Cott
Townland in the civil parish of Killybegs, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 85.4 ha
- 211 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 4,454 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cott, from 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres) to 453,516 m² (45.35 ha, 112.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Cott 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
29 Apr 2022Refused
(A) the erection of a single storey house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (D) upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to include the proposed house recessed entrance and separate agricultural entrance and access drive way and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22498
2 Jun 2020N/a
(ABP Decision http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/307284.htm Case is due to be decided by 05/10/2020 by ABP ) Application to An Bord Pleanála for Substitute Consent to regularise the status of historic peat extraction (and ancillary works) on the milled peat production bogs of the Kilberry Bog Group
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cott.
Recorded monuments
- KD013-029 Road - class 1 togher
Description
One of five sites (KD013-028---- to KD013-032----) recorded in Prosperous bog, part of the Bord na Móna Coolnamona group of works, and all classified as, 'sightings of archaeological wood'. Two sites were dated (KD013-029---- and KD013-032----) and returned dates of AD1010 to 1260 and AD1300 to 1450. KD013-029---- comprised a roundwood partially underlain by a brushwood, located on the bog surface adjacent to a drain edge. Dated AD1010 to 1260. (ADS Ltd. 'Site Code PPS002') Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD013-030 Structure - peatland
Description
One of five sites (KD013-028---- to KD013-032----) recorded in Prosperous bog, part of the Bord na Móna Coolnamona group of works, and all classified as, 'sightings of archaeological wood'. Two sites were dated (KD013-029---- and KD013-032----) and returned dates of AD1010 to 1260 and AD1300 to 1450. KD013-030---- comprised three brushwood elements of hazel, but with no clear structural arrangement. (ADS Ltd. 'Site Code PPS003') Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD013-031 Structure - peatland
Description
One of five sites (KD013-028---- to KD013-032----) recorded in Prosperous bog, part of the Bord na Móna Coolnamona group of works, and all classified as, 'sightings of archaeological wood'. Two sites were dated (KD013-029---- and KD013-032----) and returned dates of AD1010 to 1260 and AD1300 to 1450. KD013-031---- comprised a single brushwood of alder, located on the bog surface. (ADS Ltd. 'Site Code PPS004') Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD013-032 Structure - peatland
Description
One of five sites (KD013-028---- to KD013-032----) recorded in Prosperous bog, part of the Bord na Móna Coolnamona group of works, and all classified as, 'sightings of archaeological wood'. Two sites were dated (KD013-029---- and KD013-032----) and returned dates of AD1010 to 1260 and AD1300 to 1450. KD013-032---- comprised two roundwood elements of alder, one of which exhibited evidence of branch trimming, located on the bog surface. Dated AD1300 to 1450. (ADS Ltd. 'Site Code PPS005') Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cott.
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 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2649 (ZIP).
- 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 Cott with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Cott
- Area
- 853,655 m² (85.37 ha, 210.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killybegs, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Downings, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Downings electoral division: 3,091 people in 1,014 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynafagh, Ballynagappagh, Betaghstown, Curryhills
- Placenames
- Cott 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.