Newtown

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 53 m² to 429,698 m² (42.97 ha, 106.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Objective G (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Apr 2024Grant permission for retention

  Retention permission for a single storey extension to the rear of the existing d

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D24B/0190/WEB

• 14 Jul 2023Grant permission & grant retention

  The retention, amendment, and completion of development previously

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D23A/0471

• 16 Feb 2022Refuse permission

  Permission for development. The development

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D22B/0068

• 15 Dec 2021Declare invalid (site notice)

  Permission for development. The development will consist of

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0682

• 11 Aug 2021Grant extension of duration of perm.

  Permission for conversion of attic and extension to roof to form balcony and

  Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0420/E

• 16 Jun 2021Grant permission

  Permission for a 2 storey extension to the

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D21B/0297

• 20 Jul 2020Grant permission

  Permission is sought for the demolition of a two storey

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D20A/0500

• 8 May 2020Refuse permission

  Permission for a 2 storey extension to the western

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D20B/0130

• 11 Nov 2016Grant extension of duration of perm.

  Planning permission for development comprising, the demolition of existing

  Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D11A/0022/E1

• 20 Sept 2016Grant permission

  Permission for the demolition of the existing single-storey dwelling and it's

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0689

• 17 Jun 2016Refuse ext. of duration of permission

  Planning permission for development comprising, the demolition of existing

  Extension of duration of permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D11A/0022/E

• 9 Jun 2016Grant permission

  Permission for conversion of attic and extension to roof to form balcony and

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D16A/0420

• 21 Sept 2015Refuse permission

  Permission for a single storey, 3-bedroom, detached house (c.239 sqm), access

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D15A/0603

• 28 Nov 2013Refuse permission

  Permission for development consisting of a single storey, 3-bedroom, detached

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D13A/0635

• 15 Aug 2013Grant permission

  Permission for development consisting of the demolition of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D13A/0422

• 20 Jan 2011Grant permission

  Planning permission for development comprising, the demolition of existing

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D11A/0022

• 22 Nov 2010Declare invalid (site notice)

  Planning permission for: development comprising the demolition of existing

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D10A/0639

• 13 Jun 2008Refuse permission

  A 2 storey, 4 bedroom dwelling of c. 344m2, 9 no. stables and related store room

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D08A/0689

• 9 Jan 2008Refuse permission

  A double garage to the front forecourt of the existing house.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D08B/0009

• 24 Sept 2007Grant permission

  Single storey extension to rear of existing granny flat and utility areas.

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D07A/1346

• 8 May 2007Grant permission for retention

  retention permission for a conservatory to side and rear of existing house

  Permission for retention · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D07B/0410

• 30 Nov 2004Grant permission

  New sheep shed, construction of a slurry storage tank and change of use of hay s

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D04A/1397

• 27 Oct 2004Refuse permission

  Single storey one bedroom cottage

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D04A/1243

• 12 Oct 2004Grant permission

  Single-storey, 14 unit cattery (94 sq.m total area)

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D04A/1166

• 1 Sept 2004Declare invalid (site notice)

  For a single storey one bedroom cottage to the rear of the existing house

  Permission · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, D04A/1010

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 Newtown.

