Gorteenvacan

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteenvacan, from 24 m² to 158,206 m² (15.82 ha, 39.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Gorteenvacan 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.

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  for the continuance of use of existing site infrastructure, including all processing equipment and the extension of the extraction area at Ballyburn Pit (currently permitted under planning reference 05/2091 and ABP PL09.220222) which is located within the Townlands of Ballyburn Upper, Gorteenvacan, Knockbane, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. The proposal includes for the extension of the extraction area into agricultural lands to the south with known quality reserves of sand and gravel. The extension will cover an area of 28.3 hectares (ha), with the overall application area covering 37.8 ha, the balance comprising continuance of use and restoration. The Proposed Development will seek to extract sand and gravel reserves (circa 3,000,000 tonnes over the lifetime) to a final pit floor of 71m OD, ensuring a finished pit floor above the winter water table. The Proposed Development seeks the continuance of use of existing established pit infrastructure (including processing plant, machinery, entrance, office/welfare facilities, carpark, wheel wash, weighbridge, haul routes and other ancillary infrastructure). The Proposed Development also includes provisions for the restoration of the Site, which will include the importation of circa 1,125,000 tonnes of clean uncontaminated soil and stone by-product materials to compliment overburden originating from within the Site. A planning permission of 15 years is being sought for the completion of the Proposed Development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Revised by Significant further information which consists of of a reduction of estimated extraction tonnages of sand and gravel reserves to circa 2,664,392 tonnes and reduced importation for restoration to circa 975,259 tonnes of clean uncontaminated soil and stone by-product materials due to extraction area revisions, archaeological information resulting from geophysical surveys/archaeological testing and a revised restoration plan has been presented in the form of an updated NIS, addendums to the EIAR and Revised Plans

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461358

• 18 Nov 2024N/a

  for the continuance of use of existing site infrastructure, including all processing equipment and the extension of the extraction area at Ballyburn Pit (currently permitted under planning reference 05/2091 and ABP PL09.220222) which is located within the Townlands of Ballyburn Upper, Gorteenvacan, Knockbane, Castledermot, Co. Kildare. The proposal includes for the extension of the extraction area into agricultural lands to the south with known quality reserves of sand and gravel. The extension will cover an area of 28.3 hectares (ha), with the overall application area covering 37.8 ha, the balance comprising continuance of use and restoration. The Proposed Development will seek to extract sand and gravel reserves (circa 3,000,000 tonnes over the lifetime) to a final pit floor of 71m OD, ensuring a finished pit floor above the winter water table. The Proposed Development seeks the continuance of use of existing established pit infrastructure (including processing plant, machinery, entrance, office/welfare facilities, carpark, wheel wash, weighbridge, haul routes and other ancillary infrastructure). The Proposed Development also includes provisions for the restoration of the Site, which will include the importation of circa 1,125,000 tonnes of clean uncontaminated soil and stone by-product materials to compliment overburden originating from within the Site. A planning permission of 15 years is being sought for the completion of the Proposed Development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461214

• 19 Mar 2020Conditional

  (1) a dwelling, effluent treatment system and entrance (2) an apiary, honey house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20289

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 Gorteenvacan.

Recorded monuments

• KD039-016001 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 46) shows faint cropmarks of circular enclosure (est max diam. c. 40m), described in 1955 as platform ringfort defined by earth and stone bank with entrance at W (Danaher 1955, no. 268). Situated in complex of sub-rectangular enclosures defined by fosses, probably fields (see field system No.***). Marked 'Gorteen mound' on the 1837 OS 6-inch map. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-016002 Field system
  Description

  See KD039-016001-. Irregular system of fields showing as cropmarks of fosses on aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 46). Ringfort/enclosure (KD039-016001) incorporated in system. Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-026 Cist
  Description

  Cist containing cremated bone, a vase food vessel and another vessel opened in the 1890's. A second vessel, possibly an urn, was destroyed by finders searching for gold. (JKAS 1906-8, 119) Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD040-029 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  According to a lease of 1608 Richard Eustace was required to 'build the said castle of Gurtinavackan substantially with lime and stoane, a story height above the vault, with a battlement, and a slate roof ... and make a stoane walle round about the towne and make a strong gate of oak timber and boords' (FitzGerald 1915-17, 161). It is shown on the 1907 OS 6-inch map as a circular mound, where the castle was built. There is a cropmark of a rectangular enclosure, probably a moated site, in an adjacent field to the S (KD040-030----). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

• KD040-029001 Mound
  Description

  This site may represent the site of Gorteenvacan Castle (KD040-029----). Visible as a distinct cropmark of a mound surrounded by a narrow fosse on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH 44). No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

• KD040-030 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP AYL 48) shows a cropmark of the S, W and N sides of a large rectangular enclosure consisting of an earthen bank with an external fosse (dims. of interior, c 100m x c 50m). Cropmarks of the bank and fosse are visible at ground level. Also visible on a 1990 G. Barrett aerial photo (GB90.CL.33) Situated in undulating pasture land, with a ridge which is possibly natural, closing off the site at the E. A possible castle site (No.**) lies to the N. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2579 (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.

No address of the register names Gorteenvacan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Gorteenvacan

Area

1,148,713 m² (114.87 ha, 283.85 acres)

Civil parish

Castledermot, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Ballaghmoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballaghmoon electoral division: 223 people in 80 households; 92% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghmoon, Ballyburn Upper, Gorteengrone (Co. Carlow), Killyshane (Co. Carlow), Knockbane, Knocknagee, Prumpelstown Upper

Placenames

Gorteenvacan 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.