Ardscull

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardscull, from 15 m² to 506,730 m² (50.67 ha, 125.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ardscull 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 Aug 2026Refused

  is sought for a detached single storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways, access via existing recessed entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660887

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  for: 1) Phased restoration of a worked out quarry back to its original agricultural use. 2) Upgrade of existing site access. 3) Site storm water drainage. 4) Temporary works and items including: internal access roads; wheelwash; inspection & quarantine area; site compound (bunded refuelling area, portable staff canteen & welfare unit, portable WC & handwashing unit, and parking area) for the duration of the development. 5) Associated ancillary works. The application site boundary encloses c. 4.3 Ha. The restoration works will comprise of the phased filling of c. 99,500 m3 of clean inert natural imported subsoil and topsoil followed by cultivation for agricultural use. A waste facility permit and / or waste licence will be required in relation to the importing of the soil

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461371

• 2 Aug 2024Conditional

  for a single storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area, bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460753

• 27 Feb 2024Conditional

  for to construct a single storey dwelling, single storey detached garage, new entrance off existing access roadway, septic tank and percolation area, connection to mains water and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460170

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  1. Rearrangement of farm entrance from public road. 2. Extension of existing agricultural building. 3. Slurry tank and soiled water tank. 4. Silage pit. 5. Concrete yards and all ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221152

• 16 Aug 2021Conditional

  to construct a new extension and all associated works to my existing dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211177

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling, detached single storey garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area, bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21193

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 Ardscull.

Recorded monuments

• KD035-008 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a narrow oval enclosure (est. c. 30m ENE-WSW; c. 15m NNW-SSE), with the S limits incorporated into a later field boundary. The neighbouring field boundaries have since been cleared and no visible surface trace of the monument survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 27 November 2013

• KD035-009 Moated site
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing tillage slope. Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a substantial rectangular enclosure (est. c. 55m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a bank with an external fosse. According to Omurethi (1896, 193-4), it was levelled for top-dressing a holding c. 1890 during which, '… in the north-eastern corner of the rampart [the leveller] came across an unflagged chamber, full of black barley and ashes, of which he drew away twenty-seven cartloads, and used it as manure. To the astonishment of his neighbours no ill effects to him or his have resulted’. Visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 83 (1967) and BOC 60 (1973)) as the cropmark of a broad fosse enclosing a rectangular area. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 27 November 2013

• KD035-010001 Castle - motte
  Description

  On a hilltop with panoramic views over mixed pasture and tillage. While, traditionally, the site of a battle between the Leinstermen and the Munstermen in the second century AD, there are no documentary references to Ardscull before the coming of the Normans, after which it’s likely that Ardscull became a borough (KD035-010002-) of some importance (Bradley et al. 1986 Vol. I, 23-4). Further, there are no specific medieval references to this imposing earthwork; the first clear reference not occurring until 1654 when the Book of General Orders noted a request from the inhabitants of Co. Kildare for the State to contribute £30 “towards the finishing of a Fort that they have built at the Mote of Ardscull (op. cit. 27). A substantial tree-clad, oval-shaped, earthen mound, the upper surface of which, enclosed by a bank, has been extensively dug out (possibly as a result of the construction of the 17th-century ‘Fort’) and the base of which is girdled by a narrow shallow fosse (base Wth 2m; D 1m) - infilled between ENE and ESE – and a denuded outer bank (H 0.5m at N – 2.3m at S), outside of which a later lane and road run E-S-W (base diams. 122m E-W; 98m N-S; surface diams. base of bank to base of bank 33m E-W; 33m N-S; diams. crest of bank to crest of bank 62m E-W; 46.5m N-S; H above outer ground level to top of bank at N c.8m; at E c.11m; at S c.9m; at W c.10m). At W, a gap (Wth 2m) in the outer bank leads to a ramped causeway (base Wth 8.5m; surface Wth 1.9m) which crosses the fosse and leads up to a gap (Wth 3m) in the bank and the summit of the mound. OMURETHI (1896, 190-91) reproduces Beaufort’s 1789 plan of the monument in which he recorded rectangular structures in the NW and SW sectors of the summit, and “either a well or an entrance to a cave” in the SE sector. Two adjoining shallow rectangular depressions (L 7m NE-SW; Wth 5m; D 0.1-0.3m) in the NW sector may be the remains of Beaufort’s structures, but the other features he recorded are no longer clearly identifiable. At the N foot of the mound a cresentic area (c. 31m E-W; c12 m N-S) is defined by a low curving bank (int. H 0.5m; Wth 3.7m; ext. H 1.6m). It may be a type of outwork, but its dimensions appear to be too small for it to have been a bailey. A 1967 aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 79) shows an E-W curving arc defined by a scarp some 50m N of the monument (the line of which was followed by a now levelled field boundary shown on the OS 6-inch mapping) which may be the remains of a bailey? Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 November 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 91/1940).