Recorded monuments

• DU025-047 Cultivation ridges
  Description

  Cultivation ridges recorded by James Kyle  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Ridge and furrow cultivation ridges described by James Kyle as follows; 'Despite the rocky outcrops and stones present on the surface of many of the areas discussed above, Areas 1, 2 and 4 all exhibited signs of historic ridge & furrow type cultivation. Perhaps nowhere was this clearer than in Area 1 on the land to the north, west and south of the Ráthín, which bore the scars of a number of north-south ridges & furrows in addition to a secondary, overlaying set of east-west furrows. The net effect is visible from ground level and indeed highly visible on Google Earth as a chequerboard like pattern. In the absence of excavated evidence, the distance between furrows on the north-south set was measured as 2.7m or 9ft, which Kerridge states as being the typical width between medieval plough furrows. The distance between the east-west furrows was measured as 0.9m-1.2m and these would appear to be the overlying and therefore later set of furrows. Thus, it is possible that these were either of a later medieval or indeed post-medieval date, with the close proximity of their terminals to the enclosure ditch of the Ráthin suggesting that they were of a spade-cut nature. The north-south aspect of these furrows meant that the crop received the sun’s warmth throughout the day, whilst the furrows themselves assisted the drainage of those crops.  Both sets of furrows respect the enclosing ditch of the Ráthín, something which underlines them being either later, or possibly immediately subsequent to the construction date of that enclosure.  The furrows in Area 2 were also bi-directional in nature, although rather than being overlaying, there were two distinct areas of ridge and furrow preserved on the surface of the field. Firstly, a narrower set of ridge & furrow was present adjacent and parallel to the eastern field boundary, running in a northeast-southwest direction and approximately occupying the eastern third of the field, the furrows in this area were 60-90cm apart. Secondly, a set of wider ridge & furrow running in an east-west direction, which respected the small Cashel described above on the western side of the field and the furrows in this area were >2.7m apart. Again, the two distinct methods of ploughing are probably indicative of two distinct phases/ages of cultivation, possibly medieval in the case of the wider latter and later medieval/post-medieval in the case of the narrower furrows on the eastern side of the field. Area 4 was the last area with a well preserved and pronounced ridge & furrow pattern. The pattern was observable running broadly north-south in the field, with the natural slope of the land, and nowhere were these better preserved than on the north facing slope of the field. Again, the width between the furrows (9ft/2.7m) was suggestive of the type of ploughing consistent with medieval agricultural practices.  Areas 1,2 and 4 discussed above were the areas where the largest and most apparent extent of ridge & furrow cultivation was evident in the areas examined as part of this survey. However, that should not be taken as the full extent of that type of cultivation on the surveyed lands; parts of Area 3 and Area 5 displayed signs of being ploughed, albeit to a less pronounced or less preserved degree.  Ridge and furrow topography was a result of ploughing with non-reversible ploughs on the same strip of land each year. It is visible on land that was ploughed during the Medieval period, but which has not been ploughed since, due to the land being left fallow or more usually through a permanent switch to grazing. The earliest surviving examples date to the early Medieval period in Ireland and the system was used until the 17th century in some areas. Surviving ridge and furrow topography is found in Ireland, the UK and elsewhere in Europe. The older examples often curve, although the preference was obviously for long, straight ridges in large fields, two factors which would have lessened the need to turn the plough team.  The movement of soil year after year gradually built the centre of each strip up into a ridge, leaving a dip, or "furrow" between each ridge. The raised ridges offered better drainage in a wet climate: moisture drained into the furrows, and since the ridges were often laid down a slope, in a sloping field water would collect in a ditch at the bottom. The dip or ditch at the end of strip often marked the boundary between plots. Although they varied, strips would traditionally be a furlong (a "furrow-long") in length, (220 yards, about 200 metres), and from about 5 yards (4.6 m) up to a chain wide (22 yards, about 20 metres), giving an area of from 0.25 to 1 acre (0.1 to 0.4 ha)' (Kyle 2023, 31-5).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-047001 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the upper crest of a hill above the old chapel in Glencullen village. A barrow comprising of a circular round-topped mound (diam.25m; H 3.2m) defined by an inner fosse (Wth 5m; H 0.5m) and external bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5m). The site is damaged in the S where its bank has been truncated by a field boundary extending E-W. There is a single standing stone (DU025-047002-) to the NE of the bowl-barrow (Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 14). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-047002 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on the upper crest of a hill above the old chapel in Glencullen village. A standing stone comprising of a granite orthostat (H 1.75m) is square in plan (dims. 0.65m x 0.65m) and has a pointed top (Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 14). Shown on the 1843 OS 6-inch map. Situated c. 6m NE of a barrow (DU025-047001-) on the upper crest of a hill. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-047003 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Cairn of possible megalithic tomb unclassified known locally as 'Ossian's Grave' was recorded by James Kyle in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  He correctly suggested that the location of the cairn listed in the Dublin RMP as DU025-047003- and was marked in the wrong location.   Cairn of possible megalithic tomb described by James Kyle as follows; 'Located 100m southeast of the Rathín, to the immediate west of a mature Hawthorn tree were the apparent remains of a robbed out megalithic tomb, which is suggested to be the tomb referred to as Ossian’s Grave by the 1837 O.S. letters and folklore. The monument is roughly kite/wedged shape in plan, with surviving kerb stones evident around much of the perimeter of the cairn. The tip of the wedge is oriented to the southeast and this would appear to suggest the most likely candidate for the original entrance to the tomb was at the wider, northwest end. The overall impression from the remains of this megalithic tomb suggests that it was possibly a wedge tomb-type megalith, and it was depicted by only the 1837 O.S. mapping and it is not listed as an RMP or present on the SMR or the 1910 mapping' (Kyle 2023, 21-2).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-047004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing, furze-covered slope above Glencullen village. A ringfort comprising of a circular sunken area (int. diam.23m) enclosed by a drystone wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.6m) which rises to three courses and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m). The interior is divided into two compartments by a curving wall. There are furze-covered hut sites in the N half. The entrance (Wth 5m) is in the SE. A series of curving field walls radiate from the W and SE of site (Herity 2001, 22-4). Recent aerial coverage of the area (OS 10:4735) shows a system of irregular fields extending into both the remaining unimproved pasture onthe hill and the improved pasture N of the cashel. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-047005 Field system
  Description

