Rosnacartan Beg

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosnacartan Beg, from 1,568 m² to 363,118 m² (36.31 ha, 89.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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 Rosnacartan Beg 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.

• 6 Aug 2025Conditional

  planning Permission to a) Extend and renovate the existing cottage, b) Demolish existing sheds on site, c) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area, d) install a new mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter, e) construct a new vehicular entrance and f) construct all associated site works at Rosnacartan Beg, Beaufort, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560689

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 Rosnacartan Beg.

Recorded monuments

• KE057-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A raised circular area (diam. 34m) defined by the remains of three banks and two intervening fosses. The low inner bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 3.9m) is evident NE-SW; elsewhere the interior is defined by a scrap. The innermost intervening fosse (Wth 3.3m) is obscured by overgrowth. The middle bank (Wth 6.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.15m) is evident SE-NE and is covered by overgrowth. A field boundary radiates from the W arc. The outermost intervening fosse (Wth c. 2m) is evident SE-W. The remains of the outer bank (Wth 6.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H c. 0.2m) are evident SE-WSW. Two slightly raised parallel E-W banks cross the interior to the N and S of the centre: the N bank (Wth 5.9m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.3m); the S bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m). A lane truncates the E portion of the rath. There is a possible souterrain (KE057-089001-) in the interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-089001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the 1940s, a 'cave and an underground passage' were recorded in the large trivallate circular rath (KE057-089----) on Mr. Clifford's lands (ITA). There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), the S portion of which is truncated by an E-W field boundary. Another rath (KE057-092----) is c. 70m to the E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE057-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a hillock, with extensive views in all directions. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1895 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), open to the N. Another rath (KE057-091----) is c. 70m to the W. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rosnacartan Beg, 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 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 Rosnacartan Beg.

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

Name

Rosnacartan Beg

Area

728,317 m² (72.83 ha, 179.97 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbonane, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Lahard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

741 people lived in 263 households in the Lahard electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahane, Coolavorheen, Drombrick, Dromkerry, Kilclogherane, Pallis, Rosnacartan More

Placenames

Rosnacartan Beg 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.