Kernanstown

479 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kernanstown, from 2 m² to 137,597 m² (13.76 ha, 34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 106 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing / Infill Residential (Existing residential)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 365 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Demesne Landscape (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community / Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space and Amenity (Open space, park)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Transport and Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Facilities / Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_4_Carlow_Town_and_Environs, Carlow · 2 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kernanstown.

Recorded monuments

• CW007-006 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 85, 86) show circular area defined by cropmark of fosse (est max. diam. c. 50m). Possibly a ringfort.

• CW007-007 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 85, 6) show cropmark of fosse enclosing approximately square area with rounded corners (max. dims. c. 20m x 20m). Too small to be moated site. Possibly related to Down Survey castle (CW007-008----).

• CW007-010 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  National Monument No. 613. Known as Brownshill. Very large capstone (4.7m x 6.1m x 2m) rests on two portal stones, door stone and prostrate slab. Side stones missing. Single orthostat flanks N portal stone, possibly remains of facade, but no visible trace of cairn or mound. According to Borlase (1897, 398), one of three 'dolmens' in this townland (see also CW007-011---- and CW007-012----). Chamber faces E. (Ó Nualláin 1983, 91). Historic Monument No. HM00328, this monument was entered in the Register of Historic Monuments on the 04 September 1970. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

• CW007-063 Burial ground
  Description

  Completely disturbed before recording. Human bones, a segment of fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m)and a patch of charcoal uncovered in 1981 during the digging of school foundations. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 462). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 16 July 2012 Revised by: Claire Breen

Architectural heritage

• Browne's Hill House, stables, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey stable complex, c. 1842, on a quadrangular plan with cut stone façade having central breakfront and gabled advanced end bays.

• Browne's Hill House, country house, 1760–1800 · National interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay three-storey over basement neo-Classical country house, built 1763, with granite ashlar façade having pedimented central breakfront and full-height canted bay to rear. Renovated and extended to rear, c. 1842, with pedimented projecting Doric porch and balustrade added.

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 Kernanstown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2549 (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.

• Kernanstown, Bennekerry9 sales

Name

Kernanstown · Baile Mhic Thiarnáin

Area

2,115,556 m² (211.56 ha, 522.77 acres)

Civil parish

Carlow, and its townlands

Barony

Carlow

Electoral division

Carlow Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,203 people lived in 5,763 households in the Carlow Rural electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynakillbeg, Bennekerry, Carlow, Chapelstown, Pollerton Big, Rathnapish

Placenames

Kernanstown 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.