  Recent aerial coverage of the area (OS 10:4735) shows a system of irregular fields extending into both the remaining unimproved pasture on the hill and the improved pasture N of the cashel. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

• DU025-047006 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing, furze-covered slope above Glencullen village. A hut sites in the N half of a cashel (DU025-047004-) covered in furze (Herity 2001, 22-4). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Uploaded on: 28 July 2018

• DU025-047010 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Possible cashel recorded by James Kyle in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Possible enclosure described by James Kyle as follows; 'The land in the southeastern corner of the field is on a direct line southeast of the Ring Barrow (DU025-047001-) and Standing stone (DU025-047002-).  Examination of the aerial imagery identified the remains of a possible sub-circular stone enclosure and field system (25m in diameter) in this area of the field. The features may be reflective of an earlier enclosure and field system which was in use prior to those present on the available cartographic sources' (Kyle 2023, 29).

• DU025-047011 House - medieval
  Description

  The wall footings of a rectangular house site were recorded by James Kyle in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  House site described by James Kyle as follows; 'The interior of the Rathín measured 25m in diameter and some of the stone huts which were present on the Du Noyer sketch are now either wholly or partially obscured by the growth of grass and topsoil over time. Despite that there would appear to have been little or no alteration to the interior of the enclosure in the intervening 186 years since Du Noyer visited the site. The curving internal division remains, as do the circular hut sites on the eastern side of the site and the composite circular/rectangular house/hut site on the northern side of the interior. Circular huts/houses of similar dimensions to those (2.5-3m internally) represent the most prevalent type of house found on the interior of enclosure features which date to the early medieval period, however the rectangular house on the northern side would be more common of medieval/later medieval domestic structures, something which would imply the lifespan of use for this enclosure extended well into the medieval period' (Kyle 2023, 20).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-047012 Cairn - burial cairn
  Description

  Possible robbed out burial cairn recorded by James Kyle as a 'satellite tomb'  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Site described by James Kyle as follows; 'The term satellite tomb is used to refer to a smaller, similar tomb in close proximity to a larger/main tomb and thus the remains of the stone cairn, 12m northeast of Ossian’s Grave fit that bill. This monument was broadly oval shape in plan, with cairn/kerb material surviving on the northern, western and southern sides of the mound which was oriented NW-SE and measured 8m x 6m. From the remains it would appear that the tomb may have opened to the southeast and the presence of several large granite boulders on the inside of the kerb material and in the adjacent field boundary is perhaps suggestive of this monument possessing a degree of sophistication above that of a simple cairn. The flat, oval shaped interior of the monument measured 7.5m NW-SE x 4.5m NE-SW.  The overall impression from the remains suggests that it was either a small, chambered tomb or simply a cairn raised above a burial, and again whilst it is depicted by the 1837 O.S. mapping, it is not an RMP or present on the SMR or the 1910 mapping' (Kyle 2023, 22).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-091 Mass-house
  Description

