Lerrig South

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lerrig South, from 45 m² to 248,616 m² (24.86 ha, 61.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 68 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 Lerrig South 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.

• 8 Sept 2021Conditional

  BUILD A PRIVATE STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING AND GARAGE ,SERVED WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211034

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  RETAIN HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS BUILT WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18509

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION , GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18294

• 30 Mar 2017Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING, GARAGE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17281

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 Lerrig South.

Recorded monuments

• KE020-021 Souterrain
  Description

  According to the landowner, several years ago an underground souterrain system was uncovered, but has since been closed up. No surface trace survives. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1130. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE020-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 40.2m N-S, 41.2m E-W This univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank and exterior fosse. The enclosing bank is 5m wide and rises to 1.4m internally and 2m externally. The external fosse, c 2m wide and 1 m deep, is evident for most of the site, except to the S to SE where a fieldbank cuts through it. A 2.6m wide entrance to the NE provides access to the interior. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, and in the NW sector is a sub-rectangular raised area, 12.6m x 9.3m internally. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 694. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-030001 Enclosure
  Description

  Described by Toal (1995, 46-7, no. 22) as a circular enclosure (KE020-030001-) which is now 'barely visible'. A standing stone (KE020-030002-), is situated on its E sector. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 22. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 20 September 2013

• KE020-030002 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone is situated in the E sector of a circular enclosure (KE020-030001-) that is now barely visible. It rises to a height of 1.19m, is .85m wide, .55m thick. It has a rectangular plan and packing stones are visible around the base. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 22. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE020-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 26.4m N-S, 25.4m E-W This circular univallate rath is much levelled. On the 1897 OS map a fieldbank runs down the W side. This has since disappeared and a fieldbank now runs in a N-S direction down the E side. The enclosing earthen bank is 6m wide and rises to a maximum of 1m above the interior and 1m above the external ground level. A complete rotary quern and the top of a second one were located in the same field. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 695. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 30.2m N-S, 31m E-W Situated in the next field NE of KE020-031----, this site has excellent views in all directions. A univallate rath consisting of a sub-circular area enclosed by a bank and exterior fosse, the enclosing earthen bank is c 6m wide and rises to 1.2m above the interior and on average 1.9m above the external fosse. The external fosse is very much levelled, and N to NE and SSW through S to SE no trace of it survives. Elsewhere it is 2m-3m wide and c 1.2m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and according to local tradition a souterrain (KE020-032001-) lay under the surface. No surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 696. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-032001 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the next field NE of KE020-031----, KE020-032---- has excellent views in all directions. A univallate rath consisting of a sub-circular area enclosed by a bank and exterior fosse. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and according to local tradition a souterrain (KE020-032001-) lay under the surface. No surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 696. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated SW of KE020-034----, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. It also shows up on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977), but no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 698. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure appears on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. According to the landowner, it contained a fine souterrain (KE020-034001-). However, it has been completely levelled, and no surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 697. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-034001 Souterrain
  Description

  Circular enclosure KE020-034---- appears on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. According to the landowner, it contained a fine souterrain (KE020-034001-). However, it has been completely levelled, and no surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 697. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-072 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This site consists of a large horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt stones with a depression which is waterlogged at the N side. The overall dimensions are 38m E-W x 24m N-S. (Danagher, 1983) The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 76. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lerrig South, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_70 (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 Lerrig South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Lerrig South · An Leirg Theas

Area

1,899,732 m² (189.97 ha, 469.43 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoyly, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Tubrid, the unit of the census

Census 2022

870 people lived in 299 households in the Tubrid electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconnell, Ardrahan, Ballyrobert, Banna East, Clogher, Dinneens, Lerrig North, Rareagh

Placenames

Lerrig South 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.