Meallis

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meallis, from 33 m² to 4,012,064 m² (401.21 ha, 991.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Meallis 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 Mar 2026N/a

  permission to construct the following: a new single storey domestic extension to the North and West of the existing cottage; the installation of a new waste water treatment unit consisting of a septic tank and percolation area; and for all associated ancillary site developments

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660177

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
• 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

• KE073-003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a sheltered terrace on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 4m) defined by a well-constructed, partially collapsed, drystone wall (T 0.75m; H 1.2m). The inner face of the wall slopes gradually inwards, suggesting a corbelled roof. Rubble is scattered along the perimeter of the hut site. A break (Wth 0.9m) at SE may indicate an entrance. Another hut site (KE073-003001-) adjoins this hut site at W. A third hut site (KE073-003002-) is c. 10m to the WNW. 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

• KE073-003001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a terrace on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a roughly D-shaped hut site (2.2m E-W) with the straight E side (L 4m N-S) formed by the outer face of an adjoining hut site (KE073-003----). The upper courses of the wall (T 0.6m; H 0.8m) are collapsing. A partially obscured interior is cut into the upslope (D 0.8m) at SW. A third hut site (KE073-003002-) is c. 10m to the WNW. 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

• KE073-003002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a sheltered terrace on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2m) defined by a partially collapsed, well-constructed, drystone wall (T 0.9m; H 1m). The inner face of the wall slopes inwards, suggesting a corbelled stone roof. The entrance (Wth 0.6m) is at SE. There is another hut site (KE073-003003-) c. 2m to the WSW and two other hut sites (KE073-003----, KE073-003001-) are c. 10m to the ESE. 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

• KE073-003003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough upland pasture, on a sheltered terrace on the N-facing slopes of Macgillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of a circular hut site (2.2m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by a partially collapsed, roughly constructed, drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. Outcropping rock is incorporated into the wall along the E arc. The level interior is cut into the upslope (D 0.4m) at SE. Another hut site (KE073-003002-) is c. 2m to the ENE. 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

• KE073-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This site is marked 'Meelisheen' on the OS Fair Plan and named 'Flat Fort'/Maol Lios (Lisín) in the OSNB (Knockane, 80). Part of a field boundary on the S side of a nearby house followed a semicircular outline (Ó Cíobháin 1978, 155), possibly that of an earlier circular enclosure. This was recently levelled. On its E side is a closed-in souterrain (KE073-019001-), marked 'Cave' on the second edition of the OS map. It is stone-built and consists of three separate chambers (local information). 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. 683. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE073-019001 Souterrain
  Description

  On its E side is a closed-in souterrain (KE073-019001-), marked 'Cave' on the second edition of the OS map. It is stone-built and consists of three separate chambers (local information). 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. 683. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE073-054 Rock shelter
  Description

  Roughly rectangular area (int. dims. 2.25 NNE-SSW; 2.25m ENE-WSW) defined by a rock-scattered hillslope to NE & SE which supports a substantial, naturally deposited roofing stone (dims. 3.0m NNE-SSW; 2.53m ENE-WSW; max. T 0.5m, at S). This naturally formed rock shelter has been modified by the construction of a man-made stone prop (H 1.46m; max. Wth 0.78m at base) which supports the angled roofing stone at SW and also by the collapsed remains of a linear wall (dims. 3.8m NNE-SSW; max. T 1.1m; max. H 0.73m) along the NW-side. The roofing stone is set at an angle (long-axis NE-SW), much like the capstone of a wedge tomb. This large flag is partially covered by sod at the base, where it rests upon the natural hillslope at NE. The load of the roofing stone is also borne by a large boulder at S, which appears to be in a naturally deposited position. This naturally formed shelter would originally have been open SW->N->NNE. A definite man-made arrangement of four relatively small, irregular sandstones are piled on top of each other and act as a crude form of pillar to further prop the roofing slab at SW. Although appearing roughly constructed, these stones have been selected to fit the space between a large basal stone at ground level and the underside of the roof slab. There is also a small pinning stone on the inner side of the upper prop stone to further secure stability. The remains of the drystone wall enclosing the NW-side are defined by a row of stones which have been deliberately placed along this axis to form an enclosing element. This wall has collapsed and is presently a single stone in height. It is possible that these stones formed part of the natural rock scatter and were subsequently rolled out from under the roof slab in order to create space within the interior and to provide a barrier from the elements on this side. The interior (min. H 0.44m to NE; max. H 1.46m at SW) is small and cramped, as is typical of such features. There is a scatter of small stones, some pressed into the ground surface, indicating use of this space. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 25 April 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Meallis, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Meallis · Maoilios

Area

5,571,442 m² (557.14 ha, 1,376.73 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

498 people lived in 174 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Alohart, Cloghernoosh, Coomcallee, Derrycarna, Gortboy, Lisleibane

Placenames

Meallis 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.