Coars

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coars, from 54 m² to 515,581 m² (51.56 ha, 127.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Coars 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.

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DOUBLE PEN SHEEP HOUSE WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANKS AND ANCILLARY CONCRETE FARM YARD

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18614

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 Coars.

Recorded monuments

• KE080-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 30m NW-SE This bivallate rath is located on fairly steep N sloping land, on the W side of a bog-covered valley drained by a tributary of the Ferta river. The two banks and an intervening fosse enclose a subcircular area and are densely overgrown. The inner bank averages 4.3m wide and 2.3m high above the base of the fosse. Short stretches of a drystone masonry revetment survive in places on its inner face. The flat-bottomed fosse, now heavily silted-up and in part waterlogged, averages 3m wide. The outer bank is less substantial than the inner one and varies from 1m to 3m high above the fosse and from .6m to 2m high above external ground level. It is flat-topped and averages 3.3m wide. It is abutted by several later field boundaries, and sections of drystone revetment walling present are probably associated with the latter. The original entrance may be located at E. Here the gap through the inner bank is 2m wide, and drystone walling revets its N side to a height of .6m. The corresponding gap through the outer bank splays from an inner width of 2.2m to 4.5m at its outer side. The fosse in this area has been disturbed, and though shallow, there is no clearly defined causeway. A collapsed souterrain (KE080-020001-) occurs in the NW quadrant of the rath's interior and is evidenced by two rectangular sunken areas, up to .7m deep. These indicate that a passage was aligned NW-SE, and traces of slightly corbelled walling are exposed in the sides of one of the depressions. Ua Riain records an incursion into the souterrain by a 'party of local boys' who discovered eight 'rooms' before retreating (1927). 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. 492. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE080-020001 Souterrain
  Description

  A collapsed souterrain (KE080-020001-) occurs in the NW quadrant of the rath's interior and is evidenced by two rectangular sunken areas, up to .7m deep. These indicate that a passage was aligned NW-SE, and traces of slightly corbelled walling are exposed in the sides of one of the depressions. Ua Riain records an incursion into the souterrain by a 'party of local boys' who discovered eight 'rooms' before retreating (1927). 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. 492. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE080-022 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  This site is located in poorly drained pasture on the NE slopes of Keelnagore, overlooking an extensive tract of bog to N. A large squat standing stone, partly incorporated into a field boundary, stands 2.1m high and measures 1.4m x 1.1m at base; NNE-SSW. Its sides gradually taper towards a flat top. Leaning against it at S is a stone which measures 2.7m long and averages .59m wide and .28m thick. Only one 'Gallaun' is indicated on the OS maps. 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. 127. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE080-023 Standing stone
  Description

  No visible trace survives of the 'Gallaun' marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. A field boundary now runs across this point, and the stone may have been removed during its construction. It was situated on sloping pastureland which overlooks extensive-tracts of bog to N, and was located approximately 100m ESE of a pair of standing stones (KE080-022----). 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. 231. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE080-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Not marked on the OS maps, this very ruined enclosure, within which is a souterrain, is located on the high E slopes of Keelnagore mountain. The much denuded enclosing element defines a circular area, 14m in diameter. This survives as a bank of stony composition, 1.4m high, along the NE sector, and elsewhere as a line of boulders. At SW, beneath heavy overgrowth, is a short stretch of coursed drystone walling, .6m high and 2.7m in length. The interior of the site is terraced, and a scattering of slabs and boulders occur in its N half. Two slabs, set on edge, mark the entrance to a souterrain located in the NE quadrant of the interior of the enclosure. The entrance measures .75m wide x .45m high, and leads into a 3m long passage that runs to W. The passage is built of coursed drystone walling and is roofed with lintels. It averages 1.25m high and 1.1m wide, and an even spread of stones lines its floor. Abutting the S side of the passage are three upright slabs. A narrow creepway occurs in the W end-wall and is formed of two jambs and a lintel. Measuring .56m high and .38m wide, it is .55m long and gives access to a second passage, aligned N-S. This passage, with drystone walls and roofed with lintels, is c. 4m long but its S end is blocked by a mound of earth and stone. A possible air-vent is located at its N end. 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. 724. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE080-024001 Souterrain
  Description

  Two slabs, set on edge, mark the entrance to a souterrain located in the NE quadrant of the interior of the enclosure. The entrance measures .75m wide x .45m high, and leads into a 3m long passage that runs to W. The passage is built of coursed drystone walling and is roofed with lintels. It averages 1.25m high and 1.1m wide, and an even spread of stones lines its floor. Abutting the S side of the passage are three upright slabs. A narrow creepway occurs in the W end-wall and is formed of two jambs and a lintel. Measuring .56m high and .38m wide, it is .55m long and gives access to a second passage, aligned N-S. This passage, with drystone walls and roofed with lintels, is c. 4m long but its S end is blocked by a mound of earth and stone. A possible air-vent is located at its N end. 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. 724. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013 This drystone-built souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, occurs on a level terrace on the upper NE facing slopes of Keelnagore. A short distance to S is a semicircular ring of boulders, and to E is an 8m long, ill-defined, bank. These features may indicate that an above-ground structure was associated with the souterrain, but their poor state of preservation precludes classification. The souterrain consists of two rectangular chambers linked by a creepway. The entrance to the first chamber faces NE and measures .75m x .44m; two slabs set on edge stand outside it at SE. The chamber extends W for a distance of 3m. It is 1.25m high and 1.1m wide and its drystone walls are roughly built and capped with lintels; three upright slabs abut the S side-wall. The creepway which connects it with the second chamber occurs in its W end-wall; it measures .55m x .4m x .55m long. The second chamber is aligned roughly N-S. A small air-vent is located in the N end-wall, close to roof level. The chamber is at least 5m long, but its S end is blocked by in accumulation of fill. 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. 862. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE080-041 Hut site
  Description

  Close to the summit of Keelnagore, on its E side in open mountain terrain. A roughly built circular hut with an entrance passage at NE. A lintelled chamber at N apparently precedes the hut. Both features may be of relatively modern construction. D: 2.3m. H: .5m. T: .6m. 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. 1203. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coars, about 1 in 5 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 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 Coars.

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

Name

Coars

Area

2,192,117 m² (219.21 ha, 541.68 acres)

Civil parish

Killinane, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Bahaghs, the unit of the census

Census 2022

196 people lived in 76 households in the Bahaghs electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappagh, Coomdeeween, Garrane South, Glebe, Keelnagore, Killognaveen South, Knockaneden, Raheens, Srugreana

Placenames

Coars 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.