# Rockfield, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballymacelligott, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,197,910 m² (119.79 ha, 296.01 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,349 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballymacelligott, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/ballymacelligott.md
- Barony: Trughanacmy
- Electoral division: Nohaval, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 391 people lived in 141 households in the Nohaval electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24719
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72432
- Centre: latitude 52.252391, longitude -9.568446 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockfield, from 43 m² to 386,231 m² (38.62 ha, 95.44 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5752014: 386,231 m² (38.62 ha, 95.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5752014.md
- Parcel 1141508: 217,606 m² (21.76 ha, 53.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141508.md
- Parcel 1240284: 202,602 m² (20.26 ha, 50.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240284.md
- Parcel 1205465: 84,749 m² (8.47 ha, 20.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205465.md
- Parcel 5527996: 39,250 m² (3.92 ha, 9.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5527996.md
- Parcel 1193344: 36,014 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193344.md
- Parcel 1204998: 25,926 m² (2.59 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204998.md
- Parcel 1219602: 18,886 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219602.md
- Parcel 1163795: 18,147 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163795.md
- Parcel 5673314: 12,328 m² (1.23 ha, 3.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673314.md
- Parcel 1233220: 10,670 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233220.md
- Parcel 1200984: 8,832 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200984.md
- Parcel 2389599: 8,256 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389599.md
- Parcel 1238862: 7,719 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238862.md
- Parcel 1201334: 7,091 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201334.md
- Parcel 2668951: 6,369 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2668951.md
- Parcel 1234873: 6,290 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234873.md
- Parcel 1141848: 5,303 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141848.md
- Parcel 4669532: 5,263 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669532.md
- Parcel 1237272: 4,717 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1237272.md
- Parcel 4669538: 4,262 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669538.md
- Parcel 1198654: 4,191 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198654.md
- Parcel 1143733: 4,119 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143733.md
- Parcel 1245629: 4,050 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245629.md
- Parcel 1197831: 3,681 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197831.md
- Parcel 1207161: 3,509 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207161.md
- Parcel 1178076: 3,417 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178076.md
- Parcel 3035585: 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3035585.md
- Parcel 4669537: 3,379 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669537.md
- Parcel 1178075: 3,318 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178075.md
- Parcel 1141044: 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141044.md
- Parcel 1223174: 3,163 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223174.md
- Parcel 1247848: 2,994 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247848.md
- Parcel 5673325: 2,818 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673325.md
- Parcel 2483832: 2,668 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2483832.md
- Parcel 5752026: 2,633 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5752026.md
- Parcel 1200588: 2,558 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200588.md
- Parcel 4943234: 2,551 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4943234.md
- Parcel 1178867: 2,498 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178867.md
- Parcel 1243909: 2,331 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1243909.md
- Parcel 1231401: 2,001 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231401.md
- Parcel 1241295: 1,938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241295.md
- Parcel 1144917: 1,827 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144917.md
- Parcel 4803113: 1,731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4803113.md
- Parcel 1144568: 1,658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144568.md
- Parcel 1162892: 1,627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162892.md
- Parcel 1163713: 1,589 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163713.md
- Parcel 1196766: 1,588 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196766.md
- Parcel 4669543: 1,431 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669543.md
- Parcel 4603714: 1,280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4603714.md
- Parcel 1178883: 1,220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178883.md
- Parcel 4669541: 714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4669541.md
- Parcel 4803108: 674 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4803108.md
- Parcel 5219242: 628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5219242.md
- Parcel 1179820: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179820.md
- Parcel 2668952: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2668952.md
- Parcel 5219244: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5219244.md
- Parcel 1163712: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163712.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

11 applications, newest first.

- 3 Dec 2025, Kerry County Council 2561122: Refused. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561122/0
- 8 Jul 2024, Kerry County Council 2460435: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460435/0
- 19 Jul 2022, Kerry County Council 22771: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22771/0
- 21 Jan 2022, Kerry County Council 2242: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2242/0
- 8 Dec 2021, Kerry County Council 211405: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND CARRYING OUT ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211405/0
- 19 Jan 2021, Kerry County Council 2125: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRACT A NEW DWELING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, CAR PORT, CONNECTION TO A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2125/0
- 20 Aug 2020, Kerry County Council 20741: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20741/0
- 22 Mar 2019, Kerry County Council 19295: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A CONSERVATORY, (2) A GARAGE AND (3) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19295/0
- 20 Dec 2018, Kerry County Council 181263: N/a. Permission. (1) ERECT AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A CONSERVATORY (2) A GARAGE AND (3) ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/181263/0
- 8 Oct 2018, Kerry County Council 18960: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF STYLE DWELLINGHOUSE, WITH A SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA, AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18960/0
- 11 May 2018, Kerry County Council 18444: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DORMER STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18444/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rockfield.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE030-046: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE030-046----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-007----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-008001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-188----. '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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-189----. '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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE039-214----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Rockfield, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Rockfield.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rockfield.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rockfield.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rockfield.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rockfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballydwyer East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballydwyer-east.md
- Clogher: https://everytownland.com/kerry/clogher-70684.md
- Kilbane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilbane.md
- Kilkerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilkerry.md
- Magh East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/magh-east.md
- Magh West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/magh-west.md
- Maglass West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/maglass-west.md
- Shanavally: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shanavally.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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