Castlepoint

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlepoint, from 27 m² to 49,270 m² (4.93 ha, 12.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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 Castlepoint 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.

• 19 Jun 2024Conditional

  Construction of a sun lounge to side of house, modify and extend the existing front entrance porch, the removal of existing domestic store and construction of a new garage / shed in it's place and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/328

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  Retention of boiler house / store and oil tank and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/684

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  Retention of boiler house / store and oil tank and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/683

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  Completion of dwelling granted permission under planning reg no. W/02/4523 and retention of domestic store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/608

• 2 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  Retention of boiler house / store and oil tank and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/603

• 2 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  Retention of boiler house / store and oil tank and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/604

• 4 Dec 2006Conditional

  Extension to farm complex to include erection of slatted house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2598

• 21 Jun 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Approval · Cork County Council, 04/4490

• 5 Jan 2004Conditional

  Dwelling

  Approval · Cork County Council, 04/11

• 11 Oct 2002Conditional

  Dormer dwelling

  Approval · Cork County Council, 02/4523

• 11 Oct 2002Conditional

  Dormer dwelling

  Approval · Cork County Council, 02/4522

• 19 Jul 2000Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4413

• 19 Jul 2000Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4415

• 19 Jul 2000Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4414

• 19 Jul 2000Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4412

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: Roaringwater Bay and Islands SAC 000101
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Roaringwater Bay And Islands 000101

Recorded monuments

• CO148-021002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On rocky promontory projecting E into Toormore bay, promontory now connected to mainland by concrete bridge. Rectangular tower (11.58m N-S; 8.62m E-W). Ground and first floor door opes, one above the other, near N end of E wall. Single ogee-headed window light in N wall, otherwise surviving lights square-headed; most windows now contain modern frames. Blocked exit for garderobe shute at base of N wall. Tower has been renovated as summer residence (O Mahony 1980, 52); access to interior not gained. O Mahony castle, known as 'Black Castle'. Westropp (1915, 267) considered this promontory as being one of the best suited for a promontory fort in the peninsula. However, no visible surface traces of any defences earlier than the tower house can be seen on it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 14 May 2015 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO148-022 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Well, on natural rise, enclosed by drystone masonry now in ruined condition. According to O'Donoghue (1986, 10) '"rounds" were performed here' The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO148-031 Mine - copper
  Description

  In pasture, at W end of promontory, c. 220 E of Leamcon Castle (CO148-025001-). Horizontal working (L 6m) driven into base of low W-facing outcrop; flooded. Modern infilling of entrance; no associated spoil sediments of stone mauls. Possible exploratory level; documented 19th-century mining in this townland. Uncertain relationship to 1852 record of "Dainish Works" (Mining Journal 1852, 539) or to "Old Mans Working "recorded by geologist T. H. Duffy 1929. (O'Brien 1987) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO148-042 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CO148-043 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CO148-044 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castlepoint, 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 Castlepoint.

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.

• Castlepoint, Schull5 sales

Name

Castlepoint · Pointe an Chaisleáin

Area

377,299 m² (37.73 ha, 93.23 acres)

Civil parish

Skull, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Lowertown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

244 people lived in 102 households in the Lowertown electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beakeen, Leamcon

Placenames

Castlepoint 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.