Reask

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reask, from 36 m² to 80,559 m² (8.06 ha, 19.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Reask in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  for retention permission to retain existing private dwelling within revised site boundaries on behalf of our client Tigh Bhric and West Kerry Brewery Ltd

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660783

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  for ( 1 ) retention permission to retain ( A ) change of use of first floor store room to apartment and the two rooflights to rear elevation to serve same ( B ) roof over patio area to rear of public bar, ( C ) two number signs ( D) as constructed brewery building, ( E ) change of use of ground floor shop to use as office and ( F ) retain all structures within revised site boundaries ( 2) full permission to extend existing roof over patio to rear of public bar

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660785

• 14 Mar 2024Conditional

  to retain ( a ) As constructed dwelling house and 2 no. domestic sheds and ( b) dwelling house and septic tank system and all structures within revised boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460155

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  RETAIN AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22277

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  RETAIN A SINGLE STOREY FRONT PORCH, SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING PERCOLATION AREA AND 2 NO. SINGLE SOTREY MASONRY CONSTRUCTED OUTBUILDINGS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22161

• 23 Nov 2021Conditional

  CHUN TIGH CHÓNAITHE AON STÓR A THÓGAINT LE HAONAD CÓIREÁLA DRAMHAÍOLA AG GABHÁIL LEIS, A SCEITHEADH GO SCAGAIRE GAINIMH SNASÚCHÁIN, LENA NA-ÁIRÍTEAR GACH OIBREACHA LÁITHREÁIN EILE CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, DISCHARGING TO A SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211336

• 16 Sept 2021N/a

  RETAIN SINGLE STOREY FRONT PORCH, SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, SEPTIC TANK AND 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY MASONRY CONSTRUCTED OUTBUILDINGS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211057

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Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Smerwick Harbour Sandhills And Marshes 001958

Recorded monuments

• KE042-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 22.5m E-W, 21.3m N-S Cloghaunnanoon/Clochán na nUamhan: This roughly circular ringfort is situated in the low-lying crescent of land that surrounds Smerwick Harbour, about 100m N of the early ecclesiastical site at Reask (KE042-060001-). A close inspection of the remains is difficult due to a dense cover of ferns and briars but 2 hut-sites are visible in the interior. The enclosing bank is a maximum of 1.3m high externally, .5m high internally and is c. 3m wide. The high stone content in the bank suggests either that it is the very ruined remains of a stone wall or that it consisted of an earthen bank revetted with drystone masonry, now collapsed. The probable line of the inner wall-face is shown as a broken line on the accompanying plan. The roadway skirts the S side of the enclosure and the bank has been removed in this sector which is now bounded by a modern wall. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 521. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-058001 Hut site
  Description

  Cloghaunnanoon/Clochán na nUamhan: Roughly circular ringfort KE042-058---- is situated in the low-lying crescent of land that surrounds Smerwick Harbour, about 100m N of the early ecclesiastical site at Reask (KE042-060001-). A close inspection of the remains is difficult due to a dense cover of ferns and briars but 2 hut-sites are visible in the interior. (1): A circular stone hut, c. 4.2m in diameter internally. The wall is now reduced to a mound of collapse. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 521. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-058002 Souterrain
  Description

  Possible souterrain described by Cuppage (1986, 181, no. 521) as follows; 'Cloghaunnanoon/Clochán na nUamhan: This roughly circular ringfort [KE042-058----] is situated in the low-lying crescent of land that surrounds Smerwick Harbour, about 100m N of the early ecclesiastical site at Reask (KE042-060001-). The name of the site (uamhain = cave) suggests the presence of a souterrain'.

