Hughstown

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hughstown, from 303 m² to 464,216 m² (46.42 ha, 114.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Hughstown 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.

• 17 Apr 2026N/a

  new agriculture storage shed and associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information that consist of slightly new location of proposed shed, updated site layout, removal of existing trees, new landscape plans, surface water details and associated works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660421

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  new agriculture storage shed and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660404

• 5 Sept 2025Refused

  for to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, bored well, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561023

• 4 Sept 2025N/a

  to construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, bored well, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561018

• 29 Sept 2023Conditional

  for construction of a single-storey dwelling; recessed shared agricultural and residential entrance; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including a new septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360262

• 2 Mar 2022Refused

  development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, wastewater secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter, landscaping, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22226

• 17 Feb 2022N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, wastewater secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter, landscaping, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22167

• 3 Feb 2022N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, garage, wastewater secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter, landscaping, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22105

• 15 Mar 2021Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, bored well, new site entrance, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21320

• 28 Sept 2020Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, bored well, new site entrance, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201106

• 6 Apr 2020Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, bored well, new site entrance, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20357

• 16 Dec 2019Refused

  to construct a dormer style dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, bored well, new site entrance, all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191388

• 23 Apr 2018Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half/dormer style dwelling house, garage, proprietary treatment system and associated percolation area, bored well, new site entrance, all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18449

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 Hughstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD038-025001 Hillfort
  Description

  Circular area enclosed by two widely spaced banks with a smaller circular enclosure at the highest point of the hilltop (max enclosed area c. 300m N-S; 250 m E-W). Ramparts are visible as two distinct breaks in the slope (H 1-2m; distance apart 30-50m), followed by a field boundary at the SE. The central circular enclosure (diam. 45m) enclosed by bank indicated on OS 6-inch map. The interior is masked by a dump of stones but may show low earthworks. A tumulus (KD038-025002-) is situated at the highest point of the hill within the central enclosure (Condit 1992, 16-20). Land reclamation was carried out in the field containing the hillfort in 1961 (OPW Field report 06/09/1961). Cropmark of multi-vallate hillfort visible on Cambridge University aerial photographs taken between 1966-68 (CUCAP APA039-042; AVL093-094; ASU052-053) (www.cambridgeairphotos.com/location/apa040/). Two parallel field banks forming a sunken way to the W of the hillfort which are visible on the aerial photographs (CUCAP APA040-042) may represent an ancient roadway. In August 2015 excavation was carried out by Professor William O'Brien of UCC under licence number 15E0322. The excavation was undertaken as part of a research project on prehistoric hillforts in Ireland, based in University College Cork with funding from the Irish Research Council. The excavation at Hughstown consisted of a single trench across the defences of the second enclosure of this hillfort. Excavation confirmed the presence of a substantial ditch, with the remains of an accompanying bank on the inside. Samples of charcoal were recovered for radiocarbon dating (results pending). There are no artifact finds, apart from a single sherd of prehistoric pottery. The entire site was investigated by magnetic gradiometry survey in 2012 under licence number 12R0130 (O’Driscoll 2013), along with LiDAR survey, this revealed a multiple enclosure hillfort (overall diam. 356m NW-SE by 261m NE-SW) consisting of four widely-spaced enclosing elements, the innermost being a sub-circular enclosure (diam. 54m NW-SE by 50m NE-SW) consisting of a low earthen bank with some large boulders, with no visible external ditch. This is surrounded by a large sub-oval enclosure (diam. 248, NW-SE by 197m NE-SW), which is visible in places as a low-relief ditch feature. The geophysical survey recorded this ditch as a line of high magnetic gradiometry readings, with lines of low readings on either side. The survey recorded a third enclosing element (diam. 290m NW-SE by 228m NE-SW), located 23–48m outside and concentric with the second enclosure. The outermost (fourth) enclosure (diam. 356m NW-SE by 261m NE-SW)has also been substantially levelled, and is also best imaged in the geophysical as a line of low gradiometry readings. Though mostly levelled, a portion is preserved as a curving field bank, along the north-east side of the outer enclosure (O'Brien 2015, 2). The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Cropmarks reveal a large, multiple enclosure surrounding the summit of Carrigeen Hill. Hughstwon hillfort is one of up to nine hillfort in a cluster surrounding the town of Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow. Roughly oval in plan, the hillfort has a total site footprint of 8.2ha. It is situated at the SW edge of the Wicklow Mountains in a commanding position, with panoramic views in all directions. Geophysical survey (O'Driscoll 2012) has revealed a complex system of enclosing elements. This includes an outer bank and ditch which surrounds a series of up to four closely set palisade features. The latter may have originally comprised two enclosures, each consisting of a bank (and possible palisade) with external ditch. The strong readings from the gradiometer survey imply that these features were destroyed by fire. Some possible hut structures were recorded by the geophysical survey. No entrance features were identified. At the summit of the hillfort is an extant enclosure. The bank of this enclosure comprises a circular band of large boulders approximately 55m in diameter. Near the centre of this enclosure, a circular bank of grass covered stones 18m in diameter may be the remains of a hut structure. Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll in 2012. LiDAR survey undertaken by Ordnance Survey Ireland. The Irish Army Air Corp and Cambridge aerial photographs reveal two enclosing elements as parch-marks, separated by 23 _ 48m.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0673.html) Compiled and revised by: Gearóid Conroy and Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 6 February 2020

• KD038-025002 Mound
  Description

  Small tumulus (diam. 9m; downslope H. 2m; upslope H. c. 0.5m) situated on the line of the inner rampart at the W of the hillfort (KD038-025001-), at the highest point of the hill. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Approximately circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earth and stone bank and rock-cut fosse. Situated on a S facing slope overlooking pasture land. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Hughstown, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Hughstown

Area

3,060,461 m² (306.05 ha, 756.26 acres)

Civil parish

Killelan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Carrigeen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

644 people lived in 235 households in the Carrigeen electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacarrick Lower, Carrigeen North, Carrigeenhill, Collin, Davidstown, Davidstown Demesne, Glowens, Knockanreagh (Co. Wicklow), Monatore (Co. Wicklow)

Placenames

Hughstown 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.