Letter East

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Letter East, from 8 m² to 282,215 m² (28.22 ha, 69.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Letter East 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 Jul 2011Unconditional

  Dwelling

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/425

• 16 Jul 2010Conditional

  Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of new dwelling unit, installation of mini treatment plant system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/509

• 18 Jun 2010Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of a new dwelling unit ancillary to main house, installation of mini treatment plant system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/425

• 16 Jan 2009Conditional

  Retention of conversion of farmhouse to 3no. separate short term let holiday homes to include (i) construction of extension to rear and side, (ii) fenestration changes to front (iii) internal layout changes, (iv) installation of common septic tank system and (v) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/23

• 12 Dec 2008Incompleted application

  Retention of conversion of farmhouse to 3no. seperate short term let holiday homes to include (i) construction of extensions to rear and side, (ii) fenestration changes to front, (iii) internal layout changes, (iv) installation of common septic tank system and (v) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2177

• 8 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construction of loose cattle house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1499

• 23 Sept 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6947

• 3 Jun 2003Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2691

• 28 Feb 2002Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse and renovations to existing dwelling for use as domestic garage/store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/862

• 7 Sept 1999Conditional

  Dwelling

  Approval · Cork County Council, 99/4884

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: Sheep's Head SAC 000102
• Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheep's Head 000102

Recorded monuments

• CO138-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in SSE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (28.4m N-S; 25.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.9m), stone faced in parts; break to NNE (Wth 1.4m), stone faced; eroded break to ENE (Wth 2.7m). Interior raised to S and W above sharp natural scarp, terraced to S. Laneway skirts site to W and N, cutting into hillside to N. 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

• CO138-005001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the SE quadrant of a rath (CO138-005----), which is now covered by a dense overgrowth of briars and gorse. According to local information, a large stone covers the entrance to the souterrain. Due to the overgrowth, it was not possible to locate this stone. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO138-006001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on steep E-facing slope overlooking Dunmanus Bay to SE and SW. Marked as circular enclosure on both editions of OS 6-inch map (1842, 1904). Enclosure levelled in 1978. No surface trace visible. Souterrain (CO138-006002-) discovered during levelling. 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

• CO138-006002 Souterrain
  Description

  Discovered 1978 during levelling of ringfort (CO138-006001-); one entrance, a number of connecting passages; well preserved. (Cork Evening Echo, April 17th, 1978). No visible surface trace. 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

• CO138-007 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, set into hillside. Stone lined with small stream flowing from it. No longer in holy use. 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/

• CO138-026 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a SE-facing slope overlooking Dunmanus Bay. According to local information, the underground passages of a souterrain were discovered in the course of land reclamation some years ago. It was filled in and no further work was carried out in that area. A partially grass-covered D-shaped earthen mound (19m N-S; 18m E-W; H 2m) occupies the area. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Letter East, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Letter East · Leitir Thoir

Area

1,046,828 m² (104.68 ha, 258.68 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Sheepshead, the unit of the census

Census 2022

198 people lived in 82 households in the Sheepshead electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughaleigue Beg, Ballynatra, Caher, Clash, Gortavallig, Letter Lower, Letter West, Reagh

Placenames

Letter East 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.