• KE042-058003 Hut site
  Description

  Cloghaunnanoon/Clochán na nUamhan: Roughly circular ringfort KE042-058---- is situated in the low-lying crescent of land that surrounds Smerwick Harbour, about 100m N of the early ecclesiastical site at Reask (KE042-060001-). A close inspection of the remains is difficult due to a dense cover of ferns and briars but 2 hut-sites are visible in the interior. (2): The outline of this hut is less well-preserved than Hut (KE042-058002-) but it appears to have been sub-rectangular with internal dimensions of c. 3m E-W and 2m N-S. The wall is represented mainly by a mound of stone collapse, but a short stretch of the inner wall-face at S remains to a height of .3m. The name of the site (uamhain = cave) suggests the presence of a souterrain (KE042-058002-). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 521. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-059 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  A pair of standing stones set .95m apart in a NNW-SSE line, on the lowlying and somewhat marshy pastureland along the S side of Smerwick Harbour. The taller SE stone is 1.9m high, 1.1m wide and a maximum of .3m thick. A large packing stone is exposed at the base. The NW stone is 1.6m high and .9m x .4m at base. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 66. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE042-060001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. On the 1st edition of the OS map the site is shown as an oval enclosure outlined in a dotted line. Two stones marked as 'monumental pillars' and a pair of conjoined huts are shown in the N sector. A modern field boundary extending across the site from E to W is also marked in and a 2nd group of conjoined clochauns is shown on the Fair Plan in the S sector. On the 2nd edition a trackway is dotted in across the site from N to S and additional field fences had obscured the line of the original enclosure. There is a noticeable E to W slope within the enclosure. As with the vast majority of the early ecclesiastical sites in the area there is no record or mention of Reask in the known historical documentation. The excavations at the site from 1972 to 1975 were undertaken by the OPW under the direction of Mr. Thomas Fanning in advance of a programme of presentation and conservation which included the diversion of the roadway. Prior to this work the only visible monuments on the site were the well-known cross-inscribed pillar stone A, another small cross-slab, and some traces of the northern clochauns. At least 4 other cross-inscribed stones known to have been associated with the site had been removed to other locations during the 19th century. The excavations (Fanning 1981) revealed a series of structures and burials hitherto unsuspected at the site. The roughly oval-shaped area, 45 x 43m, was shown to have been enclosed by a substantial cashel-type wall (1). Within the E sector, on the highest part of the sloping ground, a primary cemetery (2) of over 40 lintel graves was exposed. Close by a small slab-shrine (3) was discovered on the old ground surface with 2 post-holes nearby. The remains of a small dry-walled stone oratory (4) overlay portion of this cemetery. A number of cross-inscribed stones (8) came to light within the oratory and the cemetery area. Excavations to the W of the cemetery revealed the foundations of an internal dividing wall (1) extending from the NE to the S and separating the burial area from the remainder of the site. This feature post-dated an early occupation level located in the central area. Grouped around the site were the remains of several clochauns (5) or beehive-type huts. One pair (termed A and B in the excavation report) formed a figure of eight plan in the NW sector of the site. Another smaller pair of conjoined structures (C and D) came to light in the SW corner of the enclosure. To the E of this latter group a small rectangular structure (E), possibly a late addition, had been erected against the enclosure wall. The remains of a single circular clochaun (F) were uncovered in the SE corner beyond the limits of the burial area, and the foundations of the smallest domestic structure (G), again of circular plan, had survived under the roadway in the NE sector. All of these structures were dry-built as were the remains of a small corn-drying kiln (6) discovered outside the enclosure wall to the SW. After the enclosure had been abandoned as an ecclesiastical site, the burial area and the oratory were reused as a ceallúnach (7). A small rectilinear structure incorporating the now destroyed oratory enclosed some of these crudely-constructed graves which in certain cases were covered with a scattering of quartz and sea pebbles. In the domestic area of the site clochauns A and B were refurbished as animal shelters in modern times. The excavations showed that the occupation levels in the central area, along with the lintel graves and the slab-shrine, belonged to the earliest phase when the site was first enclosed. Structure G and possibly structure F can also be linked with this primary phase. A charcoal sample from a hearth in the central area gave a radiocarbon determination of 385 ± 90 a.d.. Amongst the small finds from the occupation levels and the burial area attributable to this early phase were some sherds of Late Roman amphorae (Bii ware) indicating an upper limit for this phase sometime in the 7th century A.D.. During the subsequent phase the stone oratory was constructed above the earlier lintel graves and the internal dividing wall was placed across the site. Clochauns A and B were clearly linked by a paved pathway with this internal wall and the oratory, indicating contemporaneity of use. Clochauns C and D may also have been coeval with this phase. The assemblage of small finds from these structures included glass beads, spindle whorls and quernstones. Considerable evidence for iron-working in the form of furnace pits, slag, tuyères and other vitreous waste was uncovered within and outside clochaun D and also within clochaun G where fragments of crucibles indicated that bronze or even glass-working was also carried on. The small corn-drying kiln could have been constructed and utilized at this stage though a much later date is also possible for this feature. This 2nd and main phase of development at Reask, incorporating elements of worship, burial and a range of domestic activity and craftmanship of a broadly 'monastic' character, could not be accurately dated but may have extended in time from the 8th until the 12th century A.D.. In the final phase the site was converted into a ceallúnach after the oratory had been abandoned, and this E sector continued to be utilized as a form of clandestine burial ground up to modern times. Amongst the objects recovered from these small graves was a tiny figurine carved from soft stone depicting an infant in swaddling clothes. During this last phase clochauns A and B were refurbished and utilized as animal shelters. (1) Enclosure wall: This is, on average, 2.2m in width and in the NW sector, where it is best preserved, it is 1m in height. It is faced at intervals by large slabs set on end both internally and externally. Most of the facing stones were however laid as dry-walled courses with the core of the wall itself composed of small stones and soil. An additional course, at basal level along the internal wall face, was present in several sectors and probably represents the foundations of an internal terrace such as one finds in the larger stone forts. In the S and E sectors the original wall courses are partly obscured by later field fences. The original entrance was not revealed in the excavations but may have been located in the NW sector where clochauns A and B had been constructed along the destroyed or gapped line of the wall. These 2 conjoined structures had been enclosed by a separate wall composed of dry-walled courses noticeably smaller and not as well laid as those in the original enclosure wall. This later wall was on average 1.5m in width and its foundations were clearly butted up against the outer W facing of the primary enclosure. The internal dividing wall crosses the site from the SW in a roughly curving manner dividing the interior into 2 separate terraces. Only the basal courses had survived with good facing stones in places and an average width of 1.4m. A 1m wide entrance gap at midpoint along the wall was paved with slabs. The direction of this paving suggested a well laid out approach from clochauns A and B through this gap up to the door of the oratory. Excavation in the central area showed clearly that the internal dividing wall post-dated the considerable occupation deposit associated with a series of post-holes, pits, a hearth and a shallow curving drain, 30cm in depth, which was partly covered with small flagstones. (2) (KE042-060002-) Lintel grave cemetery: This consists of 42 graves extending from pillar stone A on the N as far as clochaun F in the S. The graves display an E-W alignment and are set in rows which follow but respect the curving internal face of the enclosure wall. The W limits of this cemetery are ma

