Saucerstown
Townland in the civil parish of Swords, barony of Nethercross, Co. Dublin; in Irish Baile an tSásaraigh
- Area
- 85.2 ha
- 210 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 4,460 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Saucerstown, from 672 m² to 341,629 m² (34.16 ha, 84.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 May 2026Refuse permission & refuse retention
Planning permission for: Retention in respect of the continued use of
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0399E
30 Apr 2026Invalid application
Planning permission for: Retention in respect of the continued use of
Permission and retention · Fingal County Council, F26A/0343E
14 May 2024Grant permission
‘the decommission of existing septic tank, new wastewater treatment un
Permission · Fingal County Council, F24A/0434E
27 Oct 2023Refuse permission
Planning permission to revise condition 2 of An Bord Pleanala Decision
Permission · Fingal County Council, F23A/0655
13 Aug 2019Grant permission
Works to Above Ground Natural Gas Installations to consist of the repl
Permission · Fingal County Council, F19A/0364
30 Apr 2012Grant permission
The development will consist of the removal of existing single storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, F11B/0201
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Saucerstown.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-083 Building
Description
Located within an open field of tillage. An extensive cobbled surface and foundations of walls with associated finds of Leinster Cooking Ware and glazed medieval pottery were exposed during the construction of a gas pipeline in 1988. These were located on low-lying ground W of Saucerstown House and S of the Broadmeadow River (Halpin, E.1988, 17-18). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-138 Enclosure
Description
An irregular shaped enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate a possible field system (DU011-139----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Site of relatively low lying ground towards base of north facing slope adjacent Broadmeadow river. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-139 Field system
Description
A possible field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13, possibly associated with an irregular shaped enclosure (DU011-138----) located in the same field (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Site on relatively low lying ground towards base of north facing slope adjacent Broadmeadow river. No visible remains at ground level. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-140 Enclosure
Description
A large irregular-shaped curvilinear enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Relatively high point on north facing slope. No visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 09 January 2015
- DU011-143 Burial
Description
Human remains were identified at a depth of c. 0.7m within a 1m-wide service trench which was excavated on the north side of the road, and they extended over a 7m length on both sides of the trench (Licence no. 08E0512). The section revealed at least two east–west orientated extended articulated human burials in graves which were lined at the top and sides with slate slabs. A charnel pit lined (base, top and sides) with slate containing disarticulated human remains was also identified, as well as a separate feature, possibly a pit or small ditch, containing animal bone and shell. The human remains appear to be part of a cemetery of possible early medieval date. It is notable that the remains were situated at the summit of a low rise with views in all directions over the surrounding landscape. It is extremely likely that further remains will be present below the existing road, and perhaps to either side of the road (Giacometti 2008). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 4 February 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Saucerstown.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Saucerstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Saucerstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Saucerstown · Baile an tSásaraigh
- Area
- 851,833 m² (85.18 ha, 210.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Swords, and its townlands
- Barony
- Nethercross
- Electoral division
- Swords-Lissenhall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Swords-Lissenhall electoral division: 12,065 people in 3,928 households; 66% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Broadmeadow, Oldtown, Rathbeal, Roganstown, Skidoo
- Placenames
- Saucerstown 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.