Castle-Land
Castle-Land is a townland in the civil parish of Buttevant, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Fearann an Chaisleáin.
Parcel 2226410
- Area
- 113,021 m² (11.3 ha, 27.93 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 423 m².
- Zoning
- G3 Greenbelt1 (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
C2.1 Business and General Employment (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
G3 Green Infrastructure (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Castle-Land
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for the following works: 1) permission to construct a first floor extension to existing dwelling, 2) permission for retention of existing domestic garage/store ancillary to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6071
25 Feb 2005Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1084
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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 22 recorded monuments.
- CO017-053001 Historic town
Description
On W bank of Awbeg River, on main Cork-Limerick road. In 1234 David de Barry obtained licence for weekly market and annual fair 'at his town of Buttevant' (O'Brien 1993, 93); there are references to burgesses from end of 13th century (Thomas 1992, vol. 2, 28); by 1310 the de Barrys had obtained a murage grant (see 14632) for the town (ibid.). Exact area enclosed by town wall uncertain (see 14632). It had a 'linear' main street (Bradley 1985, 448) between bridge (14811) to N and castle (14330) to S and probably two cross-lanes located to N and S of Franciscan friary (14382); rental of 1364 mentions 'Main Street' and 'Mill Lane' (MacCotter and Nicholls 1996, 194). Unusually, parish church (14404) appears to lie outside line of town walls, to S of castle (14330) and within its demesne. Subsequently it declined and 'suffered considerable devastation' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 337) in 15th century. By 1831 it contained 204 houses and consisted 'principally of one main street extending along the mail coach road' (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 235). Lombard's Castle (14340) fronts onto W side of Main Street; 18th-century market house (14761) at S end of Main Street. (Zajac et al. 1995, 10) 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
- CO017-053002 Castle - tower house
Description
On W side of main street in Buttevant town (14631). Small rectangular tower (5m N-S; 4m E-W), standing to two storeys, with wall (L 15.2m) extending S from midway along S face of tower. This wall forms E wall of rectangular structure; S wall (L 8.2m) and return of W wall (L 5.6m) also survive. Only S half of ground-floor of tower accessible; this is lintelled chamber (1.1m N-S; 1.6m E-W) entered through ruinous ope in W wall; small slit window in S wall, with groove cut in E jamb acting as loop covering outside of wall to S. First-floor chamber (2.2m N-S; 1.6m E-W) entered through lintelled door in W wall, lit by single-light window in each wall except E where replaced by large rectangular ope (see photograph in Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 350); chamber covered by rounded wicker-centred vault. Wall to S of tower (T 1.2m) survives to just below height of tower for short section (L c. 1m), terminating at 1st-floor level in N jamb of window embrasure with window seat. Beyond this, central section of wall reduced in height to c. 1.5m. This section has an inserted garage door, immediately S of which is jamb of cut-stone door surround, visible in photograph of 1907 with pointed arch (Grove White ibid.). Southern section of wall (7m-15.2m S of tower) survives to near height of tower, much rebuilt. Blocked ope with pointed arch visible, sill c. 0.5m above pavement level, with blocked square window ope to S, broken end of cross-wall extending E to N; at 1st-floor level, upper part of twin-light ogee-headed window with broken hood moulding visible, also S side of embrasure at broken N end of higher portion. Present end of wall not marked by quoins; turns to W, then to N to form S end of structure. West wall has recess (H 1.7m; Wth 1.6m) towards S end, flat-arched fireplace to N. Broken end of cross wall visible on internal face of E wall; W wall of tower has broken end of cross-wall up to full height of W facade; 1st-floor doorway implies entrance from former structure to W. In early 19th century Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236) described Lombard's Castle as 'quadrangular building flanked at each angle by a square tower' (present tower would be at NE corner of such plan); however, drawing by Windele of c. 1851 (Grove White ibid., 364) shows building much as today but with gable at S end, in line with present end of S wall, also two tall chimney stacks, one just N of S gable, where fireplace now is, and the second immediately S of tower, atop E wall. The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows tower as part of structure extending further to W (c. 18m E-W); rectangular structure extends to S of tower (L c. 40m N-S including tower; Wth c. 8m), with shallow projections to E and W towards S end (S end of projection is c. 15m S of tower). Drawing and surviving remains indicate building of late 16th/early 17th-century date, probably mansion of wealthy [Lombard] family (Brash 1852a, 96), possibly inhabited by them up to early 1730s (Grove White ibid., 364); used as school in 18th and early 19th century (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 314; Lewis ibid.); reduced and restored by Rev. Buckley in 1886 (Grove White 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