• KE042-060002 Burial ground
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (2) (KE042-060002-) Lintel grave cemetery: This consists of 42 graves extending from pillar stone A on the N as far as clochaun F in the S. The graves display an E-W alignment and are set in rows which follow but respect the curving internal face of the enclosure wall. The W limits of this cemetery are marked by the small slab-shrine. Most of the graves are of the lintel type with their sides and ends lined with slabs and covered with flat 'lintel'-type slabs. A few are simply 'dug' graves. On average the lintel graves measure (internally) 2m in length, .4m in width and .35m in depth. On excavation it was apparent that the human skeletal remains had not survived due to the acidity of the soil though phosphorous sampling proved the former presence of bone. None of the graves had a marker in situ though most of the cross-slabs were discovered lying loose in the immediate vicinity. The general context, plan and alignment of this cemetery would indicate that it dated to the Early Christian Period. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060003 Shrine
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (3) (KE042-060003-) Slab Shrine: This consists of a small paved area, .9 x .85m, surrounded by 2 erect slabs and 2 small corner pillars with 2 courses of small stones completing the feature. The fill of dark soil over the paved floor indicated the presence of bone and supported the view that it was used as a form of shrine to hold re-interred human bone. A sherd of Bii ware was found in the upper fill. The shrine is located at the same level as the lintel graves and it probably marked the W limits and focus of the primary cemetery. Two post-holes, 30cm in depth and over 1m apart, were uncovered to the S of the shrine indicating some form of early wooden structure possibly associated with a primary wooden oratory as was found at Church Island (O'Kelly 1958). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060004 Church
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (4) (KE042-060004-) Oratory: A small rectangular dry-walled structure aligned E-W. It measures internally 3.5 x 2.7m. The walls are on average .9m thick and survive to a height of .45m at the E but are very defaced at the W. The stones used in its construction are quite small, 20 x 10cm on average, but the largest are set as facing stones to the core of clay and rubble. The W wall face is straight sided and contains the only surviving feature, a narrow doorway .6m wide flanked by 2 erect jamb stones .4m in height. A threshold stone survives in situ with 4 slabs of the paved pathway extending out to the NW. The small, almost square-shaped plan and the rounded nature of the external E corners imply that the oratory probably had a corbelled beehive-type roof like the small oratory on Skellig Michael (De Paor 1955, fig.8). Excavation of the interior revealed some traces of the trampled clay floor and showed that the foundations were up to .4m above the early lintel graves. The oratory lacked finds but heel-stones found at the W end probably belonged to the doorway feature. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060005 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: The dry-walled and conjoined clochauns A (KE042-060005-) and B (KE042-060010-) had been erected on a demolished portion of the enclosure wall in the NW sector. The wall of A survives to a height of 1.2m in places and has an average thickness of over 1m. It is well faced internally and has a definite corbelled incline though its maximum internal diameter of 5.5m suggests that its final roofing was of timber and thatch. Surrounding both structures on almost all sides is an annulus feature as found associated with the stone house on Church Island (O'Kelly 1958, fig.3). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060006 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (6) (KE042-006006-) Corn-drying kiln: The kiln lies outside the enclosure wall in the SW corner of the site. It consists of a stone-lined bowl tapering from the top, and a short passage or flue, also stone-lined and roofed, leading into the bottom of the bowl from the SW. The bowl is 1.2m in diameter at the top and 1m in depth. The flue is 1.75m long, .4m wide and .6m high, and is lined with upright slabs and roofed with horizontal slabs. The kiln, on excavation, yielded traces of firing and blackened, peaty soil. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060007 Children's burial ground
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (7) Ceallúnach: This area lay to the E of the roadway. Excavation revealed a rectilinear enclosure built against the inner face of the E section of the enclosure wall and incorporating the remains of the stone oratory. On the N and W the wall consists of an inner face of erect slabs backed externally by courses of dry-walling. Overall internal dimensions are 10 x 6.4m and the wall is .8m wide. Within this enclosure, and also to the S of the oratory, the excavations revealed a number of roughly built ceallúnach graves, averaging 2 x 2m, constructed of erect and flat stones and covered with spreads of quartz and sea pebbles. Internally these stone boxes were sub-divided by other erect slabs. Associated with these large graves were a number of very small graves consisting of 3 or 4 stones set on end and covered by a single larger stone to form a small stone box .5 x .3m. Only a few traces of skeletal remains had survived but some of the graves yielded small collections of pebbles similar to jackstones and one yielded a tiny stone figurine. