Knocknascrow

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknascrow, from 412 m² to 3,569,483 m² (356.95 ha, 882.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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 Knocknascrow 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.

• 14 Sept 2022Conditional

  the demolition of a derelict dwelling and to construct a part 2 storey, part single storey dwelling, sewage treatment unit with percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22994

• 19 Jan 2018Conditional

  construction of a dormer dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated work

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1839

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: Galtee Mountains SAC 000646
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galtee Mountains 000646

Recorded monuments

• LI058-001001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on the summit of Temple Hill with commanding views of SE Limerick, N Cork and much of S Tipperary. Listed as Knocknascrow 5 (Costello 2016, 309). Roughly circular drystone-walled shelter (ext. dims. 2.7m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6m; T 0.6m) built into SE side of massive cairn (LI058-001----) which is open to the S , although its E wall extends slightly further S so as to act as a windbreak. Possibly a shelter for shepherds (Costello 2020, 116) or for OS workers when constructing Trig. Station marking OD 2570 ft. on top of cairn on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020

• LI058-015 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In pasture on slight ESE facing slope. No surface remains visible of semi-circular shaped earthwork depicted on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. A lime-kiln is depicted at this location on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The semi-circular shaped earthwork may be the grass-covered remains of the collapsed lime-kiln. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 October 2021

• LI058-029 Hut site
  Description

  Hut-site aligned N-S located at the base of a gentle, SE-facing slope which overlooks a plateau. Appears to be the building that is depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Listed as Knocknascrow 1 (Costello 2016, 306). Present remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (ext. dims. 6.7m x 5m; int. dims. 5.4m x 3.7m) enclosed by a coursed earth and stone wall (avg. H 0.6m; avg. T 0.65m) with entrance (Wth 0.8m) at centre of E side. The S end wall (ext. H 1.3m; int. H 1.2m) has been partially reconstructed, probably in recent times to afford some shelter to sheep. The building has no internal features apart from wall tumble. A low bank is visible outside the S end wall and continues eastward for approximately 10m, but does not form an enclosure. This bank was formed by material dug-out to create a building platform, and would have acted as a wind-break (Costello 2016, 89). See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020

• LI058-030 Hut site
  Description

  Rectangular hut-site aligned NW-SE built on a platform cut out from steep facing slope overlooking the Geeragh stream 150m to W which marks townland boundary with Anglesborough. This building is depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and subsequent OSi maps. Listed as Knocknascrow 2 (Costello 2016, 306-7). Present remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (ext. dims. 7.66m x 5.1m; int. dims. 6.3m x 3.66) enclosed by a well built coursed earth and stone wall (avg. H 0.5m; avg. T 0.65m) with entrance (Wth 0.8m) in S side wall. The E end wall (ext. H 0.7m) is the best preserved while the N and W side walls (avg. int. H 0.4m, ext. H 0.25m) are lower. The foundation stones of a possible internal wall are visible at the W end of the structure. There is a small and badly ruined annexe at the SE corner of the hut unconnected with the interior of the main structure. It is possible that this was used as a store for dairy produce (Costello 2016, 92). Further downslope, to the S, are two low banks running W in the direction of the Geeragh stream. Starting from a single point, they diverge to form two sides of a triangular piece of land. They may be associated with drainage, although cultivation ridges which might consequently be expected could not be discerned in the vicinity due to heather growth. See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020

• LI058-031 Hut site
  Description

  Rectangular hut-site aligned NW-SE and a roughly rectangular adjoining enclosure (ext. dims. 4.9m x 5.2m; int. dims. 4m x 4.6m), constructed on a platform partly cut out from a steep facing slope on the W side of Pigeon Rock Glen. Pigeonrock River 100m to E which marks townland boundary with Carrigeen Mountain. Listed as Knocknascrow 3 (Costello 2016, 307). Present remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (ext. dims. 5.2m x 2.6m; int. dims. 4.6m x 2m) enclosed by a well built coursed earth and stone wall (avg. H 0.7m; avg. T 0.6m) with no entrance visible. A low, grass-covered wall of which only the foundation stones survive, runs W from the SW corner of the hut, enclosing the rest of the slope-cut platform. Ten cultivation ridges run downslope from the site, occupying a patch 25m long and 15m wide (Costello 2020, Fig. 5.11). To the W, at a distance of just under 60m, is a man-made dam or bridge on a fast-flowing tributary stream. To the S, on the other side of that stream, is a grassy slope that appears to have been cleared of stones for the purposes of improving the grazing and making the ground safer for cattle (Costello 2016, 93). See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020

• LI058-032 Hut site
  Description

  Rectangular hut-site aligned NE-SW on flat ground immediately S of Pigeonrock River (Coolatiny Stream) which forms townland boundary with Carrigeen Mountain. Listed as Knocknascrow 4 (Costello 2016, 308). Remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (ext. dims. 7.8m x 4.6m; int. dims. 6.2m x 3m) enclosed by moss-covered earth and stone wall (avg. H 0.4m; avg. T 0.8m) with no entrance visible. A roughly rectangular-shaped annexe (ext. dims. 4.8m x 3.1m) with less substantial walls abut E side, as if sheltering an entrance in that wall (Costello 2016, 92). See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 25 August 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knocknascrow, about 1 in 20 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 Knocknascrow.

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 Knocknascrow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Knocknascrow · Cnoc na Srúibhe

Area

6,350,300 m² (635.03 ha, 1,569.19 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeheny, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Knocknascrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

241 people lived in 76 households in the Knocknascrow electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Anglesborough, Ballynamuddagh, Boher, Boolanlisheen, Carrigeen, Carrigeen Mountain, Carrow, Coolattin, Coolboy, Inchacoomb, Scrowmore

Placenames

Knocknascrow 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.