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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilgobban, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Screallach Bheag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 626,434 m² (62.64 ha, 154.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,579 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilgobban, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kilgobban.md
- Barony: Corkaguiny
- Electoral division: Kilgobban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 297 people lived in 119 households in the Kilgobban electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24607
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72488
- Centre: latitude 52.212336, longitude -9.941036 (WGS 84)

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

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scrallaghbeg, from 32 m² to 213,429 m² (21.34 ha, 52.74 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1203386: 213,429 m² (21.34 ha, 52.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203386.md
- Parcel 1223103: 179,414 m² (17.94 ha, 44.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223103.md
- Parcel 1197538: 69,099 m² (6.91 ha, 17.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197538.md
- Parcel 1190353: 26,120 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190353.md
- Parcel 3046446: 22,325 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3046446.md
- Parcel 5554974: 12,712 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5554974.md
- Parcel 1142423: 7,403 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142423.md
- Parcel 1205555: 6,707 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205555.md
- Parcel 1245649: 6,128 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245649.md
- Parcel 1204150: 5,995 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204150.md
- Parcel 1210257: 5,861 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210257.md
- Parcel 1245204: 5,582 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245204.md
- Parcel 3910433: 5,352 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3910433.md
- Parcel 1157806: 4,484 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157806.md
- Parcel 1209208: 4,095 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209208.md
- Parcel 1238850: 4,017 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238850.md
- Parcel 1241280: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241280.md
- Parcel 1238025: 3,487 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238025.md
- Parcel 5554942: 3,485 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5554942.md
- Parcel 3910631: 2,382 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3910631.md
- Parcel 1242034: 1,579 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242034.md
- Parcel 1155171: 1,534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155171.md
- Parcel 1182134: 1,045 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182134.md
- Parcel 5494464: 872 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5494464.md
- Parcel 1206638: 662 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206638.md
- Parcel 1214378: 627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1214378.md
- Parcel 3046708: 626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3046708.md
- Parcel 5410738: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5410738.md
- Parcel 1247832: 555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247832.md
- Parcel 5795880: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5795880.md
- Parcel 1189752: 348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189752.md
- Parcel 3845711: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3845711.md
- Parcel 5029930: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5029930.md
- Parcel 5795874: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5795874.md
- Parcel 5549824: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5549824.md
- Parcel 5554977: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5554977.md
- Parcel 5628013: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628013.md
- Parcel 5029927: 51 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5029927.md
- Parcel 5029928: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5029928.md
- Parcel 1207151: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207151.md
- Parcel 5545157: 32 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5545157.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Scrallaghbeg 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 24 Jan 2022, Kerry County Council 2244: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. OPEN A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND LAY A HARDCORE ACCESS ROAD TO ALLOW ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2244/0
- 23 Nov 2021, Kerry County Council 211332: N/a. Permission. OPEN A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND LAY A HARDCORE ACCESS ROAD TO ALLOW ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211332/0

Applicants are not shown.