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060008 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone A (KE042-060008-) is a tall thin slab of sandstone set at the N limits of the burial area and decorated with an encircled Greek cross from which are pendant spiral designs terminating in a pelta. The letters DNE are vertically inscribed on one side of the spiral design. L: 1.64m. W: .6m. Max. T: .26m. To see a 3D model of this stone visit: https://skfb.ly/MDuo The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060009 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone B (KE042-060009-) is a sandstone slab which had been reset as part of the rectilinear ceallúnach enclosure. It is decorated with a large Latin cross with bifurcated terminals and 2 small crosslets in the upper angles. A horizontal bar is carved above the head of the cross. L: .8m. W: .4m. T: .2m. To see a 3D model of this stone visit: https://skfb.ly/LXG9 The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060010 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: The dry-walled and conjoined clochauns A (KE042-060005-) and B (KE042-060010-) had been erected on a demolished portion of the enclosure wall in the NW sector. Structure B has an internal diameter of 6.1m with a good stony core to the well-faced walls. The maximum height is 1.1m above the floor level and again the wall projects inwards from its base indicating a measure of corbelling in its upper wall structure. The original entrance to these conjoined structures is in the SE wall of clochaun B and measures 1m in width. It has one surviving jambstone and a well-paved threshold. Excavation of the interior revealed a hearth feature on the floor surface but few finds apart from the upper stone of a disc-type rotary quern. All traces of the internal access to structure A had been removed by the later wall divisions used in the refurbishing as animal shelters. Surrounding both structures on almost all sides is an annulus feature as found associated with the stone house on Church Island (O'Kelly 1958, fig.3). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060011 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: Clochauns C (KE042-060011-) and D (KE042-060012-) are also conjoined in a figure of eight plan and were erected against the internal face of the SW sector of the enclosure itself. Structure C is of roughly faced dry-walling and is 3.6m in diameter internally with an average thickness to the wall of 1.15m and an average height of .6m. An internal access to Structure D, 1m in width, is also provided with a jambstone on one side. There is no inward inclination to the walls of either structure but their small diameters and the presence of large wall stones amongst the collapse would suggest that the roofing was of the beehive-type. Excavation of the interior of Clochaun C revealed a large rock-cut fire-pit filled with peat charcoal and fragments of burnt slatey stone. No significant finds were recovered. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060012 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: Clochauns C (KE042-060011-) and D (KE042-060012-) are also conjoined in a figure of eight plan and were erected against the internal face of the SW sector of the enclosure itself. Structure D is 4.5m in diameter internally with the wall 1.1m thick and comprised, internally, of large slabs set on end with dry-walling outside and above to give a surviving height of .8m. The external entrance is located on the N and is .85m wide with a jambstone on one side. An internal access to Structure C, 1m in width, is also provided with a jambstone on one side. There is no inward inclination to the walls of either structure but their small diameters and the presence of large wall stones amongst the collapse would suggest that the roofing was of the beehive-type. Excavation of the interior of clochaun D showed the hard floor surface had survived with a number of post-holes and the remains of at least 3 iron-smelting furnaces dug through this surface. Underneath the external collapse to the E of this clochaun a spread of peat charcoal and iron slag provided further evidence of this iron-working activity. From this level a spindle whorl and a sherd of imported pottery (E ware) were recovered. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060013 Hut site
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: Structure E (KE042-060013-) is a small rectangular dry-walled structure built against the inner face of the enclosure wall. It measures 5.5 x 2.8m internally. Its walls are, on average, 1.4m thick and survive to a maximum height of .65m. An entrance feature in the N wall, 1m wide, is blocked by a single erect slab. Excavation of the interior yielded little in the way of finds and, whatever its original use, it was probably utilized in modern times as an animal shelter. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060014 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: Clochaun F (KE042-060014-) is located in the SE sector of the site. The small circular dry-walled cell has an internal diameter of 3.5m with a wall thickness of .9m and a maximum height of .7m. It is roughly built of small stones with an annulus feature on the N, W and S. The entrance was on the NE, facing the oratory. A small hearth set on a hard clay floor was found in the interior. This clochaun was probably roofed by the corbelling method. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060015 Clochan
