Ward Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Ward, barony of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; in Irish An Barda Uachtarach
Parcel 5673793
- Area
- 93,291 m² (9.33 ha, 23.05 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 109 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- G3 GB - Green Belt (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective
- Townland
- Ward Upper
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- DU011-038 Ritual site - holy well
Description
The site is located in a large level field under tillage S of a medieval church (DU011-039001-). Formerly an open pool, dedicated to St. Brigid. Now enclosed and used for domestic and farm purposes (Ó Danachair 1958, 76). See attached photos (02/03/04) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00096 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16641; F024.06.00098 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/314593; F024.06.00099 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31460. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
- DU011-039001 Church
Description
Dedicated to St Brigid the church fell into ruin between 1630 and 1650 (Fingal Historic Graves Project 2008). This site was described as the walls of an old church in the Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 235). The foundations of the medieval parish church can be traced within a raised, walled graveyard. In the 1992 report they appeared as a low rectangular mound, aligned WNW-ESE (dims. L 14m, Wth 8-9m, H.1m). The church has since undergone 'improvement'. It is defined by a rectilinear stone wall with a grass ramp built into south wall and return in north wall with a stone built concrete roofed alcove in east wall. the alcove contains a statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Wall stands to 0.75m-1m in height and is extensively ribbon pointed. Presumed enclosure of original mound remains. A fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date has been re-used as a headstone east of the church. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015
- DU011-039002 Graveyard
Description
A raised, roughly oval, walled graveyard (L 70m, Wth 50m) which encloses the foundations of the medieval parish church (DU011-039001-). Fragment of a limestone window jamb of late medieval date is used as gravemarker in the graveyard E of church. The memorials are 19th/20th century in date. The site was formerly surveyed (Egan 1992). Still in use. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 86.5 ha
- 214 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 2,412 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB - Green Belt
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ward Upper, from 504 m² to 312,497 m² (31.25 ha, 77.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N/AUNZ - Unzoned (N/A)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
11 Apr 2023Grant permission
The development will consist of a two-storey extension to the EAST of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0195
19 Dec 2022Grant permission
Planning permission for infill with inert material (4.24 hectares) of
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW22A/0090
26 Jan 2022Refuse permission
Permission for infill with inert material (4.24 hectares) of a site su
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW21A/0089
11 Mar 2020Refuse permission
Infill with inert material (4.24 Hectares) of a site surrounded by an
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW20A/0038
25 May 2018Refuse permission
Revision of previously approved permission, planning ref. F16A/0388 to
Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0285
9 Feb 2017Grant permission
The development will consist of a two and three storey extension to th
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0388
16 Aug 2016Invalid application due to site notice
The development will consist of a two and three storey extension to th
Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0353
23 Sept 2013Grant permission
Permission for the demolition of an existing substandard single storey
Permission · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0107
17 Apr 2013Refuse permission for retention
Retention planning permission is sought for a 48 sq. m. home office (h
Retention · Fingal County Council, FW13A/0041
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 Ward Upper.
Recorded monuments
- DU011-091 Habitation site
Description
Excavations in advance of the N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme in 2004 revealed a random grouping of features including a small burnt pit, a linear feature and a small pit or cremation (03E1358). The pit (diam 1.65m, D 0.65m) produced 280 pieces of prehistoric pottery of Late Bronze Age date (NRA). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ward Upper.
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 Ward Upper.
- 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 Ward Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Ward Upper · An Barda Uachtarach
- Area
- 865,064 m² (86.51 ha, 213.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ward, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castleknock
- Electoral division
- The Ward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- The Ward electoral division: 13,289 people in 3,674 households; 63% of households own their home; 88% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bishopswood, Broghan, Cherryhound, Newpark, Ward Lower
- Placenames
- Ward Upper 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.