Cleedagh

Area

122,193 m² (12.22 ha, 30.19 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

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

Cleedagh

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

• Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 9 recorded monuments.

• KE058-072001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  The foundation of this site is attributed to Saint Cummin Fada (d. 661-2). He entered Clonfert monastery Co. Galway and subsequently established a foundation here where he became abbot. Cummian was a stout defender of the Roman liturgy against the Celtic school and his Paschal epistle is still extant (Cummian's Letter: De controversia Paschali. Maura Walsh and Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (eds), Pontifical Institute of Medieval StudiesToronto (1988). Studies and Texts, No. 86). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE058-072002 Church
  Description

  In a graveyard (KE058-072003-). The ruins of a rectangular church (int. 16.75m E-W; 5.95m N-S) which is missing its W wall. The remaining walls (T 0.95m; H 2.5m) are of random rubble sandstone bonded with lime mortar and clad in ivy. The church is entered through a pointed door ope, with a chamfer-edged limestone surround, at the W end of the S wall. An inserted door (Wth ext. 1.14m; H 2.15m) in the E end of the N wall has a narrow pointed-arched door surround (Wth 0.44m) on the internal wall face, the lower portion of which is blocked by a tomb. There is a central window embrasure in the E wall with a narrow square-headed light (H 0.92m; Wth 0.15m). There is a similar window embrasure in the E end of the S wall whose light is partly removed. A wall-press is adjacent to the E of this embrasure. There is a short return of the W wall at the W end of the S wall. The remainder of the W wall is replaced by a recent wall. The interior is level and contains a number of vaults and headstones dating from the 18th century to the early 20th century. An armorial stone (KE058-072004-) bearing the Barry arms, a date of 1688 and the motto 'Boutes en avant' set into the E end of the S wall appears to have been recently reset into the wall. A stone head, said to represent St. Cummin, was recorded in 1841 as projecting near the N end of the E gable, externally (OSL, 193). In 1942 it was recorded that the stone head was originally found within the church by a man digging a grave, and was placed in the E gable (ITA). The head was subsequently removed from here (Lyne 1998, 9). According to local information, St. Cummin's foot is inserted in a wall, close to the GAA grounds, c. 1km to the E of the graveyard. The overgrown remains of a possible church (KE058-072005-) are visible to the SW of the church. According to local information, this was a monastery founded by St. Cummin. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-072003 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a low hill, to the SW of a road. An irregular graveyard (min. L c. 91m NE-SW; min. Wth c. 52m NW-SE) enclosed by an uncoursed rubble wall (H c. 1.6m) which has been repaired recently. The entrance is in the E wall of the graveyard and a second entrance is marked by a stile at the S end of the W wall. Access to the E entrance from the main road is through a gate and stile and along an avenue (L 26m; Wth 5.5m). Cut-limestone pillars and a wrought iron gate mark the roadside entrance. There is a modern altar situated along the avenue. A path runs inside the perimeter wall. The ground is high in the NE sector and elsewhere falls from the NE down to the W and SW. There is a church (KE058-072002-) in the NE sector and the remains of a second structure to the SW of the church. Cut-stone and masonry tombs are concentrated within the church interior and outside it to the NW and SW. Many of the tombs are covered in overgrowth. Headstones date mainly to the 19th and 20th centuries. The earliest headstone noted dates to 1812. The graveyard is indicated as an irregular area (dims. c. 58m E-W; c. 50m N-S) outlined by dashes on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-072004 Wall monument
  Description

  In Kilcummin church (KE058-072002-). A flat round-headed stone has recently been set vertically in the internal S wall of the church. The stone (H 0.84m; Wth 0.6m) is set into a crudely-built red brick wall which is built on top of the cut-limestone slab of a large tomb; masonry in the N wall of the tomb has been repointed. The stone is cracked diagonally across its centre; a detached piece at the top left-hand corner has been reset. The coat of arms is difficult to decipher; the inscribed motto reads 'Boutes en avant'. The inscription reads: 'This is the Barry's armes 1666/Here lieth the body of Mrs/Jeane Barry otherwise Leader/The wife of Mr Richard Barry/ of Killarney who departed/this life the second day of/February 1760 aged 32 years'. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-072005 Church
  Description

  In the graveyard (KE058-072003-) of Kilcummin church (KE058-072002-). The overgrown remains of the W end of a stone-built structure (max. 8.5m E-W; 4m N-S; H c. 2m) are visible to the SW of Kilcummin church (KE058-072002-). No identifiable features are visible but it may be the remains of the church referred to here in the 1940s (Minutes of the Co. Kerry Field Club 1946 vol. 2, 700-701). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope, towards the top of a low hill. A circular area (c. 54m E-W) defined by the remains of two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The interior is defined by a steep-sided earth and stone bank (Wth 2.55m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.3m) NW-E and by a scarp E-NW. The intervening fosse is shallow. The outer bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.65m) is visible intermittently NW-NE. The inner bank is stone faced internally and externally. Its terminals at NW and E are abutted by E-W field boundaries radiating externally from the bank. The NW terminal of the outer bank is abutted by the N face of the field boundary. Another rath (KE058-076----) is c. 40m to the ENE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a low hill. A circular area (c. 32m N-S) defined by the remains of two earthen banks, an intervening fosse and a possible outer fosse. The inner bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m) is covered with overgrowth and appears to be stone-faced internally. A stone wall (H c. 1m) is built on top of it WSW-NW. The intervening fosse (Wth 2.65m at the base) is covered with overgrowth in places. The outer bank (Wth 2.95m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.2m) is covered with overgrowth and stone-faced externally. A possible outer fosse (Wth c. 2.5m; D 0.3m), which has been infilled in places, is evident S-SW. The interior is level and covered with overgrowth. There is an opening into a souterrain (KE058-076001-) in the NW quadrant. An entrance occurs in both banks at E. This rath was recorded as 'Cliddagh Fort' in the 1840s when it was described as being in the boundary at the S end of Cleedagh townland (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 2, 8). It was mentioned in the 1940s as 'a great earthen Fort, with two rings' (ITA). Another rath (KE058-073----) is c. 40m to the WSW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-076001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE058-076----). A portion of a stone-lined and lintelled passage (on a NW-SE axis) is visible through an opening in the NW quadrant of the rath. The souterrain was recorded in the 1940s as a '4ft [1.22m] opening to very extensive underground chambers, propped up by large stone slabs, and some masonry work' (ITA). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE058-346 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved, lush pasture, on a NW-facing slope. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a small enclosure (one of three). Low profile circular area (diam. c. 8m) defined by scarp (Wth 1.25m; H 0.1m) NW->E->SW. Scarp (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m) is less defined on the downslope to N. The monument is traceable in this area as a very low rise which is truncated to W by a field boundary (long axis NW-SE) and tertiary road. The remains of a levelled field boundary (long axis ENE-WSW) are to E; This corresponds to boundary depicted upon OS historic mapping. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 12 January 2016

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_206 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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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