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (5) Clochauns: Clochaun G (KE042-060015-) is located in the NE sector of the site. Only the basal foundation courses had survived providing a sub-circular plan with a maximum internal diameter of 2.75m and an average wall thickness of .9m. A narrow entrance gap is located in the SW. The wall had been apparently well-faced and the basal course was tied in with the surviving courses of the enclosure wall which enclosed it on the NE. The interior of this small structure was filled with the debris of iron-smelting, including a furnace pit, and other metallurgical processes. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060016 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone D (KE042-060016-) had been removed to Adare Manor, Co. Limerick (Fanning 1971) but is now relocated on the site. It is a narrow sandstone pillar decorated on one face with a simple Latin cross below which the letters DNS are vertically inscribed. On the opposite face a similar cross terminates in the inverted inscription DNO. There is a small dot in each angle of the cross arms, two others on the top of the stone and another in the centre of the letter O. L: 1.14m. W: .13m. To see a 3D model of this stone visit: https://skfb.ly/M7wJ The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060017 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone I (KE042-060017-) is a roughly shaped pillar of sandstone reused alongside stone H in the ceallúnach grave. It has a small incised Latin cross on one face with serif-like terminals. It is now re-erected on the site. L: 1.86m. W: .42m. T: .14m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060018 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone C (KE042-060018) is a broken sandstone slab with gabled top, decorated with a Latin cross having expanded terminals and having a horizontal bar or titulus motif as on Stone B. L: .4m. W: .35m. T: .1m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060019 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone E (KE042-060019-), like stone D, had also been removed to Adare Manor but is now in the National Museum. It is a thin rectangular sandstone slab decorated, on one face only, with a Greek cross with widely expanded head and arms and a plain stem. Two crosslets were carved in the upper angles. A number of multi-strand designs (fret and interlaced patterns) had been carved as a palimpsest over the original cross designs. L: .87m. W: .59m. T: .05m. This stone is now Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Chiarraí (pers. comm. Isabel Bennett) where it has been assigned the monument number KE042-169----. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/YLNT The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060020 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone F (KE042-060020-) was found near the site in the 19th century and removed to UCC. It is of local grey sandstone, roughly shaped with a rounded top. On one face there is a Latin cross with scrolled terminals to head and arms. Two crosslets are placed one on either side of the head with small circles and a saltire design in the upper and lower angles respectively. The opposite face of the cross carries a single Latin cross with expanded terminals. L: .87m. W: .47m. T: .1m. This stone is currently part of the collection of ogham stones and carved stones on display in the stone corridor in UCC. It was found in a river opposite the early Christian site at Reask and moved to UCC sometime before 1912. The monument number CO074-150---- has been allocated to this ogham stone at its present location in UCC. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060021 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone G (KE042-060021-) was found within the oratory. It is of red sandstone shaped to give a rounded circular head and a tapering shaft now broken. The main dressed face is decorated with a recessed Maltese cross within a circle below which a step pattern, symmetrically carved, gives a double traverse effect to the stem. The stem pattern expands into a spiral design directly below the cross, and there are traces of a titulus motif above the cross. The opposite face of the slab is decorated with a plain Latin cross. L: .55m. W: .35m. T: .5m. This stone is now Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Chiarraí (pers. comm. Isabel Bennett) where it has been assigned the monument number KE042-170----. To see a 3D model of this stone visit: https://skfb.ly/MDuo The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060022 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone H (KE042-060022-) was found reused as part of a ceallúnach grave within the oratory. It is a thin sandstone slab squared at the top and tapered along its length. The smooth-dressed face bears a recessed design consisting of a Maltese cross within a square frame. In the upper right-hand angle is a small stylised representation of a bird (probably a peacock), originally one of an opposed pair. L: .85m. W: .4m. T: .05m. This stone is now Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Chiarraí (pers. comm. Isabel Bennett) where it has been assigned the monument number KE042-171----. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-060023 Cross-slab
  Description

