Knockeens

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockeens, from 1,818 m² to 452,345 m² (45.23 ha, 111.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Knockeens 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.

• 3 Nov 2021N/a

  PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING OLD TWO STOREY DERELICT DWELLING AND PERMISSION TO BUILD A PRIVATE TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH SINGLE STOREY IN PART (PASSIVE HOUSE), ALSO PERMISSION TO BUILD A SINGLE STOREY WORKSHOP/BARN ALL SERVED WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 211245

• 17 Jun 2020N/a

  DEMOLISH EXISTING OLD TWO STOREY DERELICT DWELLING AND REBUILD A PRIVATE TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH A SINGLE STOREY IN PART (PASSIVE HOUSE), ALSO A SINGLE STOREY WORKSHOP/BARN, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20523

• 16 Jul 2019Conditional

  (I) CONSTRUCT A NEW EASY FEED SLATTED LIVESTOCK UNIT ADJACENT TO EXISITNG FARM BUILDINGS. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO INCORPORATE CUBICLES AND ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK WITH 2 EXTERNAL AGITATION POINTS AND EXTERNAL ANCILLARY CONCRETE, (II) CONSTRUCT A SILAGE SLAB AND CONCRETE APRON

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19744

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 Knockeens.

Recorded monuments

• KE084-028 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough, heather-covered hill pasture, on the SE-facing slope of Mangertonbeg Mountain. A D-shaped area (8.4m NW-SE), with a straight NW side (L 6m), defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.7m). There is a possible entrance at E. The interior slopes down to the S. Loose stones are scattered within the interior and on the downslope, externally. 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

• KE084-030 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  This enclosure no longer survives above ground, it is not marked on the first edition (1846) and it is shown as a small rectangular enclosure in the NW corner of a large rectangular field on the 1895 OS 6-inch map and named 'Sheepfold'. It is most likely the remains of an 18th/19th century house. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE084-031 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture, on the lower S-facing slope of Mangertonbeg Mountain. This standing stone (1.4m x 0.6m; H 2m) is oblong in plan and subrectangular in section and is orientated NE-SW. It tapers towards the top and leans slightly to the SE. There are two smaller upright stones, with some field-clearance stones piled up around their bases, to the N and NW. The N stone (0.95m x 0.4m; H 0.85m), which is 1.4m N of the standing stone, is orientated NE-SW and is rectangular in plan. The NW stone (0.75m x 0.3m; H 0.65m), which is 0.7m to the NW of the NE stone, is orientated E-W and is rectangular in plan. It is not possible to determine whether these two smaller stones are part of the field-clearance debris. 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

• KE084-057001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (7.2m N-S; 6.8m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 1.15m; H 0.4m) which is partly grassed over. There is an entrance (Wth 0.8m) at SE. The S portion of the interior is raised and the N side is cut (D 0.55m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. There is a relict field boundary (KE084-057002-) c. 25m to the E and a possible fulacht fia (KE084-057003-) is in the immediate vicinity to the NE. 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

• KE084-057002 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. A section of collapsed field wall (T 1m; H 0.4-0.5m) extends to the SW for a distance of c. 20m and then curves gradually downslope in a SE direction for c. 30m where it disappears into deeper bog. There is a hut site (KE084-057001-) c. 25m to the W and a fulacht fia (KE084-057003-) lies c. 5m NE of the NE end of the relict field wall. 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

• KE084-057003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the E bank of a stream, on the S-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. A D-shaped grass-covered mound (straight W side: 4m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.7m) of burnt material. The burnt material is exposed in a small area on top of the mound and also along the W side by the stream. The NE end of a relict field boundary (KE084-057002-) lies c. 5m to the SW and a hut site (KE084-057001-) is located further to the SW. 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

• KE084-058 Field boundary
  Description

  In boggy pasture, on the SE-facing slope of Mangerton Mountain. A section of a relict field wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) extends c. 25m in a SW direction and then disappears into deeper bog. Some of the stones are set at right angles to the line of the wall. 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

• KE084-067 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Built into a field boundary at the E side of a minor road; front elevation faces W onto the road. Façade (H c. 3m; Wth c. 5m) of sandstone random rubble. Arched recess (H 1.85m; Wth 2.4m; D 2.4m) with sloping slabs at rear. The top of the kiln is heavily overgrown but the funnel (diam. 1.95m) is visible. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockeens.

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

Name

Knockeens · Na Cnoicíní

Area

4,214,940 m² (421.49 ha, 1,041.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgarvan, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kilgarvan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilgarvan electoral division: 788 people in 310 households; 74% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardtully, Bausheen, Cooragweanish, Slaght

Placenames

Knockeens 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.