- CO017-053004 Religious house - Franciscan friars
Description
In Buttevant town (CO017-053001-), on the W bank of the Awbeg River. Remains of a Franciscan friary founded c. 1251 by David de Barry (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 243), Lord of Buttevant. David I’s son, David de Barry II (d. 1278) was buried in the chancel of the church. The remains consist in the ruin of a single-aisled church (int. 46m E-W; 7.5m N-S), divided by a collapsed belfry tower into a nave (int. 22.6m E-W; 7.50m N-S) and chancel (int. 17.5m E-W; 7.50m N-S); a transept (int. 11.7m N-S; 7.8m E-W) extends to the S from the E end of the nave, with a side chapel to the E (int. 4.4m E-W; 3.3m N-S). Of the claustral buildings remains only a small square room (c. 3.75m N-S; c. 4m E-W) abutting the E end of the church to the N, interpreted as the sacristy. A crypt on two levels under the E end of the chancel has been interpreted by O'Keeffe (2012) as a possible early castle or hall (see plans: Brash 1852a, opp. 88; Cochrane 1912, 67; Monastic Ireland: http://monastic.ie/tour/buttevant-franciscan-friary/; suggested reconstruction of the entire friary plan in Cotter 2013, 12). It later became an important burial place for the Barrys, and Buttevant remained the principal residence of the senior branch of the family throughout the Middle Ages. By the 16th century the conventual buildings were in ruins, but repaired in 1604 and subsequently re-inhabited by friars (Gwynn and Hadcock, ibid.). It was a ruin again by 1750, though some of the conventual buildings still stood at that time (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 313). The interior of the church has long been used for burial and is densely packed with 18th, 19th and 20th century burials. The remains were 'repaired' in 1851, after the tower had collapsed: breaches in the N walls were built up, fallen debris removed, and fragments of tombs and cut stone were ‘built into portions of the new work’ (Brash ibid., 95-6). Further conservation work was carried out by the OPW in recent years. The friary was located within the walls of the medieval borough, in a central location, which is unusual for a mendicant friary. Buttevant is a planned borough, and the friary may pre-date the planning and may have been incorporated as part of the expansion of the town (Cotter ibid., 3-7). Research has shown that mendicant friaries became an integral part of the planning of Anglo-Norman boroughs, though most friaries were established in a more peripheral position, close to a gate for example (Lafaye 2015, 90-102). Three main phases of construction can be discerned: Phase 1: construction of the nave and chancel; O’Keeffe argues that this happened in two stages – he identified in the S elevation of the church a series of wide arches predating the lancets, that would have contained different windows, and he also suggests the church was originally longer; this would correspond to the first years after the 1251 foundation; later, possibly in the 1260s, the lancet windows were inserted along the S wall of the nave and chancel, and the church shortened (O’Keeffe 2013, 85-7). Phase 2: construction of the S transept, its projecting E chapel and the tower in the late 13th century, possibly in the 1270s or early 1280s (ibid., 87), making them some of the earliest known examples of each structure in a mendicant context. Phase 3: extensive repairs, including the insertion of door surrounds and windows with tracery into earlier embrasures, encasing of the transept, and, based on the fragments embedded in the N wall of the church, a new cloister arcade, in the 15th/early 16th century. The nave is entered through a doorway in the W wall; the door has a pointed arch and jambs in two orders, and hood moulding (see plan and elevation Cochrane ibid., 73); this is inserted into an earlier, wider and higher doorway. The nave also has a blocked doorway at the W end of the S wall, and another blocked doorway near the E end of the same wall connecting into the transept. To the E of the latter is a piscina with a pointed arch, associated with an altar-tomb which would have been inserted in the W wall of the tower at the E end of the nave. An eighteenth-century drawing of the friary completed before the tower collapsed shows that a similar altar-tomb also stood on the other side of the tower central archway (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 313). The nave is lit by six windows: two tall windows high on the W gable, each with inserted twin cusped ogee-headed lights; two similar windows in the S wall (without inserted lights) which have been blocked; and two in the N wall, one inserted at clerestory level with double pointed-arch lights under a quatrefoil, the other much ruined. The nave contains two 13th century tomb recesses, near the centre of N and S walls; both have a rounded cinquefoil moulded arch and jambs with sculpted capitals and bases (see drawings: Brash ibid., 90-1; Cochrane ibid., 74); the N tomb has an inserted covering slab with a Latin inscription and date of 1625 (Brash ibid., 90). A third recess, at the E end of the N wall, has an arch rebuilt using various moulded fragments. To the E of the latter is a low section of rebuilt