Coolnacrutta

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coolnacrutta, from 54 m² to 636,679 m² (63.67 ha, 157.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Coolnacrutta 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.

• 9 Sept 2022Conditional

  for a new two storey dwelling, proposed vehicular entrance, proposed garage, driveway, borewell, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, stormwater soakaways, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22596

• 29 May 2020Conditional

  replace an agricultural site entrance with a shared residential site entrance consisting of walls, piers, entrance gates and a driveway. The current residential site entrance is to be removed and replaced with a roadside boundary hedge and fencing. Note: Part of this subject site is located in County Kilkenny and that an application has been submitted to Kilkenny County Council for development on the remainder of the site.

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 20257

• 19 May 2020Conditional

  for development . The proposal consists of the following: 1. Construction of a detached two storey dwelling and construction of a detached single storey domestic garage. 2. Installation of an approved wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to appropriate standards. 3. Construction of a site entrance, driveway, parking areas, footpaths and hard landscaping areas. The current site entrance is to be removed and replaced with a roadside boundary hedge and fencing. 4. Landscaping of the site consisting of new grass areas, planting beds, trees, hedging and shrubbery and all associated site works. Note: Part of the subject site is also located in County Laois and as such a joint application is being made to Kilkenny County Council and Laois County Council

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20312

• 18 May 2020N/a

  permission for 1. Construction of a detached two storey dwelling and construction of a detached single storey domestic garage. 2. Installation of an approved wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to appropriate standards. 3. Construction of a site entrance, driveway, parking areas, footpaths and hard landscaping areas. The current site entrance is to be removed and replaced with a roadside boundary hedge and fencing. 4. landscaping of the site consisting of a new grass areas, planting beds, trees, hedging and shrubbery and all associated site works. Note: Part of the subject site is also located in County Kilkenny and as such a joint application is being made to Laois County Council and Kilkenny County Council

  Permission · Laois County Council, 20229

• 3 Oct 2017Conditional

  construct a machinery shed and all associated works and services

  Permission · Laois County Council, 17534

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: Cullahill Mountain SAC 000831
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cullahill Mountain 000831

Recorded monuments

• KK003-009 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat low-lying pasture with the River Goul c. 70m to W. There are good views across the valley in all directions. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 32m N-S) with a straight E side. There enclosure was not visible at ground level when inspected in 1987, however, indications of a circular enclosure are visible on the OS Ortho image. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 September 2015

• KK003-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rolling grassland on floor of Goul river valley. Clear views in all directions across valley. Adjacent fields all cultivated grassland. Circular area (int. diam. 40m) enclosed by a bank (Wth at top 2.5m; overall Wth 6m; ext. H 2m), an intervening flat-bottomed V-shaped fosse (Wth 2m) and outer bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H c. 0.4m; Wth 2m). Level, featureless interior. There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 3m) and causeway at E. The fosse has been partially infilled at this point. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 January 2016

• KK003-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight natural rise, just below the crest of a NW-facing slope, in reclaimed grassland in the Goul river valley. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a much degraded earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 0.2-0.4m). The interior is level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• KK003-024 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On the flat floor of the Goul river valley, between two farmyards, in grassland. The enclosing element of this monument has been badly damaged. It has been truncated by a road in the N quadrant, by a farm track in the S quadrant and by farm buildings in the W quadrant. The E quadrant has been damaged by quarrying associated with a lime kiln. A flat area of the interior (dims. c. 25m x 30m; H above road 1.2m) survives, which is level with the external ground level to the S and W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• KK003-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat reclaimed and cultivated land of the floor of the Goul river valley. A circular area (daim. c. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.5m). An external fosse, depicted on the 1899 ed. OS 6-inch map, has been filled in. The surrounding fields have been cultivated up to the base of the bank. There is a gap (Wth 3m) in the bank in the W quadrant which is probably modern. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• KK003-027 Enclosure
  Description

  In rolling reclaimed grassland on the floor of the Goul river valley. Enclosure (dims. c. 36m N-S; c. 38m E-W) depicted on 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• KK003-028 Enclosure
  Description

  In rolling reclaimed grassland on the lower slopes of the hills to E of the Goul river valley. Enclosure (dims. c. 47m N-S; c. 45m E-W) depicted on 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no visible trace at ground level.

