Blackcastle

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackcastle, from 43 m² to 679,770 m² (67.98 ha, 167.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Blackcastle 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.

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side of existing dormer dwelling and as built roof finish (Granted under 94/604 as blue/black slates, now finished with blue/black tiles) and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22911

• 13 Aug 2018Conditional

  Alterations and refurbishment of a two-storey farmhouse dwelling; demolition of existing conservatory and the construction of a single- storey extension to the front / west side; reinstatement of original sash windows and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18978

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 Blackcastle.

Recorded monuments

• KD039-005 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  No surface traces. Pits and possible foundation trench of rectangular structure dating to 13th and 14th centuries excavated during laying of gas pipeline. Features extend beyond pipeline trench. (C-D g P 1984). (Bradley et al.168-76) Aerial photograph (GB89.O.11) shows cropmarks of interconnected fosses defining small irregular plots. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-038 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.O.14) shows the cropmark of a single ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• KD039-043 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified during aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett on 26 July 1990 and 15 July 1991. Aerial photographs (GB90.CL.36 and GB91.DW.29) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse with a rectangular enclosure attached to the north, and a rectilinear enclosure attached to the south. A cartographic representation of this monument in its landscape context is included in the following: Barrett, G.F. (2006) 'Discovering Kildare's 'hidden' landscapes: archaeological air survey, 1989-2000'. In Nolan, W. and McGrath, T. (eds.), County Kildare: History and Society, Geography Publications, Dublin, pp. 69-95. ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7. Barrett , G.F. '(2002) Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002. 1-30 Barrett, G.F. (2000) 'Lufterkundung und-bilder als Forshungsmethode bei Untersuchungen und Management von Kultulandschaften: ein irisches Beispel' in H. Behm (ed.) Kulturelles Erbe - Landschaften im Spannungsfeld zwischen Zerstörung und Bewahrung, Wittenburg, Germany: Pro Art Verlag, pp. 87-106, ISBN 3-00-006359. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• KD039-044 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett on 13 July 1990. Aerial photograph (GB90.BC.34) shows cropmark of two parallel fosses defining a trackway with an estimated visible length of c. 40m. A cartographic representation of this monument in its landscape context is included in the following: Barrett, G.F. (2006) 'Discovering Kildare's 'hidden' landscapes: archaeological air survey, 1989-2000'. In Nolan, W. and McGrath, T. (eds.), County Kildare: History and Society, Geography Publications, Dublin, pp. 69-95. ISBN 978-0-906602-57-7. Barrett , G.F. '(2002) Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002. 1-30 Barrett, G.F. (2000) 'Lufterkundung und-bilder als Forshungsmethode bei Untersuchungen und Management von Kultulandschaften: ein irisches Beispel' in H. Behm (ed.) Kulturelles Erbe - Landschaften im Spannungsfeld zwischen Zerstörung und Bewahrung, Wittenburg, Germany: Pro Art Verlag, pp. 87-106, ISBN 3-00-006359. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1880, retaining early fenestration with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre and single-bay two-storey recessed lower end bay to east. Renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising three-bay two-storey flat-roofed parallel range to rear to north having single-bay two-storey flat-roofed return. Renovated, c.1995, with single-bay single-storey mono-pitch conservatory added to west. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Rendered coping to gables. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1970. Flat-roof to porch behind parapet wall. Flat-roof to parallel range and return to rear to north. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered strips to corners. Square-headed window openings (one remodelled to ground floor, c.1970). Stone sills (concrete to rear elevation and to conservatory). 2/2 timber sash windows to front (south) elevation with exposed sash boxes. Timber casement windows, c.1970, to rear elevation to north. Fixed-pane uPVC windows to conservatory. Round-headed door opening. Moulded doorcase with archivolt. Replacement glazed door, c.1970. Spoked fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1880, to north-east. Gable-ended and hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Cut-granite quoins to corners. Square-headed integral carriageways. Timber doors. Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1905, comprising cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section with fluted spout having acanthus leaf motif and 'cow-tail' handle having ball finial. Now disused with cap missing. Freestanding cast-iron petrol pump, c.1940. Now disused. Inner gateway, c.1880, to south comprising cut-granite circular piers with ball finals having cast-iron gates with oak leaf finials. Gateway, c.1880, to south comprising cut-granite panelled piers with moulded capping having cast-iron gates and railings with spear head finials.

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 Blackcastle, 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blackcastle.

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

Name

Blackcastle

Area

702,031 m² (70.2 ha, 173.48 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmanoge, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Dunmanoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

461 people lived in 161 households in the Dunmanoge electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleroe West, Dunmanoge, Knockroe, Maganey Upper, Newtownpilsworth

Placenames

Blackcastle 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.