# Castledillon Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castledillon, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,423,436 m² (142.34 ha, 351.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,073 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Castledillon, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/castledillon.md - Barony: Salt South - Electoral division: Donaghcumper, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25345 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80282 - Centre: latitude 53.306979, longitude -6.587521 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castledillon Upper, from 603 m² to 760,323 m² (76.03 ha, 187.88 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1021493: 760,323 m² (76.03 ha, 187.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021493.md - Parcel 1083934: 446,247 m² (44.62 ha, 110.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083934.md - Parcel 1083849: 130,760 m² (13.08 ha, 32.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083849.md - Parcel 1083869: 67,274 m² (6.73 ha, 16.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083869.md - Parcel 2592219: 11,073 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592219.md - Parcel 1081134: 2,601 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081134.md - Parcel 5152056: 2,333 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5152056.md - Parcel 1034694: 2,222 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034694.md - Parcel 1065959: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065959.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 3 May 2022, Kildare County Council 22505: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22505/0 - 16 Sept 2021, Kildare County Council 211325: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211325/0 - 4 Oct 2019, Kildare County Council 191099: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191099/0 - 14 Dec 2018, Kildare County Council 181515: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181515/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Castledillon Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD014-016: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016004-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD014-016005-. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castledillon Upper. ## 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 Castledillon Upper, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2869, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2869.zip (ZIP). - 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/castledillon-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castledillon-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castledillon-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) 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: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardrass Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ardrass-upper.md - Ballyhays: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballyhays.md - Castledillon Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castledillon-lower.md - Clownings: https://everytownland.com/kildare/clownings-80347.md - Friarstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/friarstown-80550.md - Reeves: https://everytownland.com/kildare/reeves.md - Wheatfield Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/wheatfield-lower.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. 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/castledillon-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/castledillon-upper