Muckridge

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muckridge, from 503 m² to 105,918 m² (10.59 ha, 26.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Alteration and partial demolition of dwelling house including demolition of later extensions, construction of new extensions, erection of new roof structure over the entire and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5207

• 5 Jun 2025Application invalid

  Permission for the alteration and partial demolition of dwelling house including demolition of later extensions, construction of new extensions, erection of new roof structure over the entire and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5075

• 26 Mar 2009Conditional

  Two-storey dwelling & treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4936

• 23 Apr 2008Conditional

  Detached dwelling,wastewater treatment system & associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6266

• 19 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Dwelling, wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5522

• 21 Dec 2004Conditional

  Levelling of lands to an average height of 3m ordnance datum Malin Head. the levelling will require the placing of fill to an average depth of 0.6m which will be achieved by the importation of clean, excavated clays, sands, gravels and quarried stone

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9482

• 6 Feb 2004Conditional

  3 no. dwellings

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/659

• 23 Oct 2003Conditional

  2 No. Advertising Signs

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5272

• 8 Apr 2003Conditional

  Dormer bungalow and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1601

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Special Protection Area: Blackwater Estuary SPA 004028
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackwater River And Estuary 000072

Recorded monuments

• CO067-011001 Pottery works
  Description

  Late 19th century small pottery works to NW of Heathfield Towers (CO067-01102-). Remains consist of square roofless brick-built structure (8.7m x 8.35m) containing circular brick-built bottle kiln (int. diam. 3.8m). Kiln has eight arched furnace holes in perimeter, door ope to E, saucer-domed roof with central vent, bottle neck chimney on top. Extending N of external enclosing structure is long roofless structure (34m N-S; 6.35m E-W). Immediately S of this are the remains of a 'Habla Intermittent kiln' (24m E-W; 7m N-S) built in 1930 (Breslin 1991, 101). Complex heavily overgrown. Known locally as 'Smyth's Pottery Works'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO067-011002 Country house
  Description

  Late 18th/early 19th century 2-storey house, indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Heathfield'. Overgrown entrance front (E) of 7 bays; central round-headed door with sidelights incorporated into frame. In mid 19th century Rev. Drew added an ornate extension (including a private chapel) embellished with embattled towers and turrets. House burnt in 1935 and now only partially occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO067-012 Brickworks
  Description

  To S of Tourig river, just W of area named 'Old Brick Field' on 1842 OS 6-inch map, to S of 'Ordnance Ground'. Small section of late 19th/early 20th century brickworks survives; on site of earlier structures. Rectangular Hoffman Continuous kiln remains, erected 1895 (Breslin 1991, 138). Brick-built (33.4m N-S; 18.3m E-W), consisting of 12 kiln chambers arranged in 2 parallel rows with thick dividing wall between them. Now used as cattle shelter. Tall chimney (base: 3.6m x 3.6m) free standing at S end. Other remains include floors of drying sheds, concrete base of steam engine, foundation of Mill house and office buildings. A more technologically advanced continuous kiln was built in 1912 - 'Buhrer Mechanical Draught Kiln' - but was dismantled in 1930s (Breslin 1991, 110). Area of 'Old Brick Field' contains numerous grass-covered humps; bricks everywhere. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO067-071 Standing stone
  Description

  In Youghal Brickworks. This standing stone (H 0.4m) was recorded as being embedded in the ground and a slab (L 0.6m), which may be an upper portion that broke off, lies beside it. There are no visible remains of this possible standing stone. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO067-075 Structure
  Description