## 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 Scrallaghbeg.

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

- KE036-035: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-035----. Internal diam. 25.6m A much ruined and overgrown cashel situated on a W facing slope at the entrance to Gleann na nGealt. The enclosing wall is reduced to a band of collapsed debris averaging 1.3m in height internally, .3m in height externally and c. 4m in width. There is no clear evidence for an entrance. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 588. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-036: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-036----. This site consists of a small irregularly-shaped area defined partly by a stony bank, possibly a collapsed wall, and partly by a low scarp, the interior being raised c. 0.15m above the external ground level. The feature measures 12.2m N-S x 14m E-W externally and the stony bank is 1 to 1.5m wide and up to .5m high. In the W part of the interior is a slight hollow measuring 4.2m in diameter, and in the E part are the very ruined foundations of a rectangular or square hut measuring 2.5m N-S internally. This site may have consisted of a small enclosure and hut but its function and context are not known. It is located on the E slopes of Gleann na nGealt, near the entrance to the valley. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1547. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE036-036001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-036001-. This site consists of a small irregularly-shaped area defined partly by a stony bank, possibly a collapsed wall, and partly by a low scarp, the interior being raised c. 0.15m above the external ground level. The feature measures 12.2m N-S x 14m E-W externally and the stony bank is 1 to 1.5m wide and up to .5m high. In the W part of the interior is a slight hollow measuring 4.2m in diameter, and in the E part are the very ruined foundations of a rectangular or square hut KE036-036001- measuring 2.5m N-S internally. This site may have consisted of a small enclosure and hut but its function and context are not known. It is located on the E slopes of Gleann na nGealt, near the entrance to the valley. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1547. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE036-037: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-037----. Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: Situated on the E side of the entrance to Gleann na nGealt, on a fairly steep slope c. 200m from the river. A laneway now traverses the centre of the site which is largely destroyed. The only indication of its former presence occurs on the W side of the lane where a semi-circular level space, 28m in maximum diameter, is defined to W by a curving scarp which falls 1.9m to the external ground level. Its condition appears to have been little better in the early 19th century when it was described as 'the ruin of some fortress now nearly defaced and partly cultivated with an old road leading through the centre' (OSNB Kilgobban, 41). Some possible graves were also noted at that time and it was reputedly used as a children's burial ground. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 731. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-037002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-037002-. Caherbaun/An Chathair Bhán: Situated on the E side of the entrance to Gleann na nGealt, on a fairly steep slope c. 200m from the river. A laneway now traverses the centre of the site which is largely destroyed. Some possible graves were also noted at that time and it was reputedly used as a children's burial ground. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 731. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-057: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-057----. Tobernagalt/Tobar na nGealt [Well of the Lunatics/Well of the Naked: Gleann na nGealt has been the traditional resort of mad people since at least the 17th century (De Brún 1973, 197-9). They came to drink the water from 2 wells in the valley and to eat the watercress. This well is situated in an area of dense wood and its location could not be identified on this occasion but it was apparently a natural spring with a rivulet flowing from it (OSNB Kilgobban, 41). Joyce (1869, 161) recorded the following details about this well; 'There are two wells [KE036-071----] in the glen, called Tobernagalt, the lunatics’ well, to which the madmen direct their way, crossing the little stream that flows through the valley, at a spot called Ahagaltaun, the madman’s ford, and passing by Cloghnagalt [KE036-058----], the standing stone of the lunatics; and they drink of the healing waters, and eat some of the tresses that grow on the margin—the water and the cress, and the secret virtue of the valley, will restore the poor wanderers to sanity'. Ó Danachair (1960, 77) recorded the following details about this well; ‘called "Tobar na nGealt", "Tobar na Geilte" or " Madman's Well" locally. Neither is regarded as a holy well but both held a cure for the lunatics who flocked to Gleann na nGealt, in which they are situated, to drink the water and eat the water-cresses. There are many tales of cures’. (See also KE036-071---- and KE036-058----) See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 960. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 16 May 2022
- KE036-064: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-064----. A semi-circular platform located in the E corner of a field about 130m E of the Glannagalt river. It measures 25m SSE-NNW and 13m E-W across its upper surface and is raised c. 0.5m above the external ground level. This is probably the remains of a ringfort. A 'cave' was formerly visible at the site (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 732. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-064001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-064001-. A semi-circular platform KE036-064---- is located in the E corner of a field about 130m E of the Glannagalt river. It measures 25m SSE-NNW and 13m E-W across its upper surface and is raised c. 0.5m above the external ground level. This is probably the remains of a ringfort. A 'cave' was formerly visible at the site (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 732. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-065: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-065----. Internal diam. 20.7m E-W, 23m N-S Lisroe/An Lios Rua: Situated on a gentle slope on the E side of Gleann na nGealt, this univallate rath contains traces of a hut site and souterrain. The earthen bank varies from .3 to lm in height internally and rises 1.6m above the base of the fosse which is 2.5m wide and only a few cms deep below the surrounding field. A field bank runs very close to the site at SE and obscures any trace of the fosse in this sector. A couple of large stones set along the inner edge of the bank at E suggest that there may have been a revetment wall in this sector. The entrance gap at ENE is 5.2m wide and preserves possible traces of stone facing on its S side. There is no evidence for a corresponding causeway across the fosse at this point. Other less well-defined gaps at NNE, SSE and W appear to be secondary. A possible hut, built against the bank at W, is reduced to a low band of collapse enclosing an area 4.1m x 4.3m in diameter. A 2.9m wide gap at E marks the location of the entrance. A blocked-up opening in the inner face of the ringfort bank at N probably marks the entrance to a souterrain. A dry stone-faced, lintelled air-vent leads to this from the outer face of the bank. A short distance NE of the ringfort are the foundations of a rectangular house measuring 12.3m ENE-WSW x 5.2m NNW-SSE internally. This is probably post-medieval in origin. The Co. Kerry Field Club (1946, 670) recorded a large circular stone hut to W of the ringfort but no visible trace of this survives. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 527. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-065001: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-065001-. Lisroe/An Lios Rua: Situated on a gentle slope on the E side of Gleann na nGealt, univallate rath KE036-065---- contains traces of a hut site (KE036-065001-) and souterrain (KE036-065002-). A possible hut (KE036-065001-), built against the bank at W, is reduced to a low band of collapse enclosing an area 4.1m x 4.3m in diameter. A 2.9m wide gap at E marks the location of the entrance. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 527. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE036-065002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE036-065002-. Lisroe/An Lios Rua: Situated on a gentle slope on the E side of Gleann na nGealt, univallate rath KE036-065---- contains traces of a hut site (KE036-065001-) and souterrain (KE036-065002-). A blocked-up opening in the inner face of the ringfort bank at N probably marks the entrance to a souterrain KE036-065002-. A dry stone-faced, lintelled air-vent leads to this from the outer face of the bank. A short distance NE of the ringfort are the foundations of a rectangular house measuring 12.3m ENE-WSW x 5.2m NNW-SSE internally. This is probably post-medieval in origin. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 527. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

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 Scrallaghbeg.

## 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 Scrallaghbeg, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Scrallaghbeg.
- 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/scrallaghbeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/scrallaghbeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/scrallaghbeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Scrallaghbeg 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)

- Cappaclogh West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cappaclogh-west.md
- Doonore North: https://everytownland.com/kerry/doonore-north.md
- Foilatrisnig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/foilatrisnig.md
- Glannagalt: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glannagalt.md
- Mountoven: https://everytownland.com/kerry/mountoven.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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