Cornecassa Demesne

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornecassa Demesne, from 491 m² to 146,560 m² (14.66 ha, 36.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

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Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Wright's Wood 001612

Recorded monuments

• MO009-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the crest of a high hill, and in the centre of Wright's Wood. This is a slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 32m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (H c. 0.5m) or by a scarp. There is no visible evidence of a fosse or entrance. (CRDS 1998, 33) Date of upload: 14 April 2011

• MO009-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a hill, in Smith’s Wood. This is a wooded circular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by an earthen bank (max. Wth c. 2m; int. H c. 0.1m; ext. H c. 1.1m) and an outer fosse or drain (Wth. c. 0.9m). There are entrances at E (Wth 1m), W (Wth 1m) and S (Wth 1m). A N-S earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.5m) runs through centre. It may be a landscape feature associated with the demesne. Date of upload: 14 April 2011

• MO009-078 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (08E0352) identified a large spread of broken and burnt stone (dims c. 12m NW-SE; c. 4.5m NE-SW; T 0.2m). It is preserved in situ. (Duffy 2008, 8, 9; 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 January 2020

• MO009-082 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a hillock that was once within the demesne of Cornacasse, with the house c. 300m to the WNW. A small circular raised earthwork (diam. of top c. 23m) is visible on Google Earth (07/02/2019). It does not appear on any map but was first reported in 2018 from a LiDAR image by Susan Curran, and was also noted on the Google Image by Jean Charles Caillère. See the attached view from Goole Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 11 March, 2020 Amended: 13 May, 2020

• MO009-083 Enclosure
  Description

  Located to the tip of a low W-E spur and on land that was once part of the demesne of Cornacassa House. A small circular, grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S) that is probably a slightly raised platform is visible on Google Earth (16/11/2008; 07/02/2019). It is cut by a N-S field bank towards the edge at W, and it is clearly visible on LiDAR imagery from the Open Topographical viewer. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (07/02/2019) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 January 2022

Architectural heritage

• Cornecassa House, farmyard complex, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Range of two-storey outbuildings, built c.1800, around rectangular courtyard. Comprising nine-bay block to east, nine-bay block to north and six-bay block to west of central courtyard. Lean-to extension to east elevation of east block. Hipped replacement slate roof to north and west, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick openwork bell-cote, in facer bond with closer bricks, having rectangular aperture and pitched slate roof to north block. Pitched slate roof to east having rendered chimneystacks and clay pots. Coursed rubble stone walls having red brick blocked surrounds. Some red brick facer bond wall sections visible, roughcast render to east block, painted rubble stone to rear (east) elevation. Flight of stone steps abutting north block to north-east corner. Square-headed openings to east block with painted masonry sills. Some three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows and some replacement uPVC windows. Openings to rear having render reveals, some with fixed timber windows. Square-headed openings to first floor to other ranges having red brick surrounds and timber louvered vents and fittings, some with painted masonry sills. One triangular window opening with timber louvered fitting. Square-headed door openings to east having half-glazed timber battened doors, timber battened doors, corrugated-iron doors, and replacement uPVC doors. Gauged-brick triple-centred, round and square-headed door openings to front of north and west blocks. Red brick surrounds, some having timber battened doors. Square-plan coursed squared limestone and sandstone piers, with double-leaf cast-iron gates, and coursed rubble stone wall, forming boundary to south of courtyard.

• Cornecassa House, monument, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding sandstone cross, dated 1877, with ringed cross and rectangular-plan shaft, having moulded edges to front and rear faces (south-east and north-west), and truncated pyramidal base having inscription to front, and cap being gabled oratory-like detail.

• Cornecassa House, country house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay house, built c.1800, having two-storey front (north-west) elevation and three-storey rear elevation. Formerly part of Cornecassa House. Hipped slate roof, with rendered chimneystacks, and replacement rainwater goods. Snecked limestone walls with tooled sandstone block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings throughout, having tooled sandstone surrounds, tooled stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings to front and north-east elevations, with tooled sandstone surrounds and replacement timber and uPVC doors, front having over-lights. Front doorways open onto concrete paving bridging basement area, with rendered parapets. Coursed rubble limestone boundary wall with limestone coping to north-west of house, surrounding former walled garden.

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 Cornecassa Demesne, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2302 (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 Cornecassa Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Cornecassa Demesne · Corr na Ceasach

Area

1,503,897 m² (150.39 ha, 371.62 acres)

Civil parish

Monaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Monaghan

Electoral division

Monaghan Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,411 people lived in 2,320 households in the Monaghan Rural electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyleck, Crover, Gallanagh, Killyconigan, Knockroe, Mullaghadun, Mullynahinch, Newgrove, Tullybryan, Tullycroman, Tullygrimes

Placenames

Cornecassa Demesne 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.