Castledillon Upper

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castledillon Upper, from 603 m² to 760,323 m² (76.03 ha, 187.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castledillon Upper 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 May 2022Conditional

  for (A) Extensions and alterations to existing 2 storey house to include, (B) New flat roof porch extension to front elevation, (C) New single storey & storey and a half domestic extension to front, rear, & side of existing 2 storey house, (D) Provision of additional screen planting and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22505

• 16 Sept 2021Refused

  the building of a single storey farm manager's residence, the installation of a small on-site wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and for all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211325

• 4 Oct 2019Refused

  the building of a two storey dwelling with single storey annex to side, serviced with small on site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines, and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191099

• 14 Dec 2018N/a

  the building of a two storey dwelling with single storey annex, serviced with small on site wastewater treatment system, to current EPA guidelines, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 181515

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 Castledillon Upper.

Recorded monuments

• KD014-016 Church
  Description

  Marked on Taylor's 1783 Map of County Kildare. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 12 (35, 36)), ' … there lies in an open field, a graveyard (KD014-016001-) without a fence and within it a portion of a wall, the only remaining part of an old church that stood there.' OMURETHI (1909-11, 206-7, 209) records, ' Castledillon … was originally called "Diseart Iollathan" (later corrupted to "Tristledelan"), that is St. Illan's Hermitage, from a Celtic saint of that name … venerated on February 2nd. About the year 1294 the churches of Kyledonnane (Killadoon, near Celbridge, KD011-006----) and "Tristledelan" in the Deanery "de Salthu Salmonis", are reported to be not worth the service of chaplains. … The walls of the old church are level with the ground, so that their foundations alone can be traced; it apparently consisted of nave and chancel.' According to Ronan (IHS 1941, 47), the site, 'Diseart Iollathan' was granted by Thomas de Hereford (c.1200) to St. Thomas's Abbey and later to St. Wolstan's (KD011-014----), but by 1615 it was in ruins. In the NE sector of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-016004-) which also contains a graveyard (KD014-016001-), a possible children's burial ground (KD014-016005-), is the site of a possible early Christain foundation (KD014-016003-), and is the original location of the fine, 13th century 'Castledillon Stone' effigy (KD014-016002-). All that survives of the church are the grassed-over foundation lines (Wth 3-4m; int H 0.2m; ext H 0.4m) of a rectangular structure (ext. dims. L 25m E-W; Wth 10.7m) sub-divided into probable nave and chancel by the foundations of a N-S internal wall. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-016001 Graveyard
  Description

  According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 12 (35, 36)), ' … there lies in an open field, a graveyard without a fence and within it a portion of a wall, the only remaining part of an old church (KD014-016----) that stood there.' OMURETHI (1909-11, 206-7, 209) records, ' Castledillon … was originally called "Diseart Iollathan" (later corrupted to "Tristledelan"), that is St. Illan's Hermitage, from a Celtic saint of that name … venerated on February 2nd. … a dilapidated rath-like earthwork … is the churchyard in question … unenclosed, so that cattle have free access to it. … On the south side of the church site there is a small patch of ground occupied by graves, only now to be distinguished by rough headstones torn from the former building; among them is a single, well-cut headstone … Spellicy … 1758.' In a large D-shaped area (ext. diam 52m E-W) with straight W side (L 61m) which is a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-016004-) which also contains a church (KD014-016----), a possible children's burial ground (KD014-016005-), is the site of a possible early Christain foundation (KD014-016003-), and is the original location of the fine, 13th century 'Castledillon Stone' effigy (KD014-016002-). The enclosing bank had been topped with concrete posts, most of which have fallen, and several gaps give access to the site, the original possibly in the N sector. The 1758 Spellicy headstone survives just inside the enclosing bank at E, and the remaining visible burials appear to be concentrated in a small area to the S of the church, marked by small, uninscribed field stones suggesting a Children's Burial Ground (KD014-016005-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-016002 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  This is the original location of the 'Castledillon Stone', a very fine 13th century effigial slab of limestone now in the Market House in Kildare town - see KD022-029073-. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-016003 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  OMURETHI (1909-11, 206-7, 209) records, ' Castledillon … was originally called "Diseart Iollathan" (later corrupted to "Tristledelan"), that is St. Illan's Hermitage, from a Celtic saint of that name … venerated on February 2nd. The surviving remains comprise a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-016004-) which contains a later, medieval church (KD014-016----), a graveyard (KD014-016001-), a possible children's burial ground (KD014-016005-), and is the original location of the fine, 13th century 'Castledillon Stone' effigy (KD014-016002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-016004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  OMURETHI (1909-11, 206-7, 209) records, ' Castledillon … was originally called "Diseart Iollathan" (later corrupted to "Tristledelan"), that is St. Illan's Hermitage, from a Celtic saint of that name … venerated on February 2nd. A large D-shaped area (ext. diam 52m E-W) with straight W side (L 61m) contains a later, medieval church (KD014-016----), a graveyard (KD014-016001-), a possible children's burial ground (KD014-016005-), is the site of a possible early Christain foundation (KD014-016003-), and is the original location of the fine, 13th century 'Castledillon Stone' effigy (KD014-016002-). Defined by a low, partially poached, earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m) topped with concrete posts, most of which have fallen, and a shallow, outer fosse (Wth 1.8-2.5m; D 0.4m). Several gaps give access to the site, the original possibly in the N sector. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-016005 Children's burial ground
  Description

  To the S of a church (KD014-016----) in a graveyard (KD014-016001-) in the NE sector of a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD014-016004-) which is the site of a possible Early Christian monastery (KD014-016003-) and is the original location of the fine, 13th century 'Castledillon Stone' effigy (KD014-016002-). Burials concentrated in a small area immediately S of the church are marked by small, uninscribed field stones, in occasional, random lines, suggestive of a children's burial ground. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castledillon 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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Castledillon Upper, 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_2869 (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 Castledillon Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Castledillon Upper

Area

1,423,436 m² (142.34 ha, 351.74 acres)

Civil parish

Castledillon, and its townlands

Barony

Salt South

Electoral division

Donaghcumper, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,652 people lived in 2,218 households in the Donaghcumper electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrass Upper, Ballyhays, Castledillon Lower, Clownings, Friarstown, Reeves, Wheatfield Lower

Placenames

Castledillon 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.