• KD035-012001 Church
  Description

  In Ardscull Graveyard (KD035-012004-) which lies near the centre of a very large, but levelled, multivallate early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD035-012002-). The historically attested to borough of Ardscull (KD035-010002-/KD035-012003-) may have been located in the vicinity of the church. According to Bradley et al. (1986a, Vol. I, 29), the first recorded reference to the church of Ardscull occurs in a list of the deaneries of the diocese of Dublin, probably dating to the later 1270’s, in which the church was noted as belonging to the common fund of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. While the same situation obtained in 1294, by the 16th-century Ardscull was recorded as a chapel of the mother-church of Moone (op. cit.). No visible surface trace of the church survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 0 December 2013

• KD035-012002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In level mixed tillage and pasture. Visible on a series of aerial photographs (CUCAP AYL 75 and 78 (1969); BDH 70 (1970); BOC 56 9 (1973) and GB90.BC.07 and 08 (1990)) as the cropmarks of the fosses of two widely spaced and partly concentric circular enclosures (est. max. diam. c. 240m), with possible entrance gaps at W, surrounding Ardscull church (KD035-012001-) and graveyard (KD035-012004-). Also visible (GB90.BC.07) are cropmarks of five small rectilinear enclosures and a trackway extending beyond the curvilinear components, suggesting an associated field system. Compiled by: Gillian Barrett and Gearóid Conroy Date of revision: 04 December 2013

• KD035-012004 Graveyard
  Description

  Near the top of a short gentle E-facing slope, in tillage, near the centre of a very large but levelled early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD035-012—2-). Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a triangular area (est. c. 40m E-W; est. max. c. 30m N-S), but recorded as circular on the current ed. (1939) of the map. A raised area (diam. 40m; H 2.5m) is enclosed by a modern stone wall, with access steps at NW. The interior is very uneven underfoot and rises to a level rectangular area (18m E-W; 12m N-S) which may be the location of the levelled Ardscull church (KD035-012001-). Marked burials are concentrated in the S-half of the graveyard and the earliest noted date to the 18th-century. The medieval borough of Ardscull (KD035-012003-) may have been located in the vicinity of this church and graveyard. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 December 2013

• KD035-013 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In level pasture just outside, to NW of, a very large ecclesiastical enclosure (KD035-012002-) surrounding Ardscull graveyard (KD035-012004-). In an annotated portion of the OS 6-inch map accompanying his article on Ardscull motte (KD035-010001-), OMURETHI (1891-5, 197), indicates a small square area in the corner of a roadside field which he calls, 'The Dullagh (burial place of unbaptised children)’. There are no visible surface trace of grave-markers. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 November 2013

• KD035-104 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) as a circular area (est. diam. c. 30m) defined by the cropmark a back-filled fosse. A second fosse defining a slightly larger and more irregular area abutting the site along W may be the remains of an associated annexe of field. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 November 2014

• KD035-105 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) as an oval area (est. diams. c. 60m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined by the cropmark a back-filled fosse, truncated by later field boundaries at Se and along S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 November 2014

• KD035-116 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid). A circular area (est. diam. c. 12-15m) is defined S-W-NW by the cropmark of a back-filled fosse Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 02 December 2014

• KD035-117 Enclosure
  Description

  On a headland in tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid). A circular area (est. diam. c. 20m) is defined by an overgrown enclosing element. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 02 December 2014

• KD035-121 Moated site
  Description

  Cropmark of trapezoidal-shaped enclosure or moated site (approx. dims. 46m NW-SE x 43m NE-SW) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Faint outline of cropmark visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Cropmark of extensive field system of uncertain antiquity with cropmark of possible medieval roadway in S quadrant of field. The straight linear nature of the field system and the way it cuts across the cropmark of the possible road may suggest a post-1700 date. Ardscull Moat (KD035-010001-) 495m to E. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018

