Gortacurraun

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortacurraun, from 58 m² to 268,847 m² (26.88 ha, 66.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Gortacurraun 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.

• 22 Jul 2019Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR AND CALF SHED INCLUDING ALTERING AND EXTENDING THE EXISTING ROOFS, (B) RELOCATE THE PREFABRICATED CATTLE FEED SILOS, (C) CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CATTLE HOUSING SHED, (D) CARRY OUT ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19776

• 28 Jun 2019N/a

  (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR AND CALF SHED INCLUDING ALTERING AND EXTENDING THE EXISTING ROOFS, (B) RELOCATE THE PREFABRICATED CATTLE FEED SILOS, (C) CONSTRUCT EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING CATTLE HOUSING SHED, (D) CARRY OUT ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19685

• 16 Apr 2018Conditional

  RETAIN (A) AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS CONSTRUCTED AND (B) RETAIN AN EXISTING GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED SERVING THE AFOREMENTIONED DWELLING HOUSE ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18341

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  (A) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO DWELLING HOUSE, (B) RETAIN THE GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, (C) RETAIN THE HOUSE AND GARAGE WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES AND (D) RETAIN THE SITE LAYOUT AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171197

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: Mount Brandon SAC 000375
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mount Brandon 000375

Recorded monuments

• KE044-099 Cross-slab
  Description

  This cross-slab lies at the E side of a low rectangular mound of uncertain origin. The mound measures 18m N-S x 9m E-W and incorporates a subcircular arrangement of upright stones which measures 2.5m E-W x 1.85m N-S and which is open to E. The stones range from .8 to .47m in height and the interior of the feature is now filled in with field clearance stones. The cross-slab measures 1.5m in length x .4m in width x .12m in thickness. The upper third of one face is occupied by an equal-armed cross within a circle. Each arm of the cross terminates in a H-motif, that is a T-bar terminal with T-bars at each extremity. Crawford (1912, 234) erroneously recorded a cross on the other face of the stone but the cross he described is that at Kilduff graveyard (KE045-009002-). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 842. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-100 Enclosure
  Description

  The univallate enclosure marked on the OS maps was recently levelled. The outline of the bank is indicated by a 5m wide band of bare ground littered with stones. This encloses an area 18m in diameter. A possible entrance is located at E. A souterrrain (KE044-100001-) was discovered here some years ago (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 696. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-100001 Souterrain
  Description

  Univallate enclosure KE044-100---- marked on the OS maps was recently levelled. A possible entrance is located at E. A souterrrain (KE044-100001-) was discovered here some years ago (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 696. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-101 Enclosure
  Description

  There is no visible trace of the circular univallate enclosure marked on the OS maps. It was situated on the S slopes of a low hill overlooking the Anascaul valley. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 697. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-102 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Toberreendoney/Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh [Well of the King of Sunday]: A spring well located in a rock cavity on the E side of the stream which forms the boundary between the townlands of Gortacurraun and Farrannacarriga. A small cross-inscribed stone is located in a small crevice a little upstream of the well. Its S face bears a simple Latin cross with T-bar terminals to shaft and arms. Ó Danachair (1960, 71) recorded the following details about this well; 'A spring in the side of a deep gully. Much overgrown with fuchsia. No devotions now. " The inhabitants give rounds here generally on Sunday morning" - OSNB'. See attached photograph of Toberreendoney, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00191 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31410 The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 939. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 April 2022

• KE044-102001 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Toberreendoney/Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh: A spring well (KE044-102----) located in a rock cavity on the E side of the stream which forms the boundary between the townlands of Gortacurraun and Farrannacarriga. A small cross-inscribed stone KE044-102001- is located in a small crevice a little upstream of the well. Its S face bears a simple Latin cross with T-bar terminals to shaft and arms. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 939. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 21.5m E-W, 20m N-S A circular univallate rath situated at the head of the valley that extends S from Ballynasare to Minard beach. The bank has been levelled along the E sector and has virtually disappeared along the S side. Elsewhere it is a maximum of 1.75m high externally and .75m high internally and is 2.25m wide. The fosse is discernible only along the S sector where it is protected by the field fence which skirts its outer edge here. It is 2m wide and c. 1.25m deep. There is a 3.75m wide entrance gap at SW. A 5m wide break in the bank at WNW may be secondary. A number of depressions and holes in the interior appear to be the remains of a souterrain, now collapsed. A brass shilling of James II was discovered in a souterrain in a rath in this townland (O'Sullivan 1931, 414). Apart from the possible souterrain at this site, one was also discovered in another ringfort (KE044-100----) in the townland, and it is not known in which of the two the shilling was found. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 446. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-106001 Souterrain
  Description

  Circular univallate rath KE044-106---- is situated at the head of the valley that extends S from Ballynasare to Minard beach. A number of depressions and holes in the interior appear to be the remains of a souterrain (KE044-106001-), now collapsed. A brass shilling of James II was discovered in a souterrain in a rath in this townland (O'Sullivan 1931, 414). Apart from the possible souterrain at this site, one was also discovered in another ringfort (KE044-100----) in the townland, and it is not known in which of the two the shilling was found. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 446. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-145 Charcoal-making site
  Description

  The on-site Stage (iii) Excavation Services at Gortacurraun 5 (E005270) were undertaken between 5 November and 24 November 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The site of Gortacurraun 5 consisted of two charcoal-production pits and a series of pits, postholes and stakeholes. A number of agricultural features comprising field ditches and furrows were also excavated. Two features, posthole C.67 and ditch C.38 extended beyond the extent of the excavation area and the remainder of the feature is preserved in situ outside the CPO to the north. Additionally, a possible circular enclosure (KE044-146----) also was noted to the north of the site. The features are located within a field, and are not obscured from view (Kearney and O'Hora 2024).   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Dr Mara Tesorieri.

• KE044-146 Enclosure
  Description

  The on-site Stage (iii) Excavation Services at Gortacurraun 5 (E005270) were undertaken between 5 November and 24 November 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The site of Gortacurraun 5 consisted of two charcoal-production pits (KE044-145----) and a series of pits, postholes and stakeholes. A number of agricultural features comprising field ditches and furrows were also excavated. Two features, posthole C.67 and ditch C.38 extended beyond the extent of the excavation area and the remainder of the feature is preserved in situ outside the CPO to the north. Additionally, a possible circular enclosure also was noted to the north of the site. The features are located within a field, and are not obscured from view (Kearney and O'Hora 2024).   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Dr Mara Tesorieri.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortacurraun, 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 Gortacurraun.

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

Name

Gortacurraun · Gort an Chorráin

Area

1,481,122 m² (148.11 ha, 365.99 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynacourty, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Ballynacourty, the unit of the census

Census 2022

298 people lived in 119 households in the Ballynacourty electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 26% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acres, Ballinvogig, Ballynacourty, Ballynasare Lower, Coolnagoppoge, Farrannacarriga, Maumagarrane

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Gortacurraun 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.