Keonbrook
Keonbrook is a townland in the civil parish of Kiltoghert, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Bréandroim.
Parcel 5187271
- Area
- 592,288 m² (59.23 ha, 146.36 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 867 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Keonbrook
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheemore Wood 001421
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 7 recorded monuments.
- LE027-049 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Located at the N-facing foot of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 32.5m E-W) defined by a scarp W-NE while two sections of a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2m) survive at E and SW. It is truncated by a NW-SE field wall at N and disturbed by farm outbuildings at NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-050001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Located at the N-facing foot of Sheemore Hill in an area of rock outcrop. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 35m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread with intermittently visible facing-stones (Wth 3.95m; H 0.25m at N). The original entrance is not identified. A D-shaped enclosure (LE027-05002-) lies to the SE and a possible souterrain (LE027-050003-), marked on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Cave', might be represented in an oval depressions inside the perimeter N-E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-050002 Enclosure
Description
Located in an area of rock outcrop at the N foot of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (int. dims 29m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E-S. A gap (Wth 2.9m) separates the bank at SW from the perimeter of cashel (LE027-05001-) to which the enclosure is attached as an annexe. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-050003 Souterrain
Description
Located in the NE quadrant of cashel (LE027-05001-). A series of five oval hollows (L c. 4m; Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.3m) containing some loose limestone may be the remains of an underground passage that is recorded as a 'Cave' on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 March, 2017
- LE027-055 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a NW-facing slope in an undulating landscape. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims. 29m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.45m; int. H 0.35-0.45m; ext. H 1.6-2.15m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.7m) at NE, and an outer fosse (Wth 4m; ext. D 1.4m) which has been destroyed at NE by a trackway and at SW by a NW-SE field bank. There are traces of an outer bank surviving at SE (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.2m) and NW. A hollow (L 11m; Wth 5.5m; D 0.85m) in the NW quadrant may be a collapsed souterrain, although no stones are visible. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-055001 Souterrain
Description
Located on a NW-facing slope in an undulating landscape. A grass-covered hollow (L 11m; Wth 5.5m; D 0.85m) in the NW quadrant of rath (LE027-055----) may be a collapsed souterrain, although no stones are visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 8 March, 2017
- LE027-137 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at the bottom of the N-facing slope of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 31m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 8m; max. H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 60.4 ha
- 149 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 9,019 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keonbrook, from 4,005 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres) to 592,288 m² (59.23 ha, 146.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Keonbrook 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Keonbrook 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheemore Wood 001421
Recorded monuments
- LE027-137 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at the bottom of the N-facing slope of Sheemore Hill. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 31m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 8m; max. H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Keonbrook.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Keonbrook, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1511 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Keonbrook with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Keonbrook · Bréandroim
- Area
- 603,975 m² (60.4 ha, 149.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltoghert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Leitrim, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,380 people lived in 500 households in the Leitrim electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumbranned, Drumduff South, Drumliffin Glebe, Kilclarebeg, Newbrook, Sheemore
- Placenames
- Keonbrook 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.