and 132m E-W. On the eastern side this second bank has a break of 25m in maximum width north - south. On the northern side of the is break the bank continues inwards to link into the bank of the internal enclosure, thus forming an inward spiraling entrance to the site. The distance from the eastern side of the existing, modern road to the outermost element of the site on this side is 37m, while the inward curve of the bank is cut by this road at two points. The semi-circular portion of this bank, which is on the eastern side of the road encloses an area measuring 75m N-S and 35m E-W. At the point where the inward curve of the outer bank meets the northern side of the inner enclosure, immediately inside the western boundary of the existing roadway, there is a small sub-circular enclosure. The southern side of this enclosure merges with the bank of the larger internal enclosure, to the south. The small enclosure measures 10m N-S and 12m E-W, internally, while the overall dimensions are 23m N-S and 20m E-W. These two main enclosing elements comprise the features represented on the OS maps and included in the Record of Monuments & Places. However, field survey recorded the presence of an outer element on the west - south-western side of the site. Here a massive, flattened earthen bank up to 17m in width and on average 0.35m in height runs around the hill and can be traced from the roadway to the north through, west to the rear of house plots fronting onto the roadway cutting the site from north to south. The bank appears to be constructed around a natural scarp or shoulder of the hill, equivalent to the 34m (100ft) contour. There are clear traces of an internal ditch measuring up to 1.6m in width and 0.30m in depth, while a slight undulation noted intermittently outside the bank may indicate an outer ditch also. This bank is not visible on the northern, southern or eastern sides of the site but this is undoubtedly due to the modern developments in these areas. The bank is up to 52m outside the middle bank element at the south-west and, if it continued around the monument gives an overall internal diameter of 240m E-W, enclosing an area of approximately 4.5 hectares. The middle enclosing element, as shown on OS maps gives the monument an internal area of 1.86 hectares. The site is described in the minute books of the County Kerry Field Club in the minutes for a meeting in November 1940. It is noted that the site is known as "Stroppenard" from the Irish Strapa an Aird – The High Cliff Steps/The High Cliff Path or Climb (An Brainse Logainimneacha, Roinn Gnóthaí, Pobáil, Tuaithe & Gaeltachta) or "John Huggard's Fort". The description of the site states that the centre of the fort is occupied by a large mound, the mound is encircled by a rampart of earth. Outside this is a level area encircled by a second rampart, "outside of this rampart was a deep fosse or ditch, which was in turn again surrounded by a raised embankment or rampart". Clearly, the description shows the site to have been triple banked with flat areas between the enclosing elements, the middle and outer banks having a ditch between. Local information suggests that as late as the mid 1950’s this inner feature was extant and consisted of a large mound surrounded by a bank and internal ditch, which contained a spring and periodically filled with water. The mound is described locally as having been over 5m in height and was leveled in 1958. The OS 1st edition representation of the inner feature would suggest the presence of a mound, as would the domed, platform like nature of the ground in this area today. This would suggest the site as a bivallate hillfort enclosing an earlier, probably early prehistoric burial mound, though given the lack of clear information on the diameter of the possible mound and the disturbed nature of this area of the site today this is difficult to confirm. Though recent excavations in Knockanacuig [Excavation No: 06E0154], undertaken in advance of a proposed road re-alignment etc., following long opposition, have shown that the middle bank and large ditch, noted in the Kerry County Field Club minutes, survive.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 6 July 2012
- KE029-112001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE029-112001-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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 Knockanacuig.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_106, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_106.zip (ZIP).
- 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/knockanacuig.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockanacuig.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockanacuig.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockanacuig 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)

- Ballyvelly: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballyvelly.md
- Carrigeendaniel: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carrigeendaniel.md
- Farranstephen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/farranstephen.md
- Lohercannan: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lohercannan.md
- Tralee: https://everytownland.com/kerry/tralee.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.

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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/knockanacuig
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/knockanacuig