  Mass-house recorded by James Kyle  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Structure described by James Kyle as follows; 'an inspection was made of the Mass House structure, a historically significant feature, located adjacent to the Maguire family farmyard, in Newtown townland.  The Mass House itself is a north-south oriented rectangular structure, constructed of randomly course granite blocks, whose northeastern corner was open as a result of design or collapse or both. Externally no features were obvious with the sole exception to that being the 1737 datestone, which was located externally on the northwestern corner of the structure. The year and indeed a set of initials ‘TL’ can be discerned on this rectangular stone, but a note of caution should be employed when ascribing the date and indeed the stone itself to the structure; the only mortar remnants observed inside or outside the Mass House were present externally on the structure, around this stone, an observation which reinforces the Maguire family’s assertion that the datestone is a later insertion to the structure.  Internally there were no obvious features or evidence thereof, with the surface of the interior being grass covered collapse from the walls, which survive to a maximum height of 2m externally in the northwestern corner of the structure. The walls were of a uniform width (0.5m) and internally the Mass House measures 8.5m north-south x 4.5m east-west, however the Mass House only represents one room of a larger structure, with the southern wall of the makeshift church forming part of the northern wall of a second room, which was east-west in its orientation. This second room measured 11.6m east-west x 3.6m north-south and whilst it was open at its eastern end, a granite-built fireplace, measuring 1.3m in width was noted internally on the western wall and the remains of a possible doorway were present in the southern wall of the room. The walls of the Mass House and this second room would appear were a contemporary construction and therefore both rooms were part of the same structure, which was either later medieval or early post-medieval in date, whose eastern wall is no longer extant. The implication is that a pre-existing structure was converted to become the Mass House at some point during the period of the Penal Laws.  The presence of the fireplace in the east-west room suggests that the structure was domestic in nature originally, and that by the time of its use as a Mass House it was no longer in use as such. It is therefore tempting to suggest that this may have been the original incarnation of Newtown House, prior to the construction of the current version of Newtown House, which the Maguire family now live in, 50m to the north. Daniel Maguire kindly imparted further detail regarding the Mass House, that it was thatched during his grandfather’s time (as reported by Rev. Smyth) and that his grandmother recalled travelling to Mass in the structure from her home in Roundwood, County Wicklow. Additionally, the Mass House has been used in recent times to perform wedding ceremonies' (Kyle 2023, 37-40).     Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-092 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Road or laneway recorded by James Kyle  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Laneway described by James Kyle as follows; 'The structure/Mass House fronted onto the adjacent laneway, which was itself of some interest. The feature, which was 6.6m in width and originally in excess of 300m in length, would have taken considerable effort to construct with walling comprising granite boulders, to a maximum surviving height of 1.2m. From the Mass House the laneway ran southeast up the hillside and where some erosion of the surface had occurred, the remains of a cobble surface was observed. Approximately 100m up the laneway there was a gateway in the eastern wall, defined by two vertical granite pillars and this feature formerly facilitated access from the laneway to the adjacent lands to the east, which are currently under forestry. Five metres northeast of that gateway a mound, approximately 9m in diameter, was observed under the coniferous plantation and visible from the laneway. Approximately 200m up the laneway from the Mass House the feature opened via a gate into Area 5, however the remains of the western wall of the laneway survived for a further 100m at a low height, with the eastern wall of the feature being fossilised as the eastern wall of the field. The relationship of the laneway to the house/mass house structure suggests contemporaneity and therefore the laneway is also either later medieval or early post-medieval in date' (Kyle 2023, 41).   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

• DU025-093 Mound
  Description

  Mound recorded by James Kyle  in 2003 while carrying out an archaeological survey of the lands at Newtown and Glencullen.  Mound described by James Kyle as follows; 'The structure/Mass House fronted onto the adjacent laneway, which was itself of some interest. The feature, which was 6.6m in width and originally in excess of 300m in length, would have taken considerable effort to construct with walling comprising granite boulders, to a maximum surviving height of 1.2m. From the Mass House the laneway ran southeast up the hillside and where some erosion of the surface had occurred, the remains of a cobble surface was observed. Approximately 100m up the laneway there was a gateway in the eastern wall, defined by two vertical granite pillars and this feature formerly facilitated access from the laneway to the adjacent lands to the east, which are currently under forestry. Five metres northeast of that gateway a mound, approximately 9m in diameter, was observed under the coniferous plantation and visible from the laneway. As the lands which that possible archaeological feature was on do not belong to the Maguire family, the feature was not examined in depth, but its location, size and aspect are comparable to the tomb at Ballyedmonduff, suggesting that this mound might be a previously unidentified tomb/cairn' (Kyle 2023, 41).   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James Kyle

Architectural heritage

• Newtown House, farm house, 1844–1909 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1909, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (south). Renovated, 2010. Hipped slate roof centred on pitched slate roof (south) with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having moss-covered stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Round-headed central door opening approached by flight of six cut-granite steps with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having "mushroom" capping supporting tubular steel "farm gate".

• Kiln, 1800–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-oven single-stage lime kiln, extant 1837, on a square plan. Disused, 1909. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble stone walls with lichen-spotted rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners. Single square-headed oven with rough hewn granite lintel. Set in hillside in field.

• Water pump, 1911–1937 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1937. Set back from line of road on concrete base with mass concrete boundary wall to perimeter having lichen-spotted coping.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3262 (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.

No address of the register names Newtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

929,691 m² (92.97 ha, 229.73 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltiernan, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Glencullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glencullen electoral division: 23,596 people in 7,893 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybetagh, Ballyedmonduff, Glencullen, Kiltiernan, Kiltiernan Domain

Placenames

Newtown 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.