Shanacashel

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanacashel, from 189 m² to 309,592 m² (30.96 ha, 76.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Shanacashel 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.

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  RETAIN EXTENSIONS TO HOUSE AND TO RETAIN TWO DOMESTIC STORES/SHEDS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23965

• 13 Jul 2023Conditional

  TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE C/W A SECONDARY TREATMENT UNIT FOLLOWED BY A "ECOFLOW" MODULE OVER A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23794

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE072-002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 19.3m N-S, 23m E-W Knockangour/Cnocán na nGabhar: This poorly preserved caher is located within a forestry plantation on the summit of a low rise. Field walls radiate out from its drystone-faced wall, which survives to a maximum height of 1.5m at SW and averages 1.4m wide. An enlarged gap at W, 3m wide, may mark the location of the original entrance. Pine trees have been planted in the interior of the site. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 615. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE072-017 Rock art
  Description

  Two slabs lie at the S side of a field fence, beneath a dense growth of furze bushes, in rough boggy land on the S side of Knocknamorrive hill, E of the Caragh river. Cooke recorded a third stone at this location but this cannot now be located. (1)(KE072-017----) The decorated surface of this rectangular block, which measures 1.22m .4m .2m, is flat. The well-preserved motifs include two cup-and-rings, three cup-and-two rings and one cup-and-three rings. In each case the rings are penannular, and in two instances radial grooves extend from the cupmarks. There are, in addition, six simple cupmarks and a number of grooves, one of which extends along the centre of the slab for about half of its length. (2)(KE072-017001-) The decoration on this slab, which measures 1.3m .5m, is confined to one of its ends and is dominated by a cup-and-two penannular rings with a radial groove. This groove is intersected by a curved groove which joins a cup-and-ring and a cupmark with a short groove, enclosed in an arc. (3)(KE072-017002-) Cooke described this stone as roughly rectangular, 19 inches by 15 inches (.48m .38m), and featuring a cup-and-ring linked to a subrectangular grid pattern (1906, 11). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013 In rough, level pasture (80m OD), on S side of field boundary (long-axis NE-SW); A relatively recent breach (Wth c. 4m) has been made in the boundary, adjacent to W of the rock art location. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. 1.22m N-S; 0.40m E-W; T 0.18m) lying flat upon ground surface. This stone has a flat, rectangular decorated surface (dims. 1.03m NW-SE; 0.20m NE-SW) that is facing upwards. A pen-annular cup-and-two-ring motif (overall diam. 18cm; ring Wth 1.5cm; D 4mm; cup diam. 8cm; D 11mm) is located off-centre to N, at E edge; Radial groove (dims. L 8cm; Wth 1cm; D 4mm) extends from cupmark at W. Two single cupmarks are adjacent to N and a pen-annular cup-and-two-ring motif (overall diam. 14cm; ring Wth 1cm; D 4mm; cup diam. 5cm; D 8mm) is adjacent to S. The inner ring is very difficult to decipher and has merged with the cupmark, possibly due to weathering. A pen-annular cup-and-three-ring motif (overall dims. diam. 21cm; ring Wth 1cm; D 3-4mm; cup diam. 9cm; D 10mm) is adjacent to S; A radial groove (dims. L 8cm; Wth 1cm; D 3-4mm) extends from the cupmark at NW. A cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 3mm) is located to S of cup-and-three-ring motif. A linear groove (dims. L 57cm N-S; Wth 2cm; D 5mm) (long-axis N-S) bisects the S-half of the stone and splits at the its N end, taking a right angle (L 10cm) to W and (L 21cm) to E. A cup-and-two-ring motif (overall diam. 15cm; ring Wth 1cm; D 5mm; cup diam. 8cm; D 12mm) abuts the W side of this linear groove, toward the S end. A previously unrecorded cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 4mm) is adjacent to S, which had not previously been recorded by O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 106). A partial cup-and-ring motif and three cupmarks are adjacent to N. A partial cup-and-ring motif and intersecting linear grooves are toward northern end of decorated surface. According to the SMR file and local information, this stone is ex-situ and was moved close to the field boundary during land clearance in modern times. Rock art (KE072-017001-) is located c. 0.6m to E. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 July 2017

• KE072-017001 Rock art
  Description

  Two slabs lie at the S side of a field fence, beneath a dense growth of furze bushes, in rough boggy land on the S side of Knocknamorrive hill, E of the Caragh river. Cooke recorded a third stone at this location but this cannot now be located. (2) (KE072-017001-) The decoration on this slab, which measures 1.3m .5m, is confined to one of its ends and is dominated by a cup-and-two penannular rings with a radial groove. This groove is intersected by a curved groove which joins a cup-and-ring and a cupmark with a short groove, enclosed in an arc. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013 In rough, level pasture (80m OD), leaning up against S side of field boundary (long-axis NE-SW). Obscured by a large boulder which has been placed over the decorated surface. A linear groove could be seen which corresponds to that depicted upon an earlier survey drawing, at S end of decorated surface (O’Sullivan & Sheehan 1996, 106; Fig. 70c). According to the earlier survey drawing, this stone bears a pen-annular cup-and-two ring motif, having a radial groove extending from the cupmark at ESE; The radial groove extends beyond the cup-and-two ring motif where it is intersected at a right-angle by a curvilinear groove (ibid). A cup-and-ring motif, a partial cup-and-ring motif and several, relatively short intersecting linear grooves, are located adjacent to S. According to the SMR file and local information, this stone is ex-situ and was moved to the field boundary during land clearance in modern times. A relatively recent breach (Wth c. 4m) has been made in the boundary, adjacent to W of the rock art location. Rock art (KE072-017----) is located c. 0.6m to W. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 July 2017

• KE072-017002 Rock art
  Description

  Two slabs lie at the S side of a field fence, beneath a dense growth of furze bushes, in rough boggy land on the S side of Knocknamorrive hill, E of the Caragh river. Cooke recorded a third stone at this location but this cannot now be located. (3) (KE072-017002-) Cooke described this stone as roughly rectangular, 19 inches by 15 inches (.48m .38m), and featuring a cup-and-ring linked to a subrectangular grid pattern (1906, 11). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013 In rough, level pasture (80m OD), on S side of field boundary (long-axis NE-SW); A relatively recent breach (Wth c. 4m) has been made in the boundary, adjacent to W of the rock art location. Monument not located. An earlier survey drawing depicts a small, sub-rectangular stone fragment bearing a cup-and-ring motif having four equally spaced, linear grooves extending from it (O’Sullivan & Sheehan 1996, 106; Fig. 70c). Various other intersecting linear grooves cover the remainder of the stone surface (ibid). According to local information, there were three ex-situ rock art stones located here as a result of field clearance (KE072-017----, KE072-017001- and KE072-017002-). Two of these rock art sites (KE072-017---- & KE072-017001-) were retained at this location, adjacent to the field boundary and the third stone (KE072-017002-) had been removed by UCC (local information). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 July 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Shanacashel · An Seanchaiseal

Area

2,602,796 m² (260.28 ha, 643.16 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Curraghbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Curraghbeg electoral division: 187 people in 68 households; 87% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahane, Coomlettra, Dromstabla, Gortmaloon East, Gortmaloon West, Gortrelig, Lyranes Lower, Lyranes Upper

Placenames

Shanacashel 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.