Chanonrock

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Chanonrock, from 65 m² to 359,556 m² (35.96 ha, 88.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Chanonrock 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.

• 30 Jun 2020Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of an existing sunroom extension to the west of the existing dwelling house and the construction of a new single storey extension to the west of the dwelling house inclusive of all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20458

• 18 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission for a bungalow type dwelling house, a domestic garage, a waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20202

• 7 Nov 2019Conditional

  Permission for a 2 storey dwelling house, a waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19927

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• LH006-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular (int. diam. 24m, H 2.4m) earthen platform constructed on top of a natural hillock. Traces of bank at upper edge of platform. Vague traces of external fosse at SSE, with depression (Wth 4.6m) in platform edge at ESE probably marking position of the original entrance.

• LH006-066 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Isolated souterrain located on summit of low hillock in undulating countryside. Discovered during gravel-digging in 1940s, and subsequently destroyed. (NMI file).

• LH006-067 Souterrain
  Description

  Local tradition of souterrain here (ASI field map). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• LH006-068 Windmill
  Description

  Indicated on Taylor and Skinner's map (1777) and 'Ruins of Windmill' noted on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• LH006-069 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked 'St. Patrick's Well' on the 1835 and 1910 'OS 6-inch' maps. According to the OS Letters a station was held here. It is an almost square pool, 1.5m across, surrounded by outcrop and a stone setting. Various local legends and cures associated with it (IFC Schools MSS 933, 128-9) and it was noted that rags, medals and walking sticks were left on a bush alongside, long ago (IFC Schools MSS 665, 175). By 1966 it was no longer visited. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 November 2011

• LH006-130001 Church
  Description

  Ross (1992, 427-9) suggests that this area, known as Kilmalloo, is the site of an early church and graveyard dedicated to St. Mollua. The precise location is not known. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• LH006-130002 Graveyard
  Description

  Ross (1992, 427-9) suggests that this area, known as Kilmalloo, is the site of an early church and graveyard dedicated to St. Mollua. The precise location is not known. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• LH011-002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave' in this area.

• LH011-003001 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Sub-circular enclosure (max. dims. c. 40m E-W, c. 38m N-S) defined by two roughly concentric rings, c. 9m apart, showing on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ALU 18). Souterrain (LH011-003002-) in interior of enclosure.

• LH011-003002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Drystone-built souterrain situated in interior of an oval enclosure (LH011-003001-) showing on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ALU 18). The souterrain consists of a passage (L 4.1m, Wth 0.8m, H 1m) aligned N-S, with a drop-hole at the S end giving access to a second passage (L 4m, Wth 1m, H 1.1m) continuing S and terminating in the middle of the N side of a gallery (L 6.8m, Wth 1.5m, H1.6m) running E-W. At the end of the first passage a drop-hole gives access to a third passage (L 9.3m, Wth 0.8-1.1m, H 1.1m) running E-W and expanding at the W end to form a fourth passage (L 5.2m, Wth 2.3m, H 1.5m). At the W end the fourth passage turns sharply N, then is blocked by collapse. A second gallery (L 4m, Wth 1.1-2m, H 1.7m) extends S from the middle of the S side of the fourth passage. (CLAJ 1955, 288; CLAJ 1956, 441-4)

Architectural heritage

• The Thatch, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, with lean-to to north. Three ranges of outbuildings to north, south and east. Thatched roof, painted timber crested ridge tiles with timber finial to south gable, red brick corbelled chimneystacks. Lime-washed rubble walling. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered surrounds, painted stone sills, painted metal casement windows. Square-headed door opening, smooth rendered surround, painted timber vertically-sheeted half-door, square-headed opening to south, painted timber lintel, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. North and south ranges comprising pitched corrugated-iron roofs, lime-washed walling, square-headed door openings, painted timber lintels, painted timber vertically-sheeted timber doors and double doors, square-headed window opening, painted stone sill, fixed light. Range to east comprising flat corrugated-iron roof, painted concrete walling, square-headed openings, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors. Ranges enclose concrete yard accessed through wrought-iron gate.

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

At the centre of the townland of Chanonrock, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2857 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Chanonrock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Chanonrock · Carraig na gCanónach

Area

2,549,711 m² (254.97 ha, 630.05 acres)

Civil parish

Louth, and its townlands

Barony

Louth

Electoral division

Castlering, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,092 people lived in 352 households in the Castlering electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaglass (Co. Monaghan), Ballintra (Co. Monaghan), Carrickadooan, Castlering, Coolcreedan, Drumcamill, Drumgonnelly, Drumirril (Co. Monaghan), Monavallet

Placenames

Chanonrock 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.