  National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone J (KE042-060023-), a rough sandstone slab, broken across the top, was found within structure E. It is decorated on one face with what is probably the stem of a large expansional cross as found on the cross on Skellig Michael (de Paor 1958, pi.7). It has now been re-erected on the site. L: .83m. W: .52m. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/Qz9G The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

• KE042-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23.35m N-S, 22.3m E-W A roughly circular univallate rath situated about 100m S of the early ecclesiastical site at Reask (KE042-060001-), in the low-lying crescent of land that surrounds Smerwick Harbour. The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of .83m high internally, 1.6m high externally and from 1.84 to 2.4m wide at base. There are intermittent traces of external drystone revetment along the base of the NE half of the bank, but this is nowhere more than a single course high. The external fosse, present along the E sector and for a short distance at S, is from 1 to 2m wide and a maximum of .35m deep. Both bank and fosse have suffered much erosion and deliberate modification. A roadway runs N-S along the W side of the enclosure and part of the bank now functions as its E boundary. The outer face here has been cut back slightly and faced with drystone walling of which only the lower courses now survive. The SW half of the bank has been revetted internally with drystone walling, up to 1.6m high, which appears to be a relatively modern addition. The interior is also considerably disturbed. The only distinct features are a parallel depression and mound of earth and stone. These measure c. 4m long N-S x .2 to .3m deep and 10m long N-S respectively, and their origin is not known. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 522. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

Architectural heritage

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of detached and semi-detached two-bay single-storey houses, built c. 1860, possibly originally thatched. Originally forming a clachan. One house reroofed and renovated, c. 1940, using corrugated-iron and retaining original fenestration. Remainder now derelict or ruinous. Pitched roofs some with corrugated metal sheeting and cemented parapets. Rubble stone walls. Timber door and window frames. Timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to occupied house. Later houses in occupation to south and east of site.

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 Reask, 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 Reask.

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

Name

Reask · An Riasc

Area

1,045,908 m² (104.59 ha, 258.45 acres)

Civil parish

Marhin, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Marhin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

256 people lived in 113 households in the Marhin electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 39% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballineanig-Castlequarter, Ballineanig-Churchquarter, Ballinrannig, Emlagh West

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Reask 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.