Knockercreeveen

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockercreeveen, from 155 m² to 381,911 m² (38.19 ha, 94.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockercreeveen 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.

• 4 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINERY SHED

  Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 1299795

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A MACHINERY SHED

  Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 129795

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 Knockercreeveen.

Recorded monuments

• KE009-060 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diameter 22.8m N-S, 26m E-W Lisnamullaghaun/Lios na Moltachán (ringfort of the wethers). This is a sub-circular univallate cahir, situated on pastureland which is gently sloping S. The enclosing stone bank is well defined. On average 7m wide at the base, it rises to a maximum of 1.7m high above the interior and 2.8m above the external fosse. The external fosse encloses the whole site, and is c 2m wide and .6m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and in the N sector of the interior are the remains of a souterrain (KE009-060001-). The drystone walling of the chamber is clearly visible. The tunnel would appear to extend through the N bank to the chamber and then curves SE. W of this chamber at a distance of c 2.6m is another chamber. In the W sector of the interior is a mound of stones, 3.6m N-S and 3m E- W; c 1m SW is a small depression, 1.4m N-S, 1.2m E-W and .4m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 807. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE009-060001 Souterrain
  Description

  Lisnamullaghaun/Lios na Moltachán (ringfort of the wethers; KE009-060----). This is a sub-circular univallate cahir, situated on pastureland which is gently sloping S. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and in the N sector of the interior are the remains of a souterrain (KE009-060001-). The drystone walling of the chamber is clearly visible. The tunnel would appear to extend through the N bank to the chamber and then curves SE. W of this chamber at a distance of c 2.6m is another chamber. In the W sector of the interior is a mound of stones, 3.6m N-S and 3m E- W; c 1m SW is a small depression, 1.4m N-S, 1.2m E-W and .4m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 807. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE009-062 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diameter 34m N-S, 34.4m E-W Lisnacreev/Lios na gGraobh (ringfort of the bushes). Situated SE of KE009-060----, this site lies immediately NE of Bushmount House. This univallate cahir is slightly cut to the NW by a fieldbank. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a 4m wide stone bank which rises from 1.6m-3m above the interior and 4m above the external fosse. The external fosse is well defined and encloses the whole site, except to the NW where it has been cut by the fieldbank; elsewhere it is 2.5m wide and 1.5m deep. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. In the N to NE sector of the interior are what could be two roughly rectangular house-sites (KE009-062001- & KE009-062002-) constructed of stone. The first measures 7.8m x 6.4m with 1m-thick walls; the second measures 6.8m x 6m and the wall is also 1m thick. In the former possible house-site is a depression .6m deep. According to Miss Hickson (1883-84), a large flat stone was discovered at some distance below the surface of the ground and when removed it revealed a deep well whose wall was stone lined. In the 1890s, several fragments of inscribed stones were found in this fort by R. J. Rice (1896) and were later identified as 'portions of an ogham monument' (Rev. Dr Graves 1896). Also see (49). When deepening a portion of the fosse at the south side of "Lisnacreavh", I found about twenty- eight or thirty horse-loads of stones at a depth of about three feet or three and a half feet below the level of the remainder of the fosse ... i.e. rough- dressed, hollowed, and burned or sooty looking. Underneath this huge pile, I came upon the foundation of two "dry" walls 5 ft x 13 ft, about 5 yards apart, and both running parallel in a southerly direction.' (P.J. Rice, 1896). See also 808 (KE009-062----). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 808. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE009-062001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  According to Toal (1995, 201, no. 808) in the interior of the cashel (KE009-062----) are 'what could be two roughly rectangular house-sites [see also KE009-062002-] constructed of stone.' This one measures '7.8m x 6.4m with 1m-thick walls' (ibid.). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 14 May 2013

• KE009-062002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  According to Toal (1995, 201, no. 808) in the interior of the cashel (KE009-062----) are 'what could be two roughly rectangular house-sites [see also KE009-062001-] constructed of stone.' This one measures '6.8m x 6m' with walls 1m thick (ibid.). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 14 May 2013

• KE009-062004 Well
  Description

  Lisnacreev/Lios na gGraobh (ringfort of the bushes) KE009-062----. According to Miss Hickson (1883-84), a large flat stone was discovered at some distance below the surface of the ground and when removed it revealed a deep well whose wall was stone lined. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 808. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE015-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This large circular enclosure appears on the 1841- 42 OS map. It does not appear on the 1916 OS map. Buildings now occupy the site. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 579. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

• Bushmount House, country house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement late-Georgian house, built c. 1810, door opening to centre approached by curved flight of steps. Refenestrated and extended to north-west, with five-bay two-storey lean-to return having single-bay two-storey projecting bay to centre. Pitched and hipped slate roof with lead ridge flashings and rendered brick chimneystack. Single-pitched roof at rear. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Replacement aluminium windows with limestone sill. Original four-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows at basement. Square-headed doorway with timber double-leaf door and having nosed limestone steps with curved flanking walls and limestone piers. Retaining interior features. Detached seven-bay two-storey rubble stone-built stable block, dated 1831, to north-west, originally with segmental-headed integral carriage arch. Gateway, built c. 1810, to south comprising cut-stone piers. Two-storey outbuildings with circular limestone plaque "Domk Rice 1831" and having "built-in" rain barrel adjacent to carriage opening.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

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

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

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

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Knockercreeveen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Knockercreeveen

Area

657,196 m² (65.72 ha, 162.4 acres)

Civil parish

Rattoo, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Drommartin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

539 people lived in 184 households in the Drommartin electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghabeg Middle, Ballinbranhig, Cloonlogher, Corbally, Drommartin, Knockavaghig

Placenames

Knockercreeveen 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.