Knocknagowan

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknagowan, from 629,603 m² (62.96 ha, 155.58 acres) to 1,980,969 m² (198.1 ha, 489.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Knocknagowan 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.

• 10 Dec 2025Conditional

  Full Planning Permission to construct a new stock proof fence and all associated site services

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561155

• 16 Aug 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22861

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE076-003 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. An irregular-shaped area (7m N-S; 4m E-W at N; 2.3m E-W at S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 1.3m). The W portion of the interior is raised and the E portion is cut (D 0.5m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. Loose stones are scattered on the downslope externally. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-003001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. The remains of a D-shaped hut (2.9m SE-NW) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.2-0.3m) with a straight NW side (L 2.4m). An upright stone slab (H 0.6m; 1.1m x 0.15m) and a smaller one, form part of the wall at SE. There is an entrance (Wth 0.45m) at SW which is defined by two upright stone slabs (H 0.6m; 0.55m x 0.10m at NW and H 0.45m; 0.55m x 0.2m at SE). The W portion of the interior is raised (H 0.1m) and the NE portion is cut (D 0.2m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-003002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. The remains of a circular hut (2.5m E-W; 2.3m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.3m). The larger base stones protrude above the surface of the bog. The W portion of the interior is raised (H 0.4m) and the E portion is cut into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. However, the interior still retains a slope down to the W. Loose stones are scattered on the downslope externally. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-003003 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. A roughly triangular area is defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.75m) which is straight along the N (L 4.9m) and E (L 6.3m) sides and is curved outwards on the SW side. There is a gap in the centre of the E wall. Immediately N of this gap is a short section of wall (on an E-W axis) which extends W (L c. 2m). Loose stones are scattered around the perimeter. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-003004 Hut site
  Description

  In rough, heather-clad pasture, broken by rock outcrops, on a W-facing slope. The remains of a rectangular hut (2m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.45m). The W portion of the interior is raised (H 0.3m) and the E portion is cut (D 0.2m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. Loose stones are scattered around the interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-045 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Clydagh River. The remains of a circular hut (5.5m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by a collapsed, partially grass-covered, drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m). The SW portion of the interior is raised (H 0.4m) and the NE portion is cut (D 0.3m) into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is level. There is rubble scattered along the perimeter. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 Knocknagowan.

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

Name

Knocknagowan

Area

5,499,873 m² (549.99 ha, 1,359.05 acres)

Civil parish

Killaha, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Clydagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clydagh electoral division: 125 people in 49 households; 79% of households own their home; 17% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherbarnagh (Co. Cork), Clydaghroe, Coomacheo (Co. Cork), Cummeennabuddoge, Glashacormick, Knocknabro

Placenames

Knocknagowan 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.