Underhill

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Underhill, from 51 m² to 31,299 m² (3.13 ha, 7.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  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.

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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 Underhill.

Recorded monuments

• CO107-038 Souterrain
  Description

  Discovered in 1967 and excavated by O'Kelly and Shee (1968, 40-3). Five chambers were described, all earth cut; the smallest is Chamber 3 (L 2.0m; Wth 1.50m) and the largest is Chamber 4 (L 6.50m; Wth 1.50m; H 0.75m). Chamber 3 contained 3 capstones with ogham inscriptions (CO107-058----, CO107-059----, CO107-060----); now in the National Museum. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO107-039 Country house
  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.

• CO107-058 Ogham stone
  Description

  An inscribed roof-slab of soft shale/clay slate (L 1.72m; 0.53m x 0.11m) found in a souterrain (CO107-038---) with two other ogham stones (CO107-060--- and CO107-059---). The inscription, which is in fine knife-cuts, reads: [A?]DARUN M[A]CI COLAL[I?] (O'Kelly and Shee 1968, 43; McManus 1997, 72-3, no. xi). Now in National Museum of Ireland (DU018-163----). (Power et al. 1992, no. 1042) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 20 April 2016

• CO107-059 Ogham stone
  Description

  An inscribed lintel of sandstone (L 1.75m; 0.7m x 0.11m) found with two other ogham stones (CO107-060--- and CO107-058---) within a souterrain (CO107-038---). The inscription, which is in fine knife-cuts, reads: MOUNIN (O'Kelly and Shee 1968, 43; McManus 1997, 72-3, no. x). Now in National Museum of Ireland (DU018-164----). (Power et al. 1992, no. 1043) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 20 April 2016

• CO107-060 Ogham stone
  Description

  Found with two other ogham stones (CO107-059--- and CO107-058---) within a souterrain (CO107-038---). It is a rectangular stone (L 0.97m; 0.45m x 0.08m) of soft shale/clay slate, which formed the entrance jamb. The upper portion was crushed and shattered from the overlying lintel. The inscription, which is in fine knife-cuts, reads: MOESAC (O'Kelly and Shee 1968, 43; McManus 1997, 72-3, ix). Now in National Museum of Ireland (DU018-165----). (Power et al. 1992, no. 1044) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 20 April 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Underhill, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Underhill.

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

Name

Underhill · Bun an Chnoic

Area

127,099 m² (12.71 ha, 31.41 acres)

Civil parish

Fanlobbus, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Dunmanway South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,557 people lived in 587 households in the Dunmanway South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brookpark, Dunmanway South, Maulashangarry, Tonafora

Placenames

Underhill 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.