• KK003-029 Enclosure
  Description

  In rolling reclaimed grassland on the lower slopes of the hills to E of the Goul river valley. Enclosure (dims. c. 35m NW-SE; c. 27m NE-SW) depicted on 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• KK003-047 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth © 2023), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is a slightly larger enclosure (KK003-027----), also visible as a cropmark, c. 4m to the WSW and another enclosure (KK003-048----) c. 230m to the S. Two other enclosures (KK003-048---- and KK003-049----) are visible as cropmarks c. 235m and c. 280m S and SW respectively. See attached imagery: KK003-047----_01 Google Earth satellite imagery © 2023 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

• KK003-048 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 44m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth © 2023), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There are two other enclosures (KK003-027---- and (KK003-047----), also visible as cropmarks, c. 230m to the N. Another enclosure (KK003-049----) lies c. 80m to the W and two other enclosures (KK003-027---- and KK003-047----) are visible as cropmarks c. 230m and c. 235m to the NNW respectively. See attached imagery: KK003-048----_01 Google Earth satellite imagery © 2023 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

• KK003-049 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a faint cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date August 2022) identified and reported by Anne-Karoline Distel. Another enclosure (KK003-048----) lies c. 80m to the E and two other enclosures (KK003-027---- and KK003-047----) are visible as cropmarks c. 245m and c. 280m to the NNW respectively.   Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

• KK008-032001 Enclosure
  Description

  On the summit of a hill in rough upland pasture with a lot of rock outcrop. There are commanding views over valleys to the S, W, and N and a fair view to the E though slightly overlooked by small ridge. Land drops very steeply to S, W, N and rises slightly to E. Identified on a Geological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph (roll 43, print 18). A complex consisting of an enclosure and associated field banks (KK008-032002-), some of which may be the remains of other structures. The roughly circular enclosure (diam. 21.2m N-S; 24.4m E-W) is defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m at base; Wth at top 1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) with an entrance (Wth c. 2m) at the SE. The interior is flat and has rock outcrop. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 October 2017

• KK008-032002 Field system
  Description

  On the summit of a hill in rough upland pasture with a lot of rock outcrop. There are commanding views over valleys to the S, W, and N and a fair view to the E though slightly overlooked by small ridge. Land drops very steeply to S, W, N and rises slightly to E. Identified on a Geological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph (roll 43, print 18). A complex consisting of an enclosure (KK008-032001-) and associated field banks, some of which may be the remains of other structures. The field banks run from the NE and SW bank of the enclosure. Immediately NE of the enclosure the banks form a possible D-shaped annexe (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) incorporating a smaller structure (dims. 8m x 8m) with an entrance in the SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 October 2017

• KK009-001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On the SE-facing hill slopes of a mountain, in rough moorland. A low, D-shaped platform (int. dims. 18.7m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by a slight fosse (Wth 1m) and external bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m). Denuded at SW by 19th-century cultivation ridges. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coolnacrutta, 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 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 Coolnacrutta.

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 Coolnacrutta with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Coolnacrutta · Cúl na Cruite

Area

3,587,231 m² (358.72 ha, 886.42 acres)

Civil parish

Glashare, and its townlands

Barony

Galmoy

Electoral division

Glashare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

311 people lived in 106 households in the Glashare electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinfrase (Co. Laois), Ballylehaun, Cooloultha or Moneynamuck, Glashare, Gorteennahilla (Co. Laois), Oldtown (Co. Laois)

Placenames

Coolnacrutta 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.