# Beaconstown, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilkea, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,213,039 m² (221.3 ha, 546.85 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,518 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilkea, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/kilkea.md
- Barony: Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division: Kilkea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 441 people lived in 143 households in the Kilkea electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25150
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80160
- Centre: latitude 52.93788, longitude -6.915208 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beaconstown, from 42 m² to 371,325 m² (37.13 ha, 91.76 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1087661: 371,325 m² (37.13 ha, 91.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087661.md
- Parcel 1059407: 300,838 m² (30.08 ha, 74.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059407.md
- Parcel 1090825: 216,495 m² (21.65 ha, 53.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090825.md
- Parcel 1057400: 215,582 m² (21.56 ha, 53.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057400.md
- Parcel 5294371: 202,721 m² (20.27 ha, 50.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294371.md
- Parcel 1086377: 162,752 m² (16.28 ha, 40.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086377.md
- Parcel 1024817: 160,076 m² (16.01 ha, 39.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1024817.md
- Parcel 1014154: 85,075 m² (8.51 ha, 21.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014154.md
- Parcel 5180414: 65,315 m² (6.53 ha, 16.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180414.md
- Parcel 5294280: 58,280 m² (5.83 ha, 14.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294280.md
- Parcel 5294273: 41,564 m² (4.16 ha, 10.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294273.md
- Parcel 1054201: 31,384 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054201.md
- Parcel 5294366: 18,386 m² (1.84 ha, 4.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294366.md
- Parcel 1058072: 18,034 m² (1.8 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058072.md
- Parcel 5180416: 17,193 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5180416.md
- Parcel 1087209: 13,067 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087209.md
- Parcel 2648109: 8,444 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648109.md
- Parcel 1016139: 8,244 m² (0.82 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016139.md
- Parcel 1026204: 4,297 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026204.md
- Parcel 5308957: 3,888 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5308957.md
- Parcel 1016977: 3,518 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016977.md
- Parcel 1080785: 2,765 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080785.md
- Parcel 1021771: 2,739 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021771.md
- Parcel 1040922: 2,360 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040922.md
- Parcel 1037007: 2,300 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1037007.md
- Parcel 1018505: 2,056 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018505.md
- Parcel 1020677: 1,973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020677.md
- Parcel 2648081: 1,911 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648081.md
- Parcel 2648105: 1,776 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648105.md
- Parcel 1022050: 1,517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1022050.md
- Parcel 2648080: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648080.md
- Parcel 1019025: 1,396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019025.md
- Parcel 1038955: 1,386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1038955.md
- Parcel 5294251: 987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294251.md
- Parcel 5294266: 907 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294266.md
- Parcel 1035016: 713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035016.md
- Parcel 5294262: 664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294262.md
- Parcel 5294274: 377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5294274.md
- Parcel 5689481: 127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689481.md
- Parcel 2648110: 98 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2648110.md
- Parcel 1088625: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088625.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 25 Aug 2026, Kildare County Council 2660958: N/a. Permission. RED III for 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on an overall site of c. 129.8 hectares consisting of the following: c. 496,308 sq m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 19 no. hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks with passing bays; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L8084, L8087, L4009 and L4012 public roads; 1no. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) location associated with the underground cable route; a total of 4 no. solar farm site entrances (1 no. from the L8084 public road, 1 no. from the L8091 public road, and 2 no. from the L4012 public road); access gates; 4 no. temporary site compounds of c. 4,050 sq m each to be used for storage during construction activity; 48no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Containers and 12no. associated MV Stations as well as associated CCTV, BESS Compound fencing, gate, boundary fencing and all associated ancillary drainage development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660958/0
- 11 Mar 2022, Kildare County Council 22272: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. development at Millbrook, Kilkea, Castledermot, (within the curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS No. B37-10). The development will consist of the refurbishment of an existing part single-storey part two-storey vernacular dwelling and outbuildings to form a three-bedroom dwelling and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22272/0
- 7 Jun 2019, Kildare County Council 19647: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Duration of Planning file Ref. 14/663 - A proposed single storey extension to the North (rear) and the East (side). Modifications of the existing single storey dwelling. Proposed single storey domestic garage and the replacement of existing septic tank with a secondary treatment system and percolation area in new location, all associated site services and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19647/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Beaconstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KD037-019: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-019----. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65) shows a circular area enclosed by a cropmark of a narrow fosse (est. max diam. c. 40m). Cropmarks of ring-ditches are visible nearby (KD037-031----). These features are also visible on a later (1989) aerial photo (GB89.R.03). Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-031001: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-031001-. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65), shows cropmarks of what are probably five small ring-barrows or ring-ditches (KD037-031001-/005-), in close proximity (est. max diam. c. 15m), defined by cropmarks of fosses. Cropmark of probable ringfort (KD037-019----) is adjacent. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-031002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-031002-. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65), shows cropmarks of what are probably five small ring-barrows or ring-ditches (KD037-031001-/005-), in close proximity (est. max diam. c. 15m), defined by cropmarks of fosses. Cropmark of probable ringfort (KD037-019----) is adjacent. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-031003: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-031003-. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65), shows cropmarks of what are probably five small ring-barrows or ring-ditches (KD037-031001-/005-), in close proximity (est. max diam. c. 15m), defined by cropmarks of fosses. Cropmark of probable ringfort (KD037-019----) is adjacent. