Ardkill

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardkill, from 70 m² to 839,969 m² (84 ha, 207.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardkill in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 3 Dec 2018Conditional

  Erection of a single storey dwelling, a garage /fuel store for domestic use and the installation of an effluent treatment system along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181448

• 14 Sept 2018Conditional

  (a) Erection of a single storey extension to the south-east elevation of the existing vernacular type single storey house and (b) the decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new proprietary waste- water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181130

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Carbury Bog NHA 001388

Recorded monuments

• KD008-008001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a very gentle S-facing pasture slope, overlooking a possible deserted medieval settlement site (KD008-008002-), with a medieval church (KD008-009----) and graveyard (KD008-009002-) some 350m away from the castle, to the SSE. Only the E-angle of a very poorly preserved, two-storied structure survives and comprises the SE wall (L 7m; wall T 1.22m) and a very short length of the NE wall (L 1.5m), together with a small rectangular corner tower (dims. L 2.65m E-W; Wth 2m) which projects SE from the SW end of the SE wall and which may be a later addition. There is a slight base-batter on the SE wall, but not on the corner tower. The walls are built of randomly coursed limestone blocks facing a rubble core of very angular, small stones in a dense mortar which contains numerous pebble, gravel and slate inclusions. Traces of a heavy, concrete-like render survive in patches. An irregular ope (Wth 1.8m) to E of centre in the SE wall is probably the remains of a robbed-out doorway. The inner faces of both walls carry the scar-lines of a robbed-out vault which was orientated NE-SW and covered the ground floor, and which may have carried a loft under it's arch. The corner tower contains a chimney flue in the SE wall, the base of which is robbed-out at ground-floor level, but which rises into first-floor level to run behind a second flue whose base flares out to NE and SW to accommodate a robbed-out fireplace. The flues contain some red brick. Traces of a probable bawn (KD008-008003-) are visible immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-008002 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  On a very gentle S-facing pasture slope, between a tower house (KD008-008001-) and bawn (KD008-008003-) to the NNW and a medieval church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-) to the SSE. A large rectangular area (dims. L c. 250m NNW-SSE; Wth c. 100m) is partly subdivided by five, parallel, rectangular terraces (dims. av. L c. 100m ENE-WSW; av. Wth c. 25m) separated by low scarps (H 0.3-0.6m), and was originally accessed to W of centre by a broad sunken trackway (designated KD008-008004-) running N from the church and graveyard (av. Wth 11m; D 0.5m; traceable L c. 100m). Parallel and c. 40m to the E, a second, shorter and much narrower sunken trackway (designated KD008-008005-) also runs N from the church and graveyard (Wth 2m; D 0.5m; traceable L 10m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-008003 Bawn
  Description

  Immediately SE of a tower house (KD008-008001-). A very poorly preserved rectangular area (dims. L 35m NW-SE; Wth 27m) is defined by a low grassed-over stony bank (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.4m) along the NE, SE and SW, and by the tower house along part of its NW side. Along the SE there are traces of an outer, shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) which runs off to the NE, beyond the site limits. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-008004 Road - hollow-way
  Description

  On a very gentle S-facing pasture slope, between a tower house (KD008-008001-) and bawn (KD008-008003-) to the NNW and a medieval church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-) to the SSE. A possible deserted medieval settlement (KD008-008003-) was accessed from the S by a broad sunken trackway (designated KD008-008004-) running N from the church and graveyard (av. Wth 11m; D 0.5m; traceable L c. 100m). Parallel and c. 40m to the E, a second, shorter and much narrower sunken trackway (designated KD008-008005-) also runs N from the church and graveyard (Wth 2m; D 0.5m; traceable L 10m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-008005 Road - hollow-way
  Description

  On a very gentle S-facing pasture slope, between a tower house (KD008-008001-) and bawn (KD008-008003-) to the NNW and a medieval church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-) to the SSE. A possible deserted medieval settlement (KD008-008003-) was accessed from the S by a broad sunken trackway (designated KD008-008004-) running N from the church and graveyard (av. Wth 11m; D 0.5m; traceable L c. 100m). Parallel and c. 40m to the E, a second, shorter and much narrower sunken trackway (designated KD008-008005-) also runs N from the church and graveyard (Wth 2m; D 0.5m; traceable L 10m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-009001 Church
  Description

  The church stands to the SW of centre in a graveyard (KD008-009002-), on the site of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD008-009003-). A poorly preserved, ivy-clad, rectangular structure (int. dims. L 16m E-W; Wth 6m) is comprised of E and W gable walls built of randomly coursed limestone blocks (wall T 0.9m), with the E gable wall supported externally by bonded buttresses. The N wall is reduced to a grassed-over stony spread (Wth 2m; int H 0.4m; ext H 0.9m), and only a short, low section of the E end of the S wall survives (L 4.8m; H 1m). The W gable wall contains a rubble-built, round-headed window. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-009002 Graveyard
  Description

  At the S-foot of a long, gentle pasture slope with a deserted medieval settlement site (KD008-008002-) immediately to the N and a tower house (KD008-008001-) and bawn (KD008-008003-) beyond, c. 350m to the NNW of the graveyard. A roughly rectangular area (dims. L c. 70m N-S; Wth c. 55m) is enclosed by a low, mortared stone wall with an entrance gate at the SW corner. A ruined church (KD008-009001-) and a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD008-009003-) lie to SW of centre. Burials are concentrated to the S of the church, with the earliest legible grave markers dating from the 18th century, and the graveyard is still in use. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-009003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  To the SW of centre in a graveyard (KD008-009002-). A slightly raised, oval area (int. diams. 30m E-W; 20m N-S) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.6-1.4m) and may be the remains of an early ecclesiastical enclosure. A later, medieval church (KD008-009001-) stands in the N sector. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-017 Enclosure
  Description

  In level, poor, rushy pasture c. 150m SE of a medieval church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-). A D-shaped area (diam. 26m NE-SW), with a straight NE side (L 65m) appears to be the W-half of an originally circular or oval enclosure. It is defined by a low grass covered, earthen bank (Wth 5.1m; H 0.4m) from S to NW, but by a modern field bank along it's straight NE side. There is no obvious visible surface trace of the E-half of the monument. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD008-044 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  Small circular-shaped earthwork located in field 130m W of Ardkill Church (KD008-009001-) and graveyard (KD008-009002-). Cropmark of small circular area (approx. diam. 10) defined by a fosse the outline of which is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. The small size and form of the monument may suggest that this is the site of a small ditch barrow. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 22 February 2018

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pier-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1908, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in rendered pier.

• The Sweep, house, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched house, extant 1837, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey off-central windbreak. Renovated, ----. Hipped oat straw thatch roof, rope twist ridge with paired exposed stretchers having exposed scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack, and blind stretchers to eaves having blind scallops. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed off-central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed uPVC panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Road fronted on a corner site.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Ardkill.

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 Ardkill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Ardkill

Area

2,538,689 m² (253.87 ha, 627.32 acres)

Civil parish

Ardkill, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Carbury, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carbury electoral division: 2,345 people in 780 households; 77% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carbury, Collinstown, Coonagh, Demesne, Knockcor, Mylerstown

Placenames

Ardkill 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.