wall (L c. 8m) faced with cutstone fragments including parts of cloister arcading and medieval graveslabs (see drawings: Brash ibid., opp. 94). Only a stump of the S side of the tower now stands, projecting c. 2m from the S wall of the church. The tower collapsed in 1819 or 1814 (Brash ibid., 89; Cochrane ibid., 68); The 18-century drawing (Smith ibid., 313) shows the W elevation of the intact tower, with a high, slightly pointed arch framed by banded shafts, linking nave and choir; the altar-tomb recesses with low pointed arches on either side of the tower arch; and a rectangular tower with banded angle-shafts regarded as 'unique in Irish towers and perhaps an indication of thirteenth-century date' (Leask ibid., 110-11); a sketch in Brash (ibid., opp. 85) shows a similar profile on the E side. The base of a banded shaft remains at the NW corner of the surviving portion of the tower. A narrow flight of steps on the W side leads up to the 1st-floor level, where a lancet window in the S wall survives. The latter and the ground-floor window directly below are inserted into a tall window embrasure which was partially blocked by the insertion of the tower. A wide pointed archway (Wth 3.65m), towards the E end of the S wall of the nave, leads into the S transept, called ‘St Mary’s Chapel’ by Smith in 1750 (Smith ibid.). The word ‘transept’, though convenient, is in fact not the most accurate to describe these structures, which were chapels with devotional and funerary functions where burials and private masses took place at secondary altars (Lafaye 2016, 138). Above the arch, on the S face, is blank arcading. Both the SW and SE corners of the transept have 'casing' (ibid., 71) with base batter, effectively an additional projecting facing of rubble masonry, edged with quoins, built against the outside face, which Cochrane (ibid.) considered 'necessary owing to a defect in the original foundations'. Originally the S gable had three close-set lancet windows; the 'casing' has blocked both side windows, and the central one has an inserted twin ogee-headed light. The 'casing' also blocks the window near the S end of both the E and the W walls. There are two further windows in the S wall whose embrasures are framed inside by banded shafts with foliated capitals, supporting a pointed rear arch (see drawings Brash ibid., opp. 91); the lights are damaged, but appear to have had double cusped, pointed arches. Part of the blocking of the windows in S gable is by a plaque with FitzGerald of Desmond coat-of-arms (FitzGerald ibid., 443), and a carved architectural fragment underneath. A pointed archway in the E wall of the transept opens into a side chapel which is lit by a window in the E gable, into which a round-arched tomb recess has been inserted. It has a similar 13th-century cinquefoil moulded arch as the two tomb recesses in the nave, and
- CO017-053005 Graveyard
Description
On E side of main street of Buttevant, on W bank of Awbeg River. Ruin of friary (14382) occupies SE corner; St Mary's Catholic Church (14735), incorporating earlier tower, occupies NW corner. Subrectangular graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 80m E-W); area of burial covers cloister area of friary and also extends inside friary. In use; contains 'a significant number of mid-18th century headstones' (Zajac et al. 1995, 13); memorials and gravemarkers inside friary listed by Fitzgerald (1904-6b, 233-6). 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
- CO017-053006 Mill - corn
Description
On S side of Buttevant, on W bank of Awbeg River. Substantial L-shaped mill of 5-6 storeys; S elevation of 7 bays. Built of random rubble with ashlar quoins; thin embattled turrets decorate each corner; flat roof (formerly hipped slated roof: see photograph Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 372). Wheel-house on E side. Weir diverts water from river almost immediately into wheel-pit. Wheel-pit houses an inward-flowing turbine which transfers power via cogged gear-wheel to line shaft within mill; pulley-wheels along shaft. Wooden floors intact; late 19th-century/early 20th-century machinery survives including winnower, driers, cleaners, hoist and generator. Initials 'NS' inscribed on rough stone on W wall. Erected by Sir James Anderson c. 1810 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 235). Worked by Brownings until 1865; subsequently by Corbetts and Walsh; in 1885 worked by Wm. R. Oliver who restored mills and watercourses and introduced Robinson Roller system and installed steam and turbine power (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 372-3). 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/
- CO017-053007 Religious house - unclassified
Description
In SE corner of Buttevant town. Forming part of S boundary wall of Convent of Mercy graveyard is older wall (L 18m; max. H 2.8m; T 1m). In centre of older wall is blocked window ope, upper part missing; inside edge of embrasure (Wth 1.3m; min. H 1.2m) formed of cut-limestone blocks. This may be all that remains of 'small trefoil-headed two-light window' noted by Brash (1852a, 87). This identified by Brash (1852a, 87) as probably remains of structure described by Smith (1750, vol. 1, 314) as 'part of another ruin' near the Franciscan friary (14382) and 'said to have been a nunnery, dedicated to St Owen; or, according to others, St John the Baptist' (ibid.); Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 326) note Smith's reference but state that 'no supporting evidence for a nunnery at Buttevant has been found.' This wall might also be remains of RC chapel (14734). 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