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-031004: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-031004-. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65), shows cropmarks of what are probably five small ring-barrows or ring-ditches (KD037-031001-/005-), in close proximity (est. max diam. c. 15m), defined by cropmarks of fosses. Cropmark of probable ringfort (KD037-019----) is adjacent. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-031005: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-031005-. Aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 65), shows cropmarks of what are probably five small ring-barrows or ring-ditches (KD037-031001-/005-), in close proximity (est. max diam. c. 15m), defined by cropmarks of fosses. Cropmark of probable ringfort (KD037-019----) is adjacent. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-032: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-032----. Aerial photographs (GSI S135/S136) show a cropmark of a small circular feature (est. max diam. c. 20m), possibly a mound site, with two possibly associated ditches extending from the W side. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-033: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-033----. Shown on Taylor's map of County Kildare (1783) as a small circular earthwork. No visible surface trace. Date of upload: 15 September 2016
- KD037-053: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-053----. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.02) shows the cropmark of a circular enclosure, with an entrance facing NE, defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-054: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-054----. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.05) shows cropmark of an incomplete elongated oval enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-055: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-055----. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.06) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse (one of three adjacent monuments, KD037-055----, KD037-056---- and KD037-057----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-056: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-056----. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.06) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse (one of three adjacent monuments (KD037-055----, KD037-056---- and KD037-057----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-057: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-057----. Aerial photograph (GB89.R.06) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse (one of three adjacent monuments (KD037-055----, KD037-056---- and KD037-057----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-081: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-081----. Aerial photograph (GB96.FZ.21) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch with an entrance facing north-east. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 December 2011
- KD037-082: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-082----. Aerial photograph (GB96.FZ.21) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing north-east. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 December 2011
- KD037-083: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-083----. Aerial photograph (GB96.FZ.21) shows cropmark of a large rectilinear enclosure defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing east. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 December 2011
- KD037-084: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-084----. Aerial photograph (GB96.FZ.21) shows cropmark of a circular feature, possibly a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 December 2011
- KD037-085: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-085----. Aerial photograph (GB96.GC.25) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing south-west. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 08 December 2011
- KD037-095: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-095----. Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 33m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 28 May 2019

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Millbrook, miller's house, 1820–1860, Regional interest, registry number 11903715, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11903715. Detached five-bay two-storey over part-raised basement former mill owner's house with dormer attic, c.1840, originally four-bay with door opening approached by flight of steps. Extended, c.1880, comprising single-bay two-storey over basement end bay to south-east having single-bay full-height bowed bay to side elevation to south-east and two-bay three-storey over raised basement return to rear to south-west forming L-shaped plan. Extended, c.1950, comprising single-bay two-storey over raised basement flat-roofed return to rear to north-west. Now in private residential use. Hipped roofs with slate (gable-ended to north-west; half-conical to bowed bay to south-east). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to additional return. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 1/1, 2/2, 6/6 and 9/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of stone steps. Cut-stone surround. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.Attached nine-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with attic, c.1840, to west originally detached. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. No sills. Timber lintels. Timber casement windows. 1/1 timber sash windows to side elevation to east. Timber boarded doors.Detached ten-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1840, to west. Reroofed, c.1950. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950. Iron ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Traces of paint over. Square-headed openings. Cut-stone sills and lintels. Yellow brick dressings. Timber fittings.Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1840, to west on an L-shaped plan comprising two-bay double-height range with square-headed integral carriageway having two-bay two-storey range at right angles to east. Gable-ended roof on an L-shaped plan with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack (over part replacement concrete block construction). Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. Cut-stone sills and lintels. Fittings now gone.Internal gateway, c.1840, to west comprising pair of cut-granite piers with moulded capping. Gates now gone.Mill race, c.1840, to south with rubble stone retaining walls. Remains of cast-iron waterwheel, c.1840, to south retaining some early mechanisms. Now disused.Three-span rubble stone road bridge, c.1840, over mill race with wrought iron railings. Rubble stone walls. Wrought iron railings to parapet walls. Three flat spans on squat stone piers. Cut-stone lintels.Gateway, c.1840, to north comprising pair of cast-iron piers with wrought iron gates and railings.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Beaconstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Beaconstown.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/beaconstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/beaconstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/beaconstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Beaconstown, Athy: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/kildare/beaconstown-athy.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Castleroe West: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castleroe-west.md
- Kilkea Lodge Farm: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilkea-lodge-farm.md
- Kilkea Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilkea-upper.md
- Levitstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/levitstown-80803.md
- Levitstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/levitstown-80804.md
- Rosetown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rosetown-81082.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/beaconstown
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