Castletown

691 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 3 m² to 947,689 m² (94.77 ha, 234.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 88 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Sept 2026N/a

  for the conversion of two existing garages for use as part of the dwelling house, including replacement of two garage doors on the west elevation and double doors on the east elevation with windows, upgrade to the existing effluent treatment system, and all associated site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660998

• 6 Jul 2026N/a

  for the conversion of two existing garages for use as part of the dwelling house, including replacement of two garage doors on the west elevation and double doors on the east elevation with windows

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660747

• 16 Jun 2026Conditional

  the reconfiguration and retrofit of the existing 5-bedroom bungalow inclusive of its existing extension. The reconfiguration will include the reduction of one bedroom, internal layout changes and the introduction of a rear patio and canopy. The works will be completed without adding additional floor area to the house. The original house and existing extension will be externally insulated. Entry gates and boundary fencing will be retained as is. Two sheds to the side of the house and a bay window to the front of the house will be demolished

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660649

• 8 Jun 2026N/a

  will consist of: The reconfiguration and retrofit of the existing 5-bedroom bungalow inclusive of its existing extension. The reconfiguration will include the reduction of one bedroom, internal layout changes and the introduction of a rear patio and canopy. The works will be completed without adding additional floor area to the house. The original house and existing extension will be externally insulated. Entry gates and boundary fencing will be retained as is.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660609

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  Removal of existing lean-to canopy to the side and construction of a single-storey pitched roof extension to the side and front of the dwelling

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660539

• 20 May 2026N/a

  Removal of existing lean-to canopy to the side and construction of a single-storey pitched roof extension to the side and front of the dwelling.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660526

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey rear extension to the existing dwelling incorporating a pitched roof with vaulted ceiling, including rooflights and associated structural works. The development will also include internal alterations to the existing dwelling, comprising reconfiguration of the internal layout to form a new bathroom and storage areas. The development further includes the demolition of an existing conservatory and shed structures, together with all associated site development works, drainage works, and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660403

• 7 Apr 2026N/a

  a single-storey rear extension to the existing dwelling incorporating a pitched roof with vaulted ceiling, including rooflights and associated structural works. The development will also include internal alterations to the existing dwelling, comprising reconfiguration of the internal layout to form a new bathroom and storage areas. The development further includes the demolition of an existing conservatory and shed structures, the provision of new window and door openings, and all associated site development works, drainage works, and ancillary works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660368

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  1. the alterations to the car parking arrangement previously granted planning permission under planning ref. no. 23595, 2. retain the use of an existing established vehicular access from Aghards Road, 3. and associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660283

• 12 Mar 2026N/a

  1. the alterations to the car parking arrangement previously granted planning permission under planning ref. no. 23595, 2. retain the use of an existing established vehicular access from Aghards Road 3. and associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660271

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  Extension of Duration: 20/873: the construction of a logistics warehouse with ancillary office accommodation (total c. 25,268 sqm) to an overall height of 14.86 metres. The warehouse element of the development is principally single storey including an ancillary mezzanine level (554 sqm). The ancillary offices, comprising c. 1,737 sqm, are provided over three storeys and include toilets, change rooms, showers, cafeteria, gym, plant areas and circulation spaces. The proposed development will also include: the provision of a new vehicular access from Barnhall Road roundabout with ancillary associated entry/exit gates, access road and footpath; 179 no. surface car parking spaces including electric vehicle charging stations and 18 no. bicycle parking; solar pv panels on the warehouse roof; hard and soft landscaping; signage; sprinkler storage tanks and pump house; an electrical substation (c. 54 sqm); and all ancillary works including boundary treatments, street lighting, site excavation and development works above and below ground. The site is principally bounded by: Liffey Business Campus to the north; Barnhall Road to the east; Barnhall Rugby Football Club to the south; and by grounds associated with Castletown House to the west. At this site of c. 8.19 hectares at Liffey Business Campus (formerly known as the Hewlett Packard Campus)

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2621

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  1. Signage and alterations to the front elevation of an existing pharmacy,2. 4no. signs associated with the existing commercial premises on-site, 3. And associated site development works. Permission for the provision of a bicycle parking area and associated site development works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561362

• 31 Oct 2025N/a

  1. Signage and alterations to the front elevation of an existing pharmacy, 2. 4no. signs associated with the existing commercial premises on-site, 3. And associated site development works. Permission for the provision of a bicycle parking area and associated site development works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561241

• 13 Sept 2025Conditional

  of the change of use of the existing ground floor side extension from a utility room to a hair salon

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561054

• 26 Aug 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of existing single storey shed and the construction of new single storey extension to the rear of the existing detached dwelling comprising new master bedroom dressing room & ensuite, new utility/store room. Works will also include replacement of existing tiled roof finish with new zinc standing seam style roof, minor alteration to front of roof to extend roof over front bay window/porch, removal of ex. Chimney and other associated minor alterations to facilitate works inc. New roof glazing & alterations to kitchen facade at rear, minor landscaping etc

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560968

• 22 Jul 2025Conditional

  Development will consist of the erection of porch extension to the front and first floor extension to the front side and rear. And a single storey extension to the rear.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 25127

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the removal of existing front door on front elevation and replacement with new window and construction of new entrance door on gable elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560747

• 16 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a 2 storey 3 bedroom house 111.6sqm to include subdivision of the existing site, new entrance from adjacent cul-de-sac, demolition of existing boundary wall, opaque glazed screened light well at rear of part of first floor level, hard and soft landscaping to front of proposed house, green Sedem roof, outdoor storage shed, bicycle and bin storage facilities, provision of 2no. carparking spaces, the proposal also includes for the installation of a new Velux rooflight to the front of the existing house No. 89 and the relocation of an existing window to the rear of the house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 25110

• 16 Jun 2025N/a

  for the removal of existing front door on front elevation and replacement with new window and construction of new entrance door on gable elevation

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560669

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  for 6 No. new lighting pole standards with energy efficient LED lamp / flood lights no more than 18.5 metres high, to provide illumination to the existing training pitches. Inclusive of all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560367

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  for the Construction of a single-storey extension to the side and rear, Planning Permission for the construction of the continuation of the side extension into a first-floor extension, internal alterations and all associated ancillary site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560072

• 23 Dec 2024N/a

  for the Construction of a single story extension to the side and rear, Planning Permission for the construction of the continuation of the side extension into a first floor extension, internal alterations and all associated ancillary site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2461402

• 13 Dec 2024N/a

  for the Construction of a single story extension to the side and rear, Planning Permission for the construction of the continuation of the side extension into a first floor extension, internal alterations and all associated ancillary site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461345

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  for two-storey extension to side, single-storey extension to front, 2 No. bay windows, apex roof over entrance, conversion of attic space to non-habitable space with dormer to rear and velux to front, widening and repositioning of existing vehicular access with new masonry wall and piers and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461254

• 12 Nov 2024N/a

  for a two-storey extension to side, single-storey extension to front, 2 No. bay windows, apex roof over entrance, conversion of attic space to non-habitable space with dormer to rear and velux to front, widening and repositioning of existing vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461193

The 25 most recent of 99 applications.

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 Castletown.

Recorded monuments

• KD011-023 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Recorded on the Down Survey (1655-6) as a substantial house and orchard named 'Castletonne Orchard' in the immediate vicinity of Castletown House. According to Bradley et al. (1986, Vol. 2, 130), the earliest reference to the castle of Celbridge is in 1403 (Tresham 1828, 167); because of the absence of earlier references, it is likely that the castle was constructed after the Earl of Kildare gained possession of Celbridge in 1397-9. The castle stood to the north of Celbridge in Castletown townland, and was described as 'a hall built after the Irish or country manner, covered with straw' (13 PRI rep. DK, 211 no. 4181). A 2003 architectural report commissioned by the OPW (SMR file) contains the following details: "By 1787 Lady Louisa Connolly .... was involved in supervising the construction of the extensive and spacious farm buildings. It would appear that part of the farm buildings at Castletown are built on the site of the earlier tower house which gave its name to the estate … . On Rocque's map there appears to be a building located to the west of the house on the site of the mediaeval castle and at the present location of the home farm buildings. Adjacent are substantial formal gardens. … remains (comprise) a mediaeval wall incorporated in the east end of the cattle yard and the two vaults adjacent to the farmyard bell … . The footprint of this mediaeval structure could probably be revealed without great inconvenience to any other structure except for the modern forge building [later demolished] as the batter on the extant wall indicates that the building stretched towards the courtyard. …" The site is referred to locally as the 'Dongon Castle' Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-042 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Found during archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange in 2001. Subsequent excavation (Licence no. 01E0669) uncovered the remains of a ring-ditch 'Site 4' (KD011-042----), an associated enclosure (KD011-042002-) and a later kiln (KD011-042001-). The ring-ditch measured 9m in diameter, with a ditch 1.5m wide and 0.9m deep. Contained within the ditch were a series of individual deposits. All were contained within the one layer of fill and were spaced throughout the ditch. The deposits consisted of two separate pots, three small charcoal spreads, two cattle skulls, and part of a human cranium. The pottery appears to be Late Bronze Age in date. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-042001 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Found during archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange in 2001. Subsequent excavation (Licence no. 01E0669) uncovered a stone-built kiln feature (KD011-042001-) set into one of the ditches of an enclosure (KD011-042002-) which also contained a ringditch (KD011-042----). Soil samples from the interior yielded grain, suggesting that this was a corn-drying kiln. This is also supported by the discovery of part of a quernstone in the kiln structure. A large pit nearby containing burnt material and an iron knife blade may also be contemporary. An Early Christian date is being suggested for this phase of activity. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-042002 Enclosure
  Description

  Found during archaeological monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange in 2001. Subsequent archaeological excavation (Licence no. 01E0669) uncovered the remains of a ring-ditch (KD011-042----) within an associated enclosure (KD011-042002-), and a later kiln (KD011-042001-). Three ditches enclosed an area c. 35m east-west by c. 25m. The largest ditch ran north-south before curving and turning west. It followed and respected the curve of the ring-ditch at this point, suggesting the two were contemporary. As it turned from the ring-ditch it became more linear again. It had a total length of c. 35m, was 2m wide and 1.3m deep. Its northern terminus was not established as it went out under the road-take. It contained large amounts of animal bone with a high percentage of animal skulls. At its western end it was met by another ditch, also running east-west. This was 1-2m wide and 0.5-0.9m deep and ran west for 24m before terminating 1m short of a third ditch. Contained within the fill of this ditch was the entire skeleton of a small horse or pony. The third ditch ran north-south for 28m and was c. 1.5m wide and 0.45m deep. Also contained within this complex were a series of small pits and burnt hearth areas. Some of these contained cremated animal bone, but there was no evidence for any human bone. As with the ring-ditch and ditches, these are probably contemporary and Late Bronze Age in date. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-050 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Eighteen potential archaeological sites were found during monitoring of topsoil-stripping on the Celbridge Interchange, from April to December 2001 (Licence no. 01E0306: www.excavations.ie). Most were resolved through subsequent excavation. The scheme was approximately 4km in length and ran from Celbridge to Leixlip through gently undulating land with a mixture of arable, pasture and woodland. The southern part of the scheme runs through an area heavily influenced by 18th-century landscape design, with avenues, woodland and tree-lined field boundaries centred on the early 18th-century house at Castletown. This site (‘Site 7’ Excavation Licence No. 01E0547 www.excavations.ie) was a corn-drying kiln built in to an earlier ditch. The stone-lined kiln was L-shaped in plan (4.5m E-W; 3.8m N-S) and had a fire-bowl on its E side (diam. 0.95m). At the base of the flue on its W side was a circular pit (diam. 0.6m; D 0.3m), the lower fills of which were rich in charred cereal grains but contained no finds. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060 Burial mound
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m by 9m was opened in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed (designated KD011-060001-). The burial appears to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A circular concentration of compact stony material (diam. 3m) to the north-east of the excavated burial may be the surviving core of a low mound, otherwise levelled (KD011-060-----). Significantly two of the smaller pits (diam. 1m) are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger pits (diam 2m), including the pit containing the excavated burial, lying its edge (L 0.5-2.5m away). The burial pattern appears to be the insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060001 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060002 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060003 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060004 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060005 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060006 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-060007 Pit-burial
  Description

  In 2010, during archaeological monitoring (Excavation Licence No. 10E0414) of ongoing restoration works commissioned by the Office of Public Works within Castletown Demesne, a prehistoric site was uncovered in a trench for a gas pipeline and services ducting traversing the front lawn of the Castletown House. An area measuring approximately 8m x 9m was opened under archaeological direction in order to clarify the nature and context of the find. The site contained a crouched inhumation burial (designated KD011-060001-) and a crushed prehistoric vessel which were fully recorded and removed. They appear to fit with the 'Bowl Tradition' of Bronze Age burial of the later 3rd Millennium BC. The service trench had truncated at least six other pit burials (designated KD011-060002-, KD011-060003-, KD011-060004-, KD011-060005-, KD011-060006- and KD011-060007-). They were recorded in situ and were not subjected to any further disturbance. The pits were sub-circular (diams. 1-2m: D 0.3-0.6m), and, visible in section, filled with quantities of cremated bone. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery were also found. Their morphologies and fills have a similar character to the crouched inhumation. Provisional conclusions are that the site represents a cemetery of pit burials. A concentration of compact stony material of 3m diameter to the north-east of the excavated burial is somewhat suggestive of the surviving core of a low mound (KD011-060-----), otherwise levelled. Significantly two of the smaller sub-1m-diameter pits are set into the edges of this stony material, with three of the larger 2m-diameter pits (including the one containing the excavated burial) lying 0.5-2.5m from its edge. It is possible that this pattern represents insertion of cremations into a small focal mound with inhumations situated around its edges. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD011-075 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; in tillage and visible on Bing aerial imagery as a circular area (diam. c. 14m) defined by the cropmark of a fosse. See attached image: KD011-075----_01 Snip of Bing aerial image. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 14 June 2023

Architectural heritage

• Castletown, gate lodge, 1840–1872 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey gate lodge, extant 1872, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, and red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing sheet steel door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of street at entrance to grounds of Castletown.

• School, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay double-height school, built 1813-4, on a U-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch; two-bay two-storey gabled projecting end bays. Pitched slate roof on a U-shaped plan on strutted King post timber construction; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) on cut-limestone columns on cut-limestone stepped plinths, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks including rendered chimney stacks (west) having rendered capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Lime rendered coursed rubble stone walls on coursed rubble stone plinth with concealed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (west). Paired square-headed central door openings with cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds. Camber-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing pivoting windows having square glazing bars. Camber-headed window openings (end bays) with lunette window openings (gables), cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Set back from line of street.

• Kennels, 1754–1803 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey kennels, extant 1803, on a rectangular plan. Adapted to alternative use, 1814. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack (west) having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Lime rendered coursed rubble stone walls with concealed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Remodelled shallow camber-headed door opening with concrete sill, and cut-limestone voussoirs framing two-over-two timber sash window. Camber-headed flanking window opening (east) with cut-limestone sill, and cut-limestone voussoirs framing one-over-one timber sash window. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement in segmental-headed recesses with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone voussoirs framing two-over-two timber sash windows having one-over-one sidelights. Set back from line of street in shared grounds.

• Christ Church (Kildrought), church/chapel, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height over part basement Church of Ireland Church, built 1883-4, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch to ground floor. Pitched slate roofs with crested terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered to gables on roll topped gabled kneelers including lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered coping to gable (east) on roll topped gabled kneelers with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on dentilated cut-sandstone chamfered cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Snecked rock faced limestone battered walls with cut-sandstone quoins to corners. Cusped lancet window openings on lichen-spotted cut-sandstone chamfered sill course, cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Cinquefoil-detailed pointed-arch window opening (east) with cut-sandstone Y-mullion, and cut-sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Cusped lancet window openings ("cheeks") with cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window opening (tower) with hammered sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fitting. Cusped lancet window opening (second stage) with hammered sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panel over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (bell stage), cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing louvered fittings. Full-height interior open into roof with Gothic-style font (west) on plinth, terracotta tiled central aisle between timber pews, stained glass memorial windows (----), exposed pointed-arch braced hammerbeam timber roof construction on corbels with wind braced rafters on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style pulpit with Gothic-style clerk's desk, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing encaustic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) with Gothic-style reredos below stained glass memorial "East Window" (1892). Set back from line of street with cut-sandstone banded limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Castletown, gates/railings/walls, 1780–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, built 1783, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of vermiculated rusticated limestone ashlar ]piers on cut-limestone plinths having ogee-detailed cornices on swag-detailed friezes on Greek Key-detailed entablatures below sphynx-topped capping with limestone ashlar outer piers having fluted stepped capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron railings. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Castletown.

• Castletown, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1760, comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with moulded cornices having wrought iron gates with spike finials and square-headed flanking pedestrian gateways with keystones.Detached two-bay two-storey gate lodge, c.1760, to west. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves band. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (in segmental-headed recesses to ground floor to south). Stone sills. No fittings (some blocked-up with concrete block). Square-headed door opening. No fittings. Overgrown grounds to site.

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Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2899 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Castletown, Leixlip82 sales

Name

Castletown · Baile an Chaisleáin

Area

2,674,923 m² (267.49 ha, 660.99 acres)

Civil parish

Kildrought, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Celbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Celbridge electoral division: 16,066 people in 5,350 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnhall, Celbridge, Crodaun, Donaghcumper, Kilmacredock Upper, Parsonstown, Rinawade Lower, Rinawade Upper, St. Wolstans, Thornhill

Placenames

Castletown 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.