Kilnavert

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnavert, from 176 m² to 166,008 m² (16.6 ha, 41.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilnavert 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.

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  is sought to retain alterations to development constructed and approved under planning reference 00/942 which includes (a) increased height and additional attic floor to as built garage together with alterations to plans/elevations (b) location of as built garage (c) revised location of treatment system and percolation area (d) retain position of boundary fencing along public road

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 22418

• 16 Jun 2021Conditional

  for storage and ground maintenance building and associated site works in the grounds of St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church, Kilnavert, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan which is a protected structure

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21361

• 2 Jun 2017Conditional

  to decommission existing septic tank and upgrade to new relocated effluent treatment system and percolation area to service existing dwelling (in order to comply with condition 3 of planning ref. 16/348) and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17247

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 Kilnavert.

Recorded monuments

• CV013-034 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Sited immediately S of the highest point of a drumlin ridge. Raised circular area (int. diam.12.7m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank with wide, shallow, internal fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-035 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked on all OS eds. Large irregular boulder (H 1.1m; dims. 1.15m x 0.76m) orientated E-W. A hole has been cut into the top of the stone to hold a wooden post which forms part of the field boundary. The stone was used as an altar during the Penal times and two apparently natural depressions in its upper surface were used to hold the water and wine (local information). Also on top of the stone is an OS bench-mark. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-036 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Sited immediately E of the highest point of a drumlin hill. Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876eds. Roughly circular raised area (int. dims. 29.6mNE-SW; 27.6m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank with a very wide, shallow, internal fosse. The greater part of the bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Slight traces are identifiable from ENE-NNE. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-037001 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Sited on a slight rise in undulating land. This monument, surrounded by a tree-ring, consists of a ruined gallery flanked by outer-walling around which there are traces of a mound measuring 11m by 10m. A gallery, now 3.5m long, narrows from 1.5m wide at SW to 1.35m at NE. A single slab covers all but its NE end. About 2m W of its more northerly side there is a single facade-stone. Just beyond the S side of the gallery there are three outer wall stones and another 2.5m W of these. There are two outer wall stones, 5m apart, at N. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 116, No.15) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• CV013-037002 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 ed. Situated 4.5m N of Kilnavert wedge tomb (49). Large irregularly shaped stone (H 1.76m; dims. 0.8m x 0.35m) aligned ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-038 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Sited on the NW slope of a low drumlin ridge. Large irregular boulder (H 2.1m; dims. 0.97m x 0.78m) aligned E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-039001 Church
  Description

  Modern Catholic church within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 60m). The graveyard is enclosed by a much-disturbed low bank of earth and stone which must in its present condition be regarded as relatively modern. Davies (1948, 116) suggested that it was of considerable antiquity. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-039002 Graveyard
  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.

• CV013-040 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Sited immediately S of the highest point of a prominent drumlin hill. Small, circular, flat-topped mound of earth and stone (int. diam. 7.5m NNW-SSE) with the remains of a kerb of low stones about the perimeter of the summit. The mound is enclosed by a narrow, well-defined bank of earth and stone with narrow, deep, internal fosse. The bank has been removed from SW-W probably in relatively modern times. Of the kerbstones, fifteen remain in position; four at SSE and the remaining ten from SW-NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV013-041 Stone circle
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. This monument is situated on a ridge which has been planted with coniferous trees. Slightly raised circular area (int. dims. 11.8m NE-SW; 10.9m NW-SE) defined by sixteen squat irregularly shaped boulders. There is a large break in the circle from NE-E-ESE and a smaller one from W-WNW-NW. There is an isolated boulder c. 2m SSW of the circle and a second stone within the perimeter at E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey lobby-entry vernacular former farmhouse, built c.1800, with windbreak entrance. Now in use as outbuilding. Pitched corrugated-metal roof, brick chimneystack. Random coursed squared rubble-stone walls, rendered and lime-washed to front. Timber lintels and stone sills with remains of one-over-one and two-over-two timber sash windows. Timber sheeted doors. Elongated outbuilding to north-west with pitched corrugated metal roof, lime-washed rubble-stone walls with battered rubble-stone buttresses. Timber lintels above timber sheeted doors. Rubble-stone boundary walls with mix of stone and mortar cappings, having square-profile piers with pyramid cappings. Higher retaining wall to east of yard with stone saddle coping and steps.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Gothic-Revival Roman Catholic church, built 1868, having five-bay double-height nave with lean-to aisles behind single storey narthex to west connecting to truncated bell tower to north, sacristy to east end of south aisle, single storey gabled transepts. Pitched slate roof altered to have oversailing eaves and verges with uPVC soffit, clay ridge tiles, stone crucifixes to gables, uPVC rainwater goods. Flat roof to bell tower with bell mounted above. Coursed squared rock-faced sandstone walls, smooth limestone course at window level, bevelled plinth, buttresses to nave gables. Yellow sandstone dressing to openings. Rose window to west gable with trefoil arches on radiating colonettes. Entrance door below in pointed arch supported on colonettes with foliate capitals, hood moulding over with foliate labels and banded relieving arch, blind oculus to tympanum over segmental headed replacement door. Impost extends over flanking pointed recesses with foliate colonettes framing miniature lancets in wide sandstone surrounds, motif continues as three-bay arcade to flanking narthex. Single and paired trefoil and quatrefoil clerestorey windows to nave. Lancet windows to aisles in groups of two and threes. Large pointed arch plate tracery to chancel end with hood moulding and relieving arch composed of rose window with mmultifoil centre in ring or roundels over lancet arcade. Rose window to north transept, small quatrefoil to south transept. Segmental-headed door to north of tower in pointed arch surround. Pointed segmental arch to sacristy door to east. Leaded windows and banded stone relieving arches. Interior faceted ceiling above nave and as pointed vault above chancel, all subdivided with timber profiles. Timber arches between bays resting on corbels in nave and on colonettes with corbels above chancel. Compartmented lean-to ceiling to aisles with trusses supported on decorative corbels. Colonettes between to paired clerestorey openings over pointed arcade to sides of nave with stepped and profiled arch soffits resting on squat scagliola columns with foliate capitals. Square-profile piers to sides of chancel. Timber gallery and access stairs, quatrefoil openings in balustrade. White marble facing to steps. Recent timber confessionals to end of south-west aisle. Graveyard surrounding church. Rubble-stone boundary walls with cut stone copings.

• The Presbytery, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey former presbytery, built c.1870, with single-storey porch, two-bay side elevation, lower return to rear. Now in use as private dwelling. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, pair of yellow-brick profiled chimneystacks flanking centre bay, pressed-metal rainwater goods, raised section in roof to return. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth plinth, with block-and-start quoins and profiled eaves cornice, details replicated in porch. Segmental-arched window openings to first-floor, square-headed window openings to ground floor, all having profiled surrounds, replacement timber sashes, and stone sills. Profiled architrave to front door in side of porch. Detached two-storey stone outbuilding with pitched slate roof to north. Rendered masonry boundary walls with regular spaced square-profile piers. Square-profile rendered piers and quadrant walls triangular and flat copings to entrance.

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

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 low, low, low (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 Kilnavert.

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 Kilnavert with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Kilnavert

Area

761,500 m² (76.15 ha, 188.17 acres)

Civil parish

Templeport, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Ballymagauran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

236 people lived in 95 households in the Ballymagauran electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Camagh, Corran, Derrycassan, Gortnaleck, Killycluggin, Lissanover

Placenames

Kilnavert 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.