Knawhill

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knawhill, from 462 m² to 461,907 m² (46.19 ha, 114.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knawhill 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.

• 13 Nov 2019Conditional

  To construct a single storey extension to an existing dwellinghouse, a new garage, retention of the entrance and retention of the revised site boundary and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6696

• 17 Jul 2019Withdrawn

  To construct a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house, a new garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5792

• 29 Nov 2016Conditional

  To demolish the existing flat roof extension to existing dwelling. Alterations to south eastern elevation to include removal of existing door and surround and replace with window. Fit two new roof lights to existing dwelling roof and to construct a new extension to north eastern elevation, new vehicular entrance and to install a new septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6966

• 20 May 2013Conditional

  Retention of the raising of existing roof over existing dwelling to provide attic accomodation including 3 no. rooflights. (Alterations to Planning Reference No. N/95/558 i.e renovations and extension to existing dwelling), in accordance with plans and documents submitted.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4934

• 16 Apr 2013Incompleted application

  Retention of alterations to planning Reference No. 95/558 (Renovations and extension to dwelling), namely; alterations to attic accommodation consisting of 3no. rooflights and the omission of the northern extension in accordance with documents and plans submitted

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4679

• 5 Mar 2008Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwelling and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5212

• 23 Jan 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of effluent treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4281

• 11 Dec 2007Refused

  Dwellinghouse, entrance and septic tank

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/12984

• 7 Dec 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of effluent treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12953

• 6 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of effluent treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12172

• 21 May 2007Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7994

• 15 Jan 2007Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/4187

• 30 Nov 2006Conditional

  One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12855

• 27 Sept 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/10945

• 4 Jul 2006Conditional

  One and half storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8571

• 5 Apr 2006Conditional

  Construction of cattle shed and underground effluent tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6140

• 1 Nov 2005Conditional

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8007

• 27 Feb 2004Conditional

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1228

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 Knawhill.

Recorded monuments

• CO006-096001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope; to NE of stream. Defined by arc (C c. 170m) formed by substantial earthen bank (int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2.1m to base of fosse) S->NNE with extant fosse (D 0.9m) WSW->NW, by slight scarp NNE->NE (L c. 15m) which ends at roadway leading to burial ground (14137) from NE, by short section of substantial earthen bank to ENE, levelled for first 4m S of roadway and by steep drop down to floodplain of stream SE->S. Interior slopes gently down to SE; quarry marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map, survives as depression inside bank to W. Burial ground (14137) and possible church (14512) in N half of enclosure. Holy well (14014) c. 70m to SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO006-096002 Burial ground
  Description

  Indicated as subrectangular enclosure and named 'GraveYard on 1842 OS 6-inch map; two small rectangular structures indicated, one in centre, the other in SE corner; possible internal division indicated by dotted line extending E-W off centre to N. Named 'Burial Ground' on 1905 OS 6-inch map and similarly indicated but without any internal elements. Within N half of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13885). Subrectangular area (c. 95m NW-SE; c. 65m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m). Bank stone-faced externally; inner face terraced (H 0.5m; Wth 1.8m) to W and in places to S. Many gravestones present; oldest noted dated 1790; vault on S side; large Murphy family plot in centre. Entrance gateway at N end of E side; short section of stone walling on each side; laneway extends to NNE to join with public road. Burial ground still in use. Possible church (14512) off-centre to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO006-096003 Church
  Description

  Within burial ground (14137), in early ecclesiastical enclosure (13885). Low grass-covered remains (max. H 1.3m; min. H 0.1m) of rectangular structure (17.7m E-W; 7.3m N-S) on S side of burial ground (17m from W bank; 14m from S bank) may be church site referred to by Bowman (1934, 618), although he places it on N side of burial ground. He noted '...about 6 yds of the N side and 5 yds of the W side may be seen' (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO006-097 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as mound, c. 10m S of river. Heavily overgrown mound of burnt material. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (11107, 11108) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 619). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO006-098 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on S bank of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to local information, mound levelled c. 1978. Probably one of three fulachta fiadh (11106, 11108) recorded in townland by Bowman (1934, 619). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knawhill, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knawhill.

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 Knawhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knawhill · Cneamhchoill

Area

1,397,147 m² (139.71 ha, 345.24 acres)

Civil parish

Knocktemple, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Knocktemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

510 people lived in 185 households in the Knocktemple electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughrim, Cappanagoul, Ferryfort, Glenfield North, Glenfield South, Knockaneda, Tulladuff

Placenames

Knawhill 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.