  This structure was discovered in 2001 during excavations in advance of the construction of the N25 Youghal Bypasss. It consisted of a U-shaped arrangement of ten post-holes surrounding a hearth and pit. The U-shaped structure (6m N-S x 6m), was open to the E and consisted of a single series of roughly equidistant post-holes (c. 1.8m apart) which were of similar size (av. diam. 0.3m; av. D 0.12m). The post-holes at the SW end of the structure were set closer together, possibly indicating rebuilding. The circular bowl-shaped hearth (diam. 0.7m; D 0.53m) was situated adjacent to an oval stone-lined storage pit (1.6m NE-SW x 1.1m; D 0.45m). A number of pits were found in the immediate vicinity of the structure with one to the E producing a blue-glass bead and fragments of iron slag. A charcoal sample taken from another pit produced a 2-sigma calibration date of AD 20-350. According to the excavator (Noonan 2002a, 4), the layout of the structure seems to indicate that the E side was not walled but rather was left open to the elements. The lack of evidence for settled domesticity suggests that the site was possibly used on a temporary, perhaps seasonal, basis (ibid.). This structure was situated near a pit (CO067-078----), excavated in Muckridge townland in 2001. (Noonan 2002a; 2003b, 53) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO067-076 Fulacht fia
  Description

  A large spread (23m E-W; 16m N-S) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil was discovered during strip-trenching in advance of the construction of the N25 Youghal Bypass and was excavated in 2001. Excavation revealed two large troughs and five smaller pits which could have functioned as troughs or as storage pits. A large number of stake-holes was also found, mainly in association with the two larger troughs. Trough 1 (3.32m E-W; 2.08m N-S; D 1.02m) was rectangular and timbers found in its backfill may have been the remains of a lining. A curving line of stake-holes around it was interpreted as a windbreak. Trough 2 (2.86m E-W; 2.7m N-S; D 0.7m) was bowl-shaped. A carbon sample from the fill of one of the smaller pits produced a radiocarbon date of cal. BC 2620-2280. (Noonan 2003c, 53) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO067-078 Pit - excavated
  Description

  Excavation in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N25 Youghal Bypass revealed an oval-shaped pit (1.7m N-S x 1.3m; D 0.25m). The pit consisted of an upper fill of mid-brown sandy silt which contained medium-sized pebbles and stones with occasional charcoal flecking. The lower fill consisted of a loosely compacted whitish-yellow clay with occasional small pebbles and charcoal flecking and yielded a possible struck flint. The pit was sited near to a late Iron Age structure (CO067-075----) excavated in Muckridge townland in 2001. (Noonan 2001a; 2003g, 55-6) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

• Youghal Brick Works, brick fields, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding square-profile red brick chimney, built c. 1850, formerly part of Youghal Brick Works complex, now disused. Tapering to upper section and with moulded stringcourse and chamfered cowling.

• Heathfield Towers, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1790, with later additions and alterations, c. 1840. Comprising crenellated projecting end-bays, square-plan limestone turret to front (east) elevation and square-plan three-stage crenellated tower to rear (west). Now disused. Concrete canopy over entrance to front. No roof. Rendered walls having limestone heraldic plaques and carved heads to front and south elevations, blind cross loops and arrow slits to end-bays and turret. Ashlar limestone walls with buttresses to tower. Square-headed openings, some with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed window openings to first floor, end-bays with render label mouldings and cut limestone sills. Round-headed niches to south elevation, having inset tiles over square-headed window openings. Square-headed window opening to south elevation first floor, now blocked up, having limestone sill and render hood moulding with flanking limestone heads. Round-headed door opening to south elevation with render block-and-start surround and inset tile over. Round-headed opening to front having spoked fanlight over timber panelled door. Pointed arch opening to rear with timber battened door. Pointed arch door opening to tower having limestone surround.

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 Muckridge, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1682 (ZIP).

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

Name

Muckridge · Mucros

Area

902,894 m² (90.29 ha, 223.11 acres)

Civil parish

Youghal, and its townlands

Barony

Imokilly

Electoral division

Youghal Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,367 people lived in 486 households in the Youghal Rural electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacarriga, Brooklodge, Cock-And-The-Bull, Foxhole, Kilmagner, Muckridge Demesne

Placenames

Muckridge 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.