Levitstown

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Levitstown, from 127 m² to 673,092 m² (67.31 ha, 166.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Levitstown 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.

• 10 Jun 2026N/a

  demolition of the existing flat roofed extensions and derelict outbuilding to the rear; the alterations and refurbishment of the existing two-storey gate lodge, the construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling with new stairs access to the first floor of the existing gate lodge; a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660622

• 15 Mar 2024Conditional

  to retain the domestic garage as constructed to the side of the existing dwelling house, all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460224

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 kilometres (km) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional, and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 47km of the route is in County Kildare, 16km in County Laois and 52km in County Carlow. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 1781

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KD037-040001 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 43, BOC 73) shows a cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (KD037-040001-) with entrance gaps at the E and at the W, the latter leading into a rectangular annexe (KD037-040002-) est. overall L. c. 100m E-W; est. Wth. N-S c. 50m). The second enclosure may originally have been separate, and appears to have been two-period, since there are overlying ditches. All are defined by cropmarks of fosses. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-040002 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 43, BOC 73) shows a cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (KD037-040001-) with entrance gaps at the E and at the W, the latter leading into a rectangular annexe (KD037-040002-) est. overall L. c. 100m E-W; est. Wth. N-S c. 50m). The second enclosure may originally have been separate, and appears to have been two-period, since there are overlying ditches. All are defined by cropmarks of fosses. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-041001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 71, BGN 45, BGN 49) show a cropmark of a fosse defining circular area (KD037-041001-) (diam. c. 35m). Cropmark of a fosse of large rectangular field (KD037-041002-) at the E (est. dims c. 40m N-S x 30m E-W). Probably a ringfort with an attached field. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-041002 Field system
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 71, BGN 45, BGN 49) show a cropmark of a fosse defining circular area (KD037-041001-) (diam. c. 35m). Cropmark of a fosse of large rectangular field (KD037-041002-) at the E (est. dims c. 40m N-S x 30m E-W). Probably a ringfort with an attached field. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-042 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 45, 49) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining small circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-043 Ring-ditch
  Description

  One of two sites visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 49) as cropmark of a fosse defining a small, circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-044 Ring-ditch
  Description

  One of two sites visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 49) as cropmark of a fosse defining a small, circular enclosure (est max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-045 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Possibly a multiple ring-barrow consisting of a central slightly domed area (diam. 8m) surrounded by a wide, shallow fosse and an external bank (overall diam. 16m). The small external fosse may be modern. Situated in a hollow of a west-facing valley. Site is very well preserved. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-046 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 50) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining a circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 25m). It may be either a ringfort or ring-barrow. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-047 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GSI S135, S136) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining a circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-052 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GSI S135, S136) shows a cropmark of a rectilinear earthwork. Possibly a moated site. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-066 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.O.09) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch (one of two adjacent ring-ditches (KD037-067----)). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-067 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.O.09) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch (one of two adjacent ring-ditches (KD037-066----)). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-075 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DV.38) shows the cropmark of an incomplete circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-076 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett in 1991. Aerial photograph (GB91.DV.38) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-080 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Discovered during the course of