Shronaloughane
Townland in the civil parish of Dromod, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry; in Irish Srón an Locháin
- Area
- 318.6 ha
- 787 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 265,047 m² (26.5 ha, 65.49 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shronaloughane, from 36,593 m² (3.66 ha, 9.04 acres) to 1,577,170 m² (157.72 ha, 389.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Shronaloughane 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Aug 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SHEEP HOUSE WITH CENTRAL SLATTED PENS AND SIDE FEED PASSAGES, INCORPORATING UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANKS AND ANCILLARY FEED AREA ON HIS FARM
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18786
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
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
- KE081-004 Hut site
Description
In rough grazing on the S facing slopes of Colly East mountain. Sod-covered foundations of a roughly circular hut, no longer extant at E. The drystone wall encloses a level interior. D: 6.8m x 6.3m. H: .9m. T: 1.3m. There are no indications of an outer enclosure, though the site is described in the OSNB as an earthen fort (Drummod, 25). 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. 1373. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE081-004001 Ringfort - rath
Description
The site is described in the OSNB as an earthen fort (Drummod, 25). 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. 1373. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE081-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
Caherbaun/Cathair Bhán: This site is marked on the OS maps as a circular enclosure and is referred to as an earthen fort in the OSNB (Drummod, 24). It has been levelled and was located on a S facing slope in rough mountain pasture. 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. 693. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE081-046001 Hut site
Description
In rough hill pasture, on a break in the SW-facing rocky slopes of Colly East Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (4.9m E-W; 4.7m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m). Rubble is scattered along the perimeter of the hut site. The SW portion of the interior is raised (H 0.6m) and the NE portion is cut (D 0.4m) into the upslope to create a level interior. There is another hut site (KE081-046002-) c. 10m to the NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
- KE081-046002 Hut site
Description
In rough hill pasture, on a break in the SW-facing rocky slopes of Colly East Mountain. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.5m). A boulder is incorporated into the wall at NW. The SW portion of the interior is raised (H 0.2m) and the NE portion is cut (D 0.4m) into the upslope to create a level interior. Rubble obscures the interior and is scattered externally along the perimeter of the hut site. There is another hut site (KE081-046001-) c. 10m to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shronaloughane.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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, 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 Shronaloughane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Shronaloughane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Shronaloughane · Srón an Locháin
- Area
- 3,186,019 m² (318.6 ha, 787.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromod, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iveragh
- Electoral division
- Derriana, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carriginane, Coomaspeara, Derreennageeha, Dromalonhurt, Tulligealane
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Shronaloughane 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.