• KD035-122 Road - hollow-way
  Description

  Cropmark of parallel linear earthworks (approx. L. 500m; Wth 11m) running E-W visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Faint outline of cropmarks visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. The linear earthworks may represent the remains of a medieval roadway running towards Ardscull Moat (KD035-010001-) located at E end of linear earthworks. Cropmark of field system to N of roadway and moated site (KD035-121----) in N quadrant of field. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018

• KD035-124 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of small circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018 See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Pat Reid Date of upload: 06 December 2018

• KD035-125 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 34m) with rectangular shaped annexe (approx. dims. 28m N-S x 22m E-W) or small field to E, with possible field system radiating out from enclosure visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018 See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Pat Reid Date of upload: 06 December 2018

Architectural heritage

• The Grove, RIC barracks, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rubble stone former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, c.1830, with single-bay two-storey gabled projecting bay to centre and two-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to north originally single-storey. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising three-bay single-storey flat-roofed rubble stone return to rear to north with first floor added to original return to accommodate residential use. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof (gabled to projecting bay; lean-to to return to rear to north). Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC eaves, c.1990. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Flat-roof to additional return behind rubble stone parapet wall. Materials not visible. Rubble stone walls (possibly originally rendered). Cut-stone quoins to corners. Roughcast to rear elevation to north. Unpainted. Rubble stone walls to additional return. Rubble stone parapet wall. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to projecting bay; round-headed to first floor projecting bay). Cut-stone sills. Cut-stone surrounds. Concrete sills to additional return. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1970, to rear elevation to north. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to front elevation to south. Square-headed door opening. Cut-stone surround. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1970. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Lawns to front.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with "ER VII" royal cipher and raised crown motif. Set within rubble stone boundary wall of former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Barracks.

• Moat Lodge, farm house, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1740, originally on an L-shaped plan retaining early fenestration with two-bay two-storey return to rear to north-east. Extended, c.1870, comprising two-bay two-storey return to rear to north-east. Renovated, c.1920, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to centre. Extended, c.1980, comprising three-bay single-storey lean-to parallel range along rear elevation to north-east. Part refenestrated, c.2000. Hipped roof (originally on an L-shaped plan) with slate (gabled to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Scalloped bargeboards to porch. Iron rainwater goods (some replacement uPVC, c.2000). Lean-to to parallel range to north-east. Artificial slate with glazed section. Snecked limestone walls. Dressed limestone quoins. Rendered to porch. Unpainted. Roughcast to additional return. Unpainted. Rendered to parallel range to north-east. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Dressed stone voussoirs. 2/2 timber sash windows. Some replacement uPVC casement windows, c.2000, to additional return and to rear (north-east). Square-headed door opening. Moulded surround. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Group of detached single- and two-storey rubble stone outbuildings, c.1740, to north-east about a courtyard comprising: Detached seven-bay single-storey outbuilding with three-bay two-storey end block to south-west. Renovated, c.2000, with end block converted to residential use. Gable-ended roof with slate (replacement slate, c.2000, to end block). Clay ridge tiles (replacement red clay crested ridge tiles, c.2000, to end block). Red brick chimney stack. Replacement timber eaves, c.2000, to end block. Iron rainwater goods (replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000, to end block). Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Stone lintels. Timber fittings to single-storey range. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.2000, to end block. Replacement glazed uPVC panelled door, c.2000. Detached six-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north-east. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gables. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Circular recess to centre. Square-headed openings. No sills. Yellow brick dressings. Cut-stone lintels. Timber fittings. Detached eight-bay single-storey rubble stone range completing quadrangular arrangement. Renovated, c.1980, with some openings remodelled. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Cut-stone lintels. Fittings now mostly gone with some openings blocked-up (concrete block).

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 Ardscull, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2504 (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.

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

Name

Ardscull · Ard Scol

Area

4,826,961 m² (482.7 ha, 1,192.77 acres)

Civil parish

Moone, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban East

Electoral division

Burtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

421 people lived in 157 households in the Burtown electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghanure, Ardnagross, Ballindrum, Blackwood, Burtown Big, Forest, Inch, Kilmead, Rathgrumly, Russellstown

Placenames

Ardscull 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.