- CO017-053008 Market-house
Description
On W side of open grassed area at S end of Buttevant. Rectangular 2-storey structure (long axis N-S) of early 18th-century appearance. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as long rectangular structure named 'Market House' and on 1906 OS 6-inch map as 'Mkt. Ho.'. Front elevation (E) faces open area, rendered with chamfered stone quoins exposed and concave cornice; side elevations of random-rubble limestone construction. Front elevation 3-bay arcade with plain narrow inserted rectangular door ope at N end; arcading framed by plain ashlar limestone pillars supporting an elliptical arch. Later porch masks central bay of arcade, bays on either side infilled with small windows in blocking wall. String course divides ground and 1st floors. First floor is 4-bay with rectangular sash windows. North elevation has no openings, wall extends from E side of N elevation hiding view of rear from open area. South elevation has long low 2-storey gabled extension. Rear elevation partially overgrown with ivy, two wooden lintelled window opes on 1st floor have been recently blocked. Hipped slate roof, brick chimney rises from centre of N wall. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 235), upper portion used as Court House. In use as community centre. 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
- CO017-053009 Church
Description
In Buttevant, forming part of S boundary wall of graveyard attached to Convent of Mercy. Named 'Old R.C. Chapel' on 1842 OS 6-inch map and shown as rectangular structure with projection on N side (off-centre to E); symbol for 'site of antiquity' marks it on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Portion of S wall of church survives (L 18m; max. H 2.8m; T 1m), of random-rubble limestone construction. Blocked window ope in central highest section, with cut-limestone edging stones visible inside may be part of an earlier nunnery (14385). Internal (N) side of wall has statue of St Joseph inserted into a blocked ope. Towards W end of wall is a blocked ope, visible on external (S) side, which appears to be part of doorway with cut stone jambs; similarly blocked ope on E side appears to be remains of window with masonry surround. Plaque on N side of wall, erected 1896, reads 'on the adjoining site stood the old thatched chapel of Buttevant and beneath are deposited the remains of the Rev James Roche P.P. (1779-1807) which were laid at gospel side of the altar, without headstone or inscription'. Second memorial stone in Latin commemorates person named Donegan who died 1774. Lane at S side of wall, named 'Chapel Lane' on 1842 OS 6-inch map and 'Mill Lane' on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, leads to corn mill (15205). Replaced in 1830s by present church (14735) on main street. 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
- CO017-053010 Church
Description
In Buttevant, in NW corner of graveyard (14550), incorporating earlier tower (CO017-053003-) which is associated with nearby Franciscan friary (14382). Ornate cruciform church (long axis N-S); W and S elevations parallel to street and built of coursed limestone ashlar topped with embattled parapet and hood moulded windows; E and N elevations of random ashlar. Buttresses between bays and on corners, topped with pinnacles on W side. Nave (long axis N-S) lit by three pointed windows in each side wall. Embattled bell tower in angle formed by nave and W transept; similar in size to earlier tower (see 14382) in angle formed by nave and E transept; date plaque of 1831 in S elevation of W tower. Large pointed windows in N chancel wall and in E and W gable-ends of transepts. Interior has plaster concave roof with ornate rib groins; wooden galleries in nave and transepts. Built 1831-7 to design of Charles Cotterel of Cork (Killanin 1962, 116; though Brash (1852a, 95) suggests not yet fully completed in 1852) to replace earlier chapel (14734). Church described in detail by Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236). 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
- CO017-053011 Fever hospital
Description
At E side of Buttevant town; now part of Convent of Mercy school. Named 'Fever Hospital' on 1842 OS 6-inch map, 'School' on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Rendered, rectangular 2-storey structure (long axis N-S). Gable-ended with chimneys on gables, two other chimneys off-centre. Front elevation (E) of 3 bays; central rectangular door ope with modern door; slim double sash windows with glazing bars and limestone sills. Rear elevation similar to front with addition of central porch. Inserted windows in ground and 1st floor of N gable. South gable hidden behind modern addition. 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
And 12 more.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 27.2 ha
- 67 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 465 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle-Land, from 58 m² to 113,021 m² (11.3 ha, 27.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Business and General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for the following works: 1) permission to construct a first floor extension to existing dwelling, 2) permission for retention of existing domestic garage/store ancillary to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6071
