Knockanroe

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanroe, from 1,290 m² to 453,313 m² (45.33 ha, 112.02 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 Knockanroe 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.

• 16 Jul 2020Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5507

• 11 Oct 2019Conditional

  To construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6465

• 11 Mar 2019Withdrawn

  Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4588

• 22 Dec 2015Conditional

  Slatted beef unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6965

• 25 Nov 2015Incompleted application

  Build slatted beef unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6655

• 10 Aug 2011Conditional

  Extension to milking parlour and cow collecting yard, roof part of collecting yard and installation of an uncovered bulk milk tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5717

• 9 Feb 2011Conditional

  Construction of one fully serviced dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4229

• 10 Feb 2010Conditional

  Dairy, milking parlour, covered cattle yards and cubicle shed with slatted tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4250

• 25 Jun 2008Conditional

  Construction of front porch & rear ground floor extension, and retention of gable end extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7477

• 22 Nov 2006Conditional

  Construction of slatted house with underground tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12552

• 16 May 2006Conditional

  Extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7225

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 Knockanroe.

Recorded monuments

• CO039-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (30m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse; shallow external fosse noted to E, SE and S. Inner bank (max. int. H 1.3m) survives best to E; low internal bank height NW->NNE; entrance (Wth 3.2m) to ENE. Partially stone-lined sub-circular recess (diam. 2.4m; H 0.8m) in bank to N, opening into fosse, may be remains of limekiln. Outer bank (H 1.6m) incorporated into field fence system WNW->NNE; gaps to WNW and NNE; gap (Wth 1.8m) corresponding with break in inner bank, to ENE. Interior overgrown; raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-114 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on NW-facing slope. Heavily overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 10m; Wth 8m; H 1m). Opening (Wth 4m) faces NW. Fulacht fiadh 44m to SE (CO039-205---), 70m to NE (7569). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on WSW-facing slope. Grass-covered spread of burnt material; horseshoe-shaped mound, opening facing W, levelled c. 1986. Another fulacht fiadh (CO039-207---) c. 25m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-205 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, 44m SE of another fulacht fiadh (CO039-114---). Partially levelled horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 15m; Wth 11m; H 0.8m); opening (Wth 4m) faces NW. Spring rises to NNE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-206 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On bank of stream c. 70m NE of another fulacht fiadh (CO039-114---). Partially overgrown spread of burnt material lying between original (now dry) and recent course of stream. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-207 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on N side of field fence; another fulacht fiadh (CO039-115---) c. 25m to SE. D-shaped mound of burnt material (L 11.9m; Wth 8.7m; H 1.2m); straight side adjoins field fence which also contains burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-208 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope and on N side of ravine. Grass-covered spread of burnt material visible in section in ravine. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-209 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, beside spring and overlooking steep-sided river bed. Partially overgrown spread of burnt material (L c. 28m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO039-215 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on E side of and overlooking stream valley. Waterlogged area indicates site of well. Infilled c. 1986. Known locally as site of holy well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO040-124 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, to SE of well (now dry). Grass-covered spread of burnt material; mound levelled c. 1986, according to local information. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Knockanroe.

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 Knockanroe, 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 Knockanroe.

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

Name

Knockanroe · An Cnocán Rua

Area

776,235 m² (77.62 ha, 191.81 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcorney, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Kilcorney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

333 people lived in 128 households in the Kilcorney electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drombeg, Glebe, Kilcorney, Killeen, Lissacapia, Shanakill

Placenames

Knockanroe 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.