Cloghane

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghane, from 196 m² to 369,685 m² (36.97 ha, 91.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloghane 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.

• 4 Sept 2023Conditional

  Decommission the existing on site septic tank wastewater treatment system and to install a new Wastewater Treatment System including undertaking all associated site works. A Natural Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with the application

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/489

• 17 Nov 2020Conditional

  Construct a single storey extension comprising of additional seating and display area and refuse bin storage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/656

• 2 Nov 2018Conditional

  Extension of farm complex to include erection of walled dungstead and underground slurry storage tank and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/644

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  Extension of farm complex to include erection of underground effluent storage tank, slatted cattle shed and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/298

• 20 Aug 2015Conditional

  Erection of extension to existing slatted house and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/474

• 31 Oct 2014Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey extension to rear of Mizen Head Visitor Centre

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/627

• 26 Apr 2005Conditional

  Porch, single storey and two storey extensions to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2726

• 24 Mar 2005Incompleted application

  Extensions to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1815

• 23 Sept 2004Refused

  Demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse and provision of temporary accommodation on site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7214

• 1 Mar 2004Conditional

  Construction of slatted house with tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1264

• 20 Jan 2004Conditional

  Extension to existing visitors centre, providing additional display areas, storage and staff facilities and retention of boiler house and store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/216

• 29 Nov 2002Withdrawn

  Construction of two storey extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5284

• 3 Aug 1999Conditional

  Construction of observation tower extension to visitor's centre under construction

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/4233

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: Three Castle Head to Mizen Head SAC 000109
• Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Three Castle Head To Mizen Head 000109

Recorded monuments

• CO152-001 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture on S-facing slope. Irregular area (20m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by field fences E->S; stone built bank (int. H 0.8m) W->N. No grave markers noted; heavily overgrown. 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

• CO152-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Hachured as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on OS 6-inch map (1842). In rough grazing on S-facing slope. 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

• CO152A001 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated at the end of the Mizen Peninsula, approximately 480m NE of Mizen Head (OD 138m). Located on level ground with steep slopes to the W and S that drop down to the coastline. Site located c. 170m E of coastline at its closest point. The surrounding area consists of unenclosed rough pasture with enclosed pasture, defined by irregular field boundaries, located further (after c. 350m) to the E and the SE. The adjacent stations in the signal tower\station chain are found at Sheep’s Head (CO138A001----), located c. 10.6kms to the N, where the structure survives as a low ruin, and at Brow Head (C0152-002----), which is located c. 3.75kms to the E (the closest distance between any two adjacent signal stations\towers located along the coastline of Ireland), where the well-preserved structure survives to its full height. Signal station\tower at Mizen Head located c. 425m SSE of a coastal promontory fort (CO152A006----), and c. 3.35kms SSE of a tower house (CO146-001002-) and associated bawn (CO146-001002-) at Dunlough (close to Three Castle Head). An early nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) three-storey square-plan signal station\tower (ext. dims. c. 5.85m NE-SW x c. 5.85m NW-SE wall T c. 0.72m), built with randomly coursed rubble stone masonry, with later modifications and additions. The signal station\tower survives to its full height (H c. 11m). Remains of lime render to the exterior and surviving sections of weather-slating survive to localised areas. The extant building is not of the standard\typical signal station\tower design. It is a tall three-storey structure with gabled walls to the NE and SW elevations, suggesting a pitched roofline as opposed to the flat roof profiles found on the majority of structures of its type, and it also does not have the corner bartizans to the rear elevation (NE) as found at other examples of its type and date. The SW gable wall features a centrally-positioned square-headed doorway at first floor level (that has been later neatly blocked\infilled with stonework), and two square-headed window openings at second floor level. The NW elevation features two square-headed window openings at both the ground floor and first floor levels, and a single square-headed window opening at second floor level. The NE gable wall features a large square-headed window opening to the SE side at second floor level, and a tall rubble stone chimneystack protrudes from the centre\gable apex. Cut stone coping survives in places over the gable walls. The SE wall features a square-headed window opening to the SW side at second floor level. Kerrigan established that the signal tower was completed in 1804 (Kerrigan 1995, 277). The signal tower bears a strong resemblance to Robert’s Head Signal Tower (CO113-015----), also in County Cork (to NE). A single-storey addition abuts the NE side of the original building, and wraps around the SE elevation of the structure. This addition is constructed of rubble stone and has square-headed openings with concrete lintels and concrete sills to the window openings. This is the result of later modifications to alter the original signal station\tower for use as a domestic residence (during nineteenth or early twentieth century - chronology unclear). A small two-storey addition abuts the SW portion of the SE wall. The signal tower is located in a rectangular-plan enclosure (ext. dims c. 107m NE-SW x c. 42.5m NW-SE) with a rounded end at the SW. This enclosure is defined by a now heavily-collapsed rubble stone boundary wall that is no longer extant along long sections of the perimeter. A well-preserved Lookout Post (LOP 30), dating to the World War II-era, is located to the c. 21.5m SW of the signal station\tower in the centre of the rounded end of the original enclosure (which was the original site of the signal mast). Hamilton’s 1806 map shows the signal station\tower located in a narrow rectangular-plan enclosure with a rounded end to the SW end (Kerrigan 2003, 37). The Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1841-2, shows an L-shaped structure(s) to site with one section running NE-SW and the second section running NW-SE, with the connection at the N end. A small freestanding structure is located to the W of the N end of the L-shaped building. The Ordnance Survey second ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1897-1904, depicts a square-plan structure with a rectangular-plan addition extending to the NE. A NW-SE rectangular-plan structure abuts the NW corner of the addition, creating an L-shaped pattern flipped 90 degrees from the earlier L-shaped building. The original narrow rectangular enclosure has been replaced by a larger rectangular-plan enclosure by this time, apparently divided into small garden plots. The Ordnance Survey third ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1926-37, depicts the same arrangement to site. Neither of these cartographic depictions matches the arrangements visible at the site today (2020). The signal station\tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 19/09/22