16 Dec 2022Incompleted application
Amenity works within the curtilage of Buttevant Town Defences, a recorded monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial consent has been granted in this regard – currently awaiting an extension). The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland, construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage, access paths and boundary fence. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/6539
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/6798
18 Oct 2022Refused
Permission to demolish the existing shed, to construct a new building incorporating 4 no. residential apartments, a new vehicular entrance to serve existing adjacent former public house property, with car parking spaces, bin storage area and bicycle storage area and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6347
15 Sept 2022Incompleted application
Planning permission to demolish the existing shed, to construct a new building incorporating 4 no. residential apartments, with car parking spaces, bin storage area and bicycle storage area and all associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6084
13 Oct 2021Conditional
1) Construct a single storey extension to dwelling, 2) to make alterations to the existing dwelling, 3) to demolish the existing single storey annex at the rear of the dwelling, and 4) to demolish the existing domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6783
3 Jul 2020Withdrawn
1. For the change of use of the existing public house to residential use for 4 No. apartments. 2. Demolition of the existing extension to the rear of the public house and to construct a new single storey extension for residential use to the rear of the existing public house, 3. Demolition of the existing shed, 4. Alterations to elevations of existing public house and alterations for the conversion of the existing public house to 4 new residential apartments, 5. Construction of balconies for residential apartments at first floor level, 6. Construction of 2 new semi-detached dwelling houses with car parking spaces, 7. New vehicular entrance, 8. New bin storage area, and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5373
10 Jun 2020Incompleted application
1. For the change of use of the existing public house to residential use. 2. To demolish the existing extension to the rear of the public house and to construct a new single storey extension for residential use to the rear of the existing public house, 3. To carry out alterations for the conversion of the existing public house to 4 new residential apartments, 4. To construct 2 new semi-detached dwelling houses with car parking spaces, 5. New vehicular entrance and all associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5175
2 Oct 2017Conditional
Amenity works within the curtilage of Buttevant Town Defences, a recorded monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial consent has been granted in this regard – currently awaiting an extension). The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland, construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage, access paths and boundary fence. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6539
13 Apr 2017Withdrawn
Works to the town defences and the construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage and planting. The town defences are a recorded Monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. Works to town defences will be divided into tow categories as follows: (i) Works to secure the structural integrity of the Town Defences, (Ministerial consent has been approved in this regard). (ii) Appropriate treatment of boundaries along the Town Defences -where the boundary is currently absent (approx. 30 metres), to be agreed with relevant authorities. The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will also include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland and associated planting. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4901
3 Mar 2017Incompleted application
The development includes works to secure the structural integrity of the Town Defences, a recorded Monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial Consent has been approved in this regard). The site within an Architectural Conservation area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and Fever Hospital, (RPS No. 0053). Works include the construction of a raised walkway and associated seating and signage. Works will also include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4499
13 Feb 2015Conditional
Retention of dwelling and garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/4265
8 Feb 2013Conditional
Alterations and partial change of use from public house to an off licence
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4208
12 Nov 2012Conditional
Construction of: (1) A new single-storey extension to the south-facing elevation of the existing school building to accommodate 3 no. classrooms with associated sanitary facilities, storage room and disabled access w.c. and 1 no. A.S.D. unit comprising of 1 no. classroom with associated sanitary facilities including disabled access w.c. and shower, linen room, small safe space room and multi-sensory room, (2) 1 no. new link corridor from existing school building to serve new extension, (3) New single-storey extension to existing front elevation (West-facing) to accommodate new Principal’s office, (4) New single storey extension to existing side elevation (North-facing) to accommodate new staff room, (5) New canopy over existing main entrance to school, (6) New sensory garden, and (7) All other material alterations to existing school building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6319
