Rockfield

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockfield, from 43 m² to 386,231 m² (38.62 ha, 95.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Rockfield 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 Dec 2025Refused

  Retention Permission to retain (a) change of use from existing Convalalescent Home and Hospital to 21no. 2 and 3 bedroom apartments (b) retain existing 2no external boilers (c) parking (d) existing street lights (e) Full Planning Permission to Install a Mechanical Aeration unit & Polishing Filter

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2561122

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain alterations and extension to the dwelling as constructed,with all associated site works. The previous works had been granted in file Ref No 22/1208

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460435

• 19 Jul 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22771

• 21 Jan 2022Conditional

  ERECT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND A NEW ENTRANCE OUT ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2242

• 8 Dec 2021Conditional

  ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND CARRYING OUT ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211405

• 19 Jan 2021Conditional

  CONSTRACT A NEW DWELING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, CAR PORT, CONNECTION TO A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2125

• 20 Aug 2020Refused

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20741

• 22 Mar 2019Conditional

  (1) THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A CONSERVATORY, (2) A GARAGE AND (3) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19295

• 20 Dec 2018N/a

  (1) ERECT AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A CONSERVATORY (2) A GARAGE AND (3) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 181263

• 8 Oct 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF STYLE DWELLINGHOUSE, WITH A SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA, AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18960

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DORMER STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18444

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 Rockfield.

Recorded monuments

• KE030-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE039-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE039-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE039-008001 Burial ground
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• KE039-188 Burial
  Description

  'These features were uncovered during the monitoring of topsoil- stripping in of the new N21 route between Castleisland and Tralee. Subsequent excavation revealed five subcircular features, the central one a cremation burial. To the north a stony, amorphous deposit was also excavated. Six metres to the south of the cremation a large cremation pit (1.9m in diameter, 0.4m deep) was exposed. The interior of the pit had been intensely burned, the heat penetrating the boulder clay for up to 0.1m. Two channels, also intensely baked and set in cruciform arrangement, were cut into the base of the pit. A linear, shaped flue extended for 2m beyond the western edge of the pit. Two metres to the south, two truncated post-holes were also excavated. The baking of the boulder clay in the pit suggests that the heat within it reached high temperatures in order to oxidize it, yet none of the burnt material survived. The cremation, in contrast, showed intensive burning, although the boulder clay beneath it was not burnt. The proximity of the cremation to the pit suggests that the pit may have contained the cremation pyre, the elaborate flues providing the ventilation necessary for high temperatures. Prehistoric dates are anticipated for the features identified. The small pit has been interpreted as a cremation burial and returned a calibrated σ2 radiocarbon date of 1440-1140BC. The bone fragments were small but some, particularly long bone fragments, appeared to be human. Collins & Lynch interpreted the deposit as a "token" burial suggesting that either a small quantity of the total remains may have been selected for deposition or that only parts of the corpse were cremated. The larger pit with the unusual cruciform flue returned a calibrated σ2 radiocarbon date from the base of the pit at 780-380 BC.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 10 July 2012

• KE039-189 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  'During the unlicensed monitoring of the digging of house foundation trenches for a private dwelling at Rockfield, Ballymacelligott, a large pit was partially truncated by the mechanical excavator. The pit was truncated on its south-western side, but around two thirds of its circumference was still extant. The remaining portion of the pit measured 1.06m north-west/south-east by 0.74m and 0.6m deep. The pit was filled with three different layers of material: an upper topsoil layer, a middle layer of grey, silty clay and a lower layer of pure wood charcoal, 0.27m deep. Fragments of cremated bone were recovered from the lower two layers of fill, as were numerous heat-shattered red sandstone cobbles. The cream-coloured gravel subsoil that formed the walls of the pit had been baked hard and fire reddened by in situ burning. The lower fill of pure charcoal appeared to have been redeposited, possibly following the retrieval of cremated bone, as it rested on a large unburnt lump of quartz, placed in the base of the pit. Charcoal from this pit produced a radiocarbon date of 2190+/-60 BP (calibrated σ2 390-60BC), placing it firmly in the Early Iron Age.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 11 July 2012

• KE039-214 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Annotated 'Site of Rockfield Ho.' on 1841 ed. OS 6-inch map where a small rectangular-shape area in dotted outline is shown. This townland was known in medieval period as Lemhercahold and was renamed Rockfield in the post-1700 period. Rockfield House may have been built on the site of the medieval castle of Lermerichaell. In 1608 King James I regranted in ‘favour of Giles Herbert, son of Charles Herbert, esq. one of the undertakers of escheated lands in Munster, for the abatement of quit rent, and a regrant of the castle of Lindericke, which was to be called Ballyamckellicott’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 134). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 May 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Rockfield.

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

Name

Rockfield

Area

1,197,910 m² (119.79 ha, 296.01 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacelligott, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

Nohaval, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Nohaval electoral division: 391 people in 141 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydwyer East, Clogher, Kilbane, Kilkerry, Magh East, Magh West, Maglass West, Shanavally

Placenames

Rockfield 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.