• CO152A003 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture interspersed with heather and gorse, in a level area of cutaway bog to the E of Mizen Head. Turf-cutting has exposed the remains of a network of collapsed, relict, stone field boundaries (T 0.4-0.8m; H 0.05-0.4m) which protrude intermittently above the surface of the remaining shallow bog. The relict walls, which appear to be set on the underlying mineral soil, occur intermittently in a roughly rectangular area (c. 350m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE). Sections of the field walls are visible as a low linear ridge through which occasional stones protrude. Upright stones, up to 1.2m high, appear at irregular intervals along the mainly linear NE-SW wall. A more recent NE-SW stone field boundary runs parallel c. 20m to the NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO152A004 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, in cutaway bog, on a S-facing slope to the E of Mizen Head. A roughly rectangular area (21m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a partially grass-covered collapsed stone wall (T 0.4m; H 0.3m) which protrudes above the remaining shallow bog. Stones also appear through the bog along the enclosing element internally and externally. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO152A005 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture interspersed with heather and gorse, in an area of cutaway bog, on a S-facing slope to the E of Mizen Head. Turf-cutting has exposed a network of collapsed, relict, stone field boundaries (max. T 0.6m; max H 0.5m) in a roughly rectangular area (c. 160m N-S x c. 130m E-W). The relict boundaries are set on the underlying mineral soil. Many stones protrude above the remaining shallow bog cover. Some of the stones taken from the relict boundaries have been reused to make turf stands along the walls for stacking turf. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO152A006 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Cloghane Signal Tower, signal tower, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding two-bay three-stage signal tower, built 1805, now disused. Later three-bay single-storey extension (north-east) and concrete flight of steps (south-east). Pitched roof with rendered chimneystack to north-east gable. Rubble stone walls with remains slate hanging. Square-headed window openings with stone and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening to first floor (south-west) blocked with rubble stone. Later three-bay single-storey extension comprising pitched roof, rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings having concrete sills and lintels with rendered surrounds. Square-headed door opening (south-east) with raised rendered surround and limestone step. Enclosed by rubble stone boundary walls. Single-bay single-storey concrete look-out post, built c. 1940, to south having canted front (south-west) elevation. Comprising flat roof, concrete walls and square-headed openings.

• Mizen Head Signal Station, signal tower, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding octagonal-plan two-bay single-stage former fog signal station, built 1909, with flanking single-bay single-storey blocks. Now in use as part of lighthouse station. Recent steel railing, air vents and fixed ladder to walls and roof. Flat roof with parapet and moulded cornice. Painted rendered walls with cast-iron rainwater goods and square-headed air vents. Square-headed openings with fixed pane windows and blocked rendered openings with concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door and concrete step. Situated on raised keyhole-plan concrete platform with original disused and recent signal lights to south-west.

• Mizen Bridge, foot bridge, 1905–1910 · National interest
  Description

  Single-arch footbridge spanning chasm, built 1909, accessing Mizen Head Signal Station. Reinforced concrete construction comprising parabolic arch supporting deck of bridge.

• Lighthouse keeper's house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey former lighthouse keeper's house, built 1909, now in use as visitor centre. Recent extensions to south-west. Flat roof with rendered chimneystack, ventilation cowls and internal uPVC rainwater goods with adjacent cistern. Painted rendered walls with cornice. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door.

• Lighthouse keeper's house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former lighthouse keeper's house, built 1909. Now in use as visitor centre. Recent extensions to south-west and north-east. Flat roof with rendered chimneystacks, ventilation cowls, iron rings and internal steel rainwater goods with associated cistern. Painted rendered walls with cornice. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, internal shutters and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber glazed door and overlight.

• Building misc, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey former engine house, built 1939. Now in use as visitor centre. Overhanging two-stage asphalt flat roofs with ventilation cowls and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with cast-iron rainwater goods. Square-headed openings having casement and fixed pane windows with concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber battened door and stone step. Pair of stores located to site.

• Building misc, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey wireless station, built 1939, now disused. Pitched slate roof with chamfered concrete coping and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with timber gable (north-east). Square-headed openings having timber fixed pane and blocked windows with concrete sills. Square-headed openings (north-east) with timber battened access panels. Square-headed door opening. Set on natural rock outcrop with concrete and rubble stone platform. Associated wireless antennae structures to site.

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 Cloghane, 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 Cloghane.

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

Name

Cloghane · An Clochán

Area

1,790,257 m² (179.03 ha, 442.38 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoe, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Crookhaven, the unit of the census

Census 2022

205 people lived in 94 households in the Crookhaven electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 63% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caher, Corran Beg

Placenames

Cloghane 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.