Corcashel

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corcashel, from 12,353 m² (1.24 ha, 3.05 acres) to 328,699 m² (32.87 ha, 81.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Corcashel 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Corcashel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands SAC 000584
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cuilcagh - Anierin Uplands 000584

Recorded monuments

• CV005-013 Sweathouse
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated within a dense modern plantation of coniferous trees adjacent to a stream. Described as 'almost completely ruined' in 1939 (1939, 34), it is now largely destroyed. A small beehive-shaped drystone-built structure (int. diam. 1.65m). The roof-stones and the wall at NW have collapsed. 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

• CV005-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a terrace, on the N shoulder of a high hill and within a modern plantation of coniferous trees. An earlier report (OPW 1974) described a small raised circular area (int. diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and slight traces of a fosse. At that time the site was already much disturbed by forestry drainage. Not located. 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

• CV005-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a natural hillock, on the N shoulder of a mountain and within a plantation of coniferous trees. An earlier report (OPW 1974) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 26m) enclosed by two low earthen banks with wide, deep intermediate fosse. Not located. 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

• CV005-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a terrace, on the NW shoulder of a mountainous hill and within a plantation of coniferous trees. An earlier report (OPW 1974) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 31m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. The site was much disturbed as a result of tree planting. Not located. 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

• CV005-018 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated on the border between the townlands of Corcashel and Moneenterriff (both in County Cavan) and between counties Cavan and Leitrim. Probably a boundary cairn. Not visited. 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

• LE019-001003 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  Situated on a broad E-W ridge. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a 'Pile of stones' marking the boundary with County Cavan. This is one of about six cairns or mounds in this area erected by the Ordinance Survey, and very few of them are left. It is the same as (CV005-018----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 December, 2016

• LE019-001007 Boundary mound
  Description

  Situated on a broad E-W ridge. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a 'Mound' marking the boundary with County Cavan. This is one of about six cairns or mounds in this area erected by the Ordinance Survey, and very few of them are left. It is the same as (CV005-017----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 December, 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Corcashel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Corcashel · Corr an Chaisil

Area

1,438,537 m² (143.85 ha, 355.47 acres)

Civil parish

Killinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Dowra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

160 people lived in 72 households in the Dowra electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashelbane, Corlisbannan, Drumnafinnila Barr (Co. Leitrim), Moneenterriff, Sruhanagh

Placenames

Corcashel 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.