24 May 2010Conditional
Alterations, refurbishment and extension of existing former coach-house and stables building to provide office and ancillary residential accommodation (3 no. one bedroom suites for use by employees/visiting specialists/contractors) and installation of a new wastewater treatment plant and raised percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5270
5 Feb 2010Conditional
Construction of garage to side of dwelling for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4204
30 Apr 2009Conditional
Single storey extension to side of school
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5370
14 Oct 2005Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7520
25 Feb 2005Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1084
16 Dec 2004Conditional
Retention of car parking facility, pedestrian entrance, palisade fencing and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9233
25 Nov 2004Incompleted application
Retention of car parking facility, pedestrian entrance, palisade fencing and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8667
15 Apr 2004Conditional
Demolition of single storey extension to dwelling, construction of 2 storey extension to dwelling and pitched roof over existing flat roof
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2520
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO017-053006 Mill - corn
Description
On S side of Buttevant, on W bank of Awbeg River. Substantial L-shaped mill of 5-6 storeys; S elevation of 7 bays. Built of random rubble with ashlar quoins; thin embattled turrets decorate each corner; flat roof (formerly hipped slated roof: see photograph Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 372). Wheel-house on E side. Weir diverts water from river almost immediately into wheel-pit. Wheel-pit houses an inward-flowing turbine which transfers power via cogged gear-wheel to line shaft within mill; pulley-wheels along shaft. Wooden floors intact; late 19th-century/early 20th-century machinery survives including winnower, driers, cleaners, hoist and generator. Initials 'NS' inscribed on rough stone on W wall. Erected by Sir James Anderson c. 1810 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 235). Worked by Brownings until 1865; subsequently by Corbetts and Walsh; in 1885 worked by Wm. R. Oliver who restored mills and watercourses and introduced Robinson Roller system and installed steam and turbine power (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 372-3). 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/
- CO017-054001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
On cliff edge, overlooking Awbeg River to E. Fragmentary remains of keepless castle of 13th-century type, incorporated into country house complex (14871) which is now ruinous. Latter comprises enclosed courtyard containing many ruined farm buildings, with house at S end which has circular towers at SE and SW corners. Remains of castle traceable in SW circular tower (diam. c. 9.5m); parts of W and S courtyard walls also incorporate parts of castle as do ruined structures on cliff edge immediately E of courtyard. Tower in SW corner stands four storeys high on walls 1.8m T with crude, low base batter and 19th-century crenellated wall-tops; tower extensively renovated, with inserted brick-built windows and doors; much of stonework obscured by 19th-century plaster. Entrance on ground floor from within courtyard via ruined brick-built doorway. Ground-floor chamber (diam. c. 6m) lit by large window with brick-built ingoings on S side; brick-built recesses on W and E sides, latter possibly fireplace. Description of 1905 refers to doorway near fireplace leading to '...passage curving round to the back of the fireplace.' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 371). Doorway and passage not located. Chamber roofed by high vault of unusual, semi-domical construction. Partially blocked door on N side suggests original intermediary wooden floor, now missing. Attached to N wall of latter tower is slim square tower (L c. 3m). This has inserted ground-floor door in E wall giving entry to small chamber (c. 2m x c. 2m) from courtyard. First-floor round-arched door in N wall of tower originally reached by flight of steps from courtyard, most of which are now missing. Inside latter door straight flight of steps leads S to 1st floor of circular tower; chamber six-sided with late inserted windows in W, SW and SE sides; door on E side of chamber leads to mural stairs leading up to 2nd-floor chamber in square tower and down to now inaccessible chamber in S wall of courtyard; this stairs may originally have connected to passage behind the ground-floor fireplace referred to above. Door in N ingoing of SE window embrasure leads to stairs rising to N in thickness of tower wall to 3rd-floor chamber of square tower. To E of courtyard a semicircular tower (int. diam. c. 3m) stands against cliff face. On top of a cliff edge two short lengths of wall project NW and SW from tower; probably remains of castle enclosure. Ruined rectangular tower on cliff edge c. 10m to N, also probably part of castle; access to tower not gained. Castle of the Barrys who were granted a fair and market at Buttevant in 1234 (Ó Murchadha 1985, 23) and who, in 1364, were episcopal tenants of the 'castle of Buttevant with its orchard and hall' (MacCotter and Nicholls 1996, 29, 194). In ruins by 1750 when seen by Smith, who states that 'the inside of this building forms an octagon...within the court is now a good modern house' (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 314). 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
- CO017-054002 Country house
Description
On top of a cliff edge, overlooking Awbeg River to E; C of I parish church (14708) on higher ground to S. Ruined castellated 3-storey house, built by John Anderson in early 19th century (Bence-Jones 1978, 51) incorporating part of earlier castle (14330). Entrance front (S) consists of three narrow central bays, with 4-storey circular tower of castle on SW corner, and matching but slightly smaller D-shaped 3-storey tower on SE corner. Central castellated porch; ogee-headed door ope (blocked); rectangular window opes on either side of porch with hood mouldings. Wide central 1st- and 2nd-floor windows. Tower of castle has numerous inserted rectangular window opes with hood mouldings; drain spout with carved face inserted on 2nd floor. Rear of house partially destroyed and heavily overgrown. Courtyard to rear with remains of 2-storey outbuildings. 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
- CO017-101001 Graveyard
Description
Within demesne of Buttevant Castle (14330). Bell-shaped graveyard (110m E-W; 60m N-S), enclosed by stone wall, entered at E side. C of I church (14708) E of centre. In occasional use; graves of soldiers predominate; earliest burial noted is chest tomb dated 1772 (Fitzgerald 1904-6c, 233); Fitzgerald also noted many early 18th-century inscriptions (ibid. 233-5). Upper part of tapering graveslab (L 3ft; Wth 23in, narrowing to 18in; T 5in) (CO017-101003-) found originally at E end of graveyard (14558), just above ground level (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 348-50), now housed in church (14708). This has eight-armed ringed cross with trefoil terminals, bordered by black letter inscription, difficult to read but probably dating to 1508 (Zajac et al. 1995, 17; Fitzgerald 1904-6c, 236). 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
- CO017-101002 Church
Description
In graveyard (14558), on S side of Buttevant, immediately SW of Buttevant castle (14330). C of I parish church of Buttevant, in occasional use. Squat cruciform church, consisting of nave (long-axis E-W) with chancel to E, and transepts at E end of nave; tower to W. Built of coursed ashlar limestone. Corner buttresses throughout, topped by pinnacles; pinnacles also atop gables. Low one storey projections, set at 45 degree angle, between chancel and transepts. Pointed window opes throughout, with hood mouldings. Tall two storey buttressed tower at W end: embattled parapet with pinnacles; ribbed spire; rectangular door ope in W wall. Built in 1826 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 236), on site of earlier churches (see 14558), similar to C of I (14724). Designed by the Pain brothers (Mould 1991, 139). Early graveslab within church (see 14558). 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
- CO017-101003 Graveslab
Description
Narrow, tapering graveslab, found originally at E end of graveyard (CO017-101001-), just above ground level (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 348-50). Housed in church (CO017-101002-); access not gained. Eight-armed ringed cross with trefoil terminals on the trapezium-shaped stone bordered by black letter inscription, difficult to read but probably dating to 1508 (Zajac et al, 1995, 17; Fitzgerald 1904-6); lower end of slab (L 3ft; Wth 23in, narrowing to 18in; T 5in) has broken off. 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
- CO017-135 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on W bank of Awbeg River. Shown as oval shaped planted area (c. 50m N-S; c. 30m E-W) planted with trees and connected by narrow neck, to area of plantation along bank of river. According to local information, tradition of fort here; area never ploughed. Roughly oval shaped slightly raised area survives, highest to E. 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
- Kilnamulla, miller's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-storey former miller's house, built c. 1890, with two-bay front (east) elevation, three-bay side elevation, three-bay single-storey extension to north elevation and two-storey extension to west elevation (rear). Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with mainly double replacement one-over-one pane sliding sash timber windows, all having limestone sills. Round-headed replacement window to rear extension. Square-headed door opening, with timber panelled door, overlight and sidelights and limestone step. Square-headed door opening with glazed door and overlight to south elevation. Paired painted rendered piers to site, having double-leaf cast-iron gate. Outbuildings to rear, having coursed rubble limestone walls with inset date plaque 1897and having brick dressings to square-headed window and door openings and segmental integral carriage arch. Cobbling to yard and flight of limestone steps to garden.
- Mill (water), 1805–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-storey corn mill, built 1810, with five-bay west and seven-bay north elevations, east five bays of latter being addition, with extension to rear. Now disused. Hipped artificial slate roof, with limestone eaves course and castellated corner turrets. Coursed rubble limestone walls, with tooled cut limestone quoins to original building, and air vents to north elevation. Square-headed window openings having cut tooled limestone voussoirs and remains of multiple-pane metal windows.
- Gates/railings/walls, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Ashlar limestone quadrant entrance gateway, built c. 1820. Comprises pair of quatrefoil-plan inner piers, with curved quadrant walls of coursed cut limestone, terminating in square-plan piers. Double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gates. Coursed rubble limestone boundary wall with render copings to site, having square-headed pedestrian opening with decorative wrought-iron gate.
- Buttevant Castle, castle/fortified house, 1200–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached castellated house, renovated c. 1810. South-facing entrance elevation, with projecting end towers, four-storey to west and three-storey to east, flanking single-bay three-storey central part having single-storey castellated porch to front, latter with castellated corner turrets having string course. Incorporates fabric of thirteenth-century castle. Now in ruins. Partially rendered walls with square-headed windows with label-mouldings, and loops. Blocked up ogee-arched moulded limestone door opening with hood-moulding, and blocked up flanking flat-headed loops to porch. Outbuildings to rear, comprising remains of two-storey buildings having coursed rubble limestone walls. Elliptical brick carriage arch to coursed rubble limestone boundary wall having double-leaf timber battened door, with cross loop over. Castellated turrets to boundary wall. Gateway to north has paired square-plan cut limestone piers, having double-leaf cast-iron entrance gates, set into coursed rubble limestone walls, with roofless three-bay single-storey gate lodge to east.
- The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey rectory built 1893, with canted-bay window to south gable, projecting porch to front elevation, and extension to rear. Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roof with moulded rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Square-headed window openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted render sills. Porch has pitched slate roof, glazed timber sides, square-headed outer door opening and segmental-headed inner opening, both with glazed timber panelled doors. Outbuildings to rear. Coursed rubble limestone piers to site having double-leaf cast-iron gates.
- Saint James's Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, built 1826, with three-bay nave, two-stage entrance tower to west with spire, and lower diagonally-placed projections to north-east and south-east re-entrant corners. Pitched slate roofs with limestone copings, pinnacles to corners of main block and to tower, and stepped apex finials to diagonal projections, and limestone cross finial to east gable. Cut limestone walls with plinth, corner buttresses to front elevation of tower and string courses to top of second stage of tower. Pointed arch four-light windows to transepts and second stage of tower, Tudor arch windows to projections and to lowest stage of tower, pointed arch windows to projections, and lancet windows elsewhere, all with chamfered surrounds and with hood-mouldings. Traceried triple-light east window with stained glass and latticed double-lights elsewhere, except timber louvers and carved timber tracery to second stage of tower. Square-headed and Tudor arch door openings to tower and to projections, with chamfered surrounds, and label-mouldings. Tower has double-leaf timber battened door to square head, with wrought-iron strap hinges, and panelled timber door to Tudor arch. Projections have timber battened doors. Timber panelled doors to projections with hood-mouldings. Graveyard to site with variety of limestone tombs and grave markers. Graveyard reached by avenue with mature trees. Cut tooled limestone piers to entrance having double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Coursed rubble limestone piers to road entrance, having double-leaf wrought-iron gates.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Castle-Land, 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 Castle-Land.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Castle-Land with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Castle-Land · Fearann an Chaisleáin
- Area
- 271,933 m² (27.19 ha, 67.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Buttevant, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Buttevant, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,965 people lived in 758 households in the Buttevant electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybeg East, Ballybeg West, Buttevant, Knockbarry, Waterhouse
- Placenames
- Castle-Land 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.