Castlelands

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlelands, from 120 m² to 30,310 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Castlelands 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.

• 1 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for works to the existing dwellinghouse to comprise of the following: Removal of existing extensions to east and south elevations, removal of garden shed structures from the rear garden area, the construction of a single-storey extension to the east and south elevations, construction of a single storey covered out-door space in the rear garden area, construction of a domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4358

• 16 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed development to an existing dwelling house (change of plan previously granted Planning No. 16/06088). Works to consist of the following: 1) Demolish the existing standalone store room. 2) Construct new single storey extensions to the South, East and West. The eastern extension to form new “Granny Flat”. 3) Carry out elevational changes on the existing Northern elevation. 4) Install a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and associated percolation area. 5) Carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4258

• 25 May 2021Unconditional

  1. Construct a new ground floor extension to the South and West of, and attached to, the existing dwelling house and store house. 2. Construct a new garage on the existing concrete base, at the site entrance. 3. Remove existing septic tank and install a new waste water treatment unit, filter bed and percolation area. 4. Carry out all associated site works. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 16/06088

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5436

• 5 Dec 2017Conditional

  (a) Retention of a domestic garage/workshop/garden store building and associated site works. The existing building is 125sq.m floor area. (b) Permission for change of use of part of the same building and the construction of an extension to the same building for use as a garden study (ancillary domestic accommodation to the main house) with a tea station, toilet room and associated site works. We note that the remainder of the existing structure is to remain as a domestic garage. (c) All associated elevational and plan alterations to the same building and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7179

• 19 Aug 2016Conditional

  1. Construct a new ground floor extension to the South and West of, and attached to, the existing dwelling house and store house. 2. Construct a new garage on the existing concrete base, at the site entrance. 3. Remove existing septic tank and install a new waste water treatment unit, filter bed and percolation area. 4. Erect two convex mirrors on a pole opposite the site entrance and a ‘concealed entrance’ sign on a pole, on the riverside of the road west of the entrance. 5. Carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6088

• 21 Feb 2011Refused

  Two storey dwellinghouse, bored well, bio treatment unit and ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4318

• 2 Feb 2010Withdrawn

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4178

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 Castlelands.

Recorded monuments

• CO125-001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On slight eminence, overlooking Bandon river to N. Only W wall (L 7.5m) and short return of N wall (L c. 1.5m) stand, to 2nd floor level. Skewbacks visible for vaults (on N-S axis) over ground and 2nd floor levels. Indications of ground floor door at W end of N wall; central flat-headed window ope in W wall at 1st floor level; wall press at N end of W wall at 2nd floor level. In Grose's (Stalley 1991, 46) early 19th century depiction, castle shown as ruinous; pointed arch doorway on ground floor of N wall; 3 storeys with central opes above this, one a slit window, other two broken. Built by de Courcey family (Healy 1988, 286-7). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO125-002001 Church
  Description

  Near N end of graveyard (CO125-002002-), roofless ruins of rectangular church (17.4m E-W; 8.3m N-S); missing points of gables, side walls in poor repair (Coleman 1912, facing p. 82). Entered by central door in W gable, ope now covered by segmental arch but original (wooden?) lintel gone. Lit by two windows each in N and S walls and central window in E gable. Very plain gabled building depicted here by Grose (Stalley 1991, 46) in early 19th century; according to Brady (1863, vol. 1, 244) 'built about 1780'. Ruins appear to date from this time; abandoned 1844 when new church built nearby. On site of ancient parish church of Ringrone of which there is no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO125-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  On N side of road, overlooking estuary of Bandon river to N. Rectangular graveyard (c. 70m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) enclosed by stone wall; still in use. 'There are two or three large built-up tombs here, including that of the De Courceys, Lords Kinsale' (Coleman 1913-16e, 437); also memorial erected by Bullen family in 1726 consisting of 'Coat-of-Arms above an incised inscription, in a frame over a box tomb' (Westropp 1913-16, 242 & facing photo); earliest headstones date from late 18th century. Near N end ruins of C of I church (CO125-002001-) on site of ancient parish church of Ringrone. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO125-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Enclosed by brick wall; used as cattle trough. Ringrone castle (in ruins) (CO125-001---) nearby. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Castlelands.

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 Castlelands, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Castlelands · Fearann an Chaisleáin

Area

95,618 m² (9.56 ha, 23.63 acres)

Civil parish

Ringrone, and its townlands

Barony

Kinsale

Electoral division

Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,605 people lived in 1,855 households in the Kinsale Rural electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlepark, Ringrone

Placenames

Castlelands 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.