Greenhills

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Greenhills, from 51 m² to 819,786 m² (81.98 ha, 202.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Kilcullen Settlement Plan, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2023Conditional

  for a proposed new 92m2 single storey steel framed gymnasium building including all associated drainage, infrastructural and site works. Revised by significant Further Information of works to existing site layout, car parking and existing exit gate.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360139

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 246 hectares in the townlands of Brannockstown, Brownstown, Carnalway, Coghlanstown West, Corbally, Delamain, Dunnstown, Gaganstown, Greenhills, Harristown, Hillsborough, Moorhill and Rochestown in County Kildare. The solar farm will consist of solar photovoltaic panels with a surface area of 1,130,000m2 on ground mounted frames, 40 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 4 no. single storey spare parts containers, 19 no. Ring Main Units, 9 no. weather stations underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6063, L2032, L6071, R448, L6072, R412, L6074, L6047 and R413 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 5 no. stream and drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the R412, R413, L6044, L6047 and L6063. The solar farm will have a maximum export capacity of circa 210 megawatts. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Part of the proposed development is situated within the demesne land of Harristown House which contains Protected Structures, but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures. Revised by significant Further Information consisting of revised site layout plans to reduce panelled areas in Parcels 1 and 2, relocation of meteorological mast in Parcel 1 and all associated landscaping and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23567

• 17 Jan 2018Conditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 12/434 - for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of the existing clubhouse building containing 2 no. changing rooms, shower room, disabled W.C. new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area to comply with current EPA guidelines and all associated site and landscaping works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 1846

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Liffey Bank Above Athgarvan 001396

Recorded monuments

• KD023-031 Burial
  Description

  On a S facing slope in tillage. Because a human skeleton was uncovered in 1958 in the course of agricultural work (Healy 1982 SMR file), the site was archaeologically excavated in advance of the proposed construction of the Kilcullen Link Motorway Scheme immediately to the W (Keeley 1980, 180-201). A cemetery of 16 inhumation burials was found; 12 articulated, three partially represented and one identified by skull fragments. Two of the burials were of children. Both male and female adults were represented. All the burials were deposited in simple shallow pits cut directly into the sand at depths of between 0.3m and 0.6m below the surface. While most of the burials had an E-W orientation, with the head at W, some examples were orientated more towards NE-SW. In some examples an outline of stones surrounded the deposits and occasionally a thin layer of charcoal lay between the skeleton and the stone surround. A hearth were discovered N of the burials: an oval area (L 0.75m; Wth 0.6m) with two layers of fill; a basal layer of gravel and ash, and an upper layer of charcoal-rich soil. A small penannular enclosure (KD023-073----) was discovered c. 65m to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 May 2012

• KD023-032 Mound
  Description

  In trees at the W edge of a short N-S ridge with a steep slope immediately to the W, and overlooking the River Liffey some 400m to the SW. A low, grass covered, circular mound (diam. 10m; H. 1.4m) was archaeologically excavated in advance of the proposed construction of the Kilcullen Link Motorway Scheme (Keeley 1991, 170-1). The stratigraphy consisted of layers of sod, sand and clay, with old ground surface visible as a band of greyish decayed sod and humic soil. Seven sherds of ceramic were recovered from a depression on the old ground surface: a well-fired red ware with traces of a green mottled glaze on the outer surface, medieval in date. A very similar looking mound (KD023-033----) lies c. 140m to the SE Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 May 2012

• KD023-033 Mound
  Description

  On a moderately steep S-facing slope in pasture. A small, grass covered, circular mound (diam. 7m; H. 1.4m). A very similar looking mound (KD023-032----) lies c. 140m to the NW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 May 2012

• KD023-034001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The townland of Greenhills was known as Bishopcourt in the 16th century when the bishopric possessed one castle, one hall, etc. (Valkenburg 1970, 536). The fairly well preserved remains of a small square, four storied, vaulted tower (int. L 2.55m; Wth 2.55m), built of rubble masonry, projects from the SW angle of a later, 17th century house (KD023-034002-). The S, W and N walls of the angle tower are battered, as is a short length of wall (L 6.6m; T 1.3m) which continues S from the SE corner. At ground level, a robbed out ope (Wth 1.5m; H 1.8m) in the W wall, with a loop to S, gives access from outside the later house to the N, while a very narrow passage (Wth 0.6m) in the N wall of the tower gives internal access from the main house. The N wall also contains a blocked loop. Internally, the S wall has been refaced to take a small fireplace (Wth 0.3m; H 0.6m) and chimney flue. The W wall contains a partially robbed out window embrasure. There is vaulted arch (H 3.25m) over the ground floor and faint traces of wickerwork centring are visible in the surviving plaster under the arch. Access to first floor-level is from the main house via a short narrow, splaying passage (Wth 0.6 – 0.9m) on a squinch in the external NE angle. This level was lit by a loop in the E wall, a now robbed out window in the W wall, and there is a blocked window embrasure in the S wall. The scar lines of the springing of an arch can be seen in the E and W walls, suggesting a now robbed vault once roofed this level. Second floor level is marked by opposing joist holes in the E and W walls, and an offset in the N wall, and while access from the main house is bricked and plastered over, externally a passage way on a squinch is visible. This level is lit by a large robbed out window in the S wall and a small window in the W wall. Third floor level is densely ivy covered, but some joist holes are visible in the E wall. A block of dressed limestone incorporated into an outbuilding wall, and two similar pieces lying nearby may have come from this tower. (Healy 1982, SMR file). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 May 2016

• KD023-034002 House - 17th century
  Description

  In a non defensive location tucked into a fold in a hillside, sheltered by higher ground immediately to W and N, and overlooking the River Liffey c. 300m to the SW. This house is mentioned in the Civil Survey of 1654 and was then occupied by Sir Robert Meredith, a privy councillor who had been knighted by Stafford in 1633 (Healy 1982, SMR file). The poorly preserved remains of a large rectangular (ext. L c. 17m NNE-SSW; Wth c. 7m), three storey structure stand over a stone vaulted basement. A small square (int. L 2.55m; Wth 2.55m), four storied, vaulted tower projecting from the SW angle may originally have formed part of an earlier structure, possibly a tower house (KD023-034001-), and may have projected at the NW angle of a now levelled structure to the S. Of the main structure, built of rubble masonry with some brick around the surviving opes, only the S gable wall with portion of the SE angle, containing a doorway (Wth 1.3m) near the S end of the E wall, and the W sidewall with portion of the NW angle are upstanding, above a stone-vaulted basement. The scar lies of three parallel, partially collapsed vaults (orientated E-W) are visible in the W sidewall, while a fourth and a possible fifth vault at the N end are robbed out. A large brick chimney projects outward mid-way along the W sidewall, with the main fire place on the first floor, and there are traces of a large, robbed-out window towards the N end of the W sidewall at ground floor level. Upper floor levels are marked by offsets in the inner wall faces. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 06 June 2012

• KD023-073 Burial
  Description

  On a S facing slope in tillage. Archaeologically excavated (together with a small cemetery (KD023-031----) c. 60m to the NW) in advance of the proposed construction of the Kilcullen Link Motorway Scheme (Keeley 1980, 180-201). A small penannular enclosure (diam. 8m) defined by a shallow U-shaped fosse (Wth 1.35m; D 0.36m) with an entrance (Wth 1.7m) at SW was discovered. A series of eight post holes curved around the outside of the entrance. Two extended inhumations of an adult and child, with their heads to the W, lay at the centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 May 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Greenhills · An Cnoc Glas

Area

1,691,151 m² (169.12 ha, 417.89 acres)

Civil parish

Kildare, and its townlands

Barony

Connell

Electoral division

Droichead Nua Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Rural electoral division: 2,844 people in 863 households; 91% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brownstown, Castlemartin, Corbally, Kilcullenbridge, Kineagh, Rosetown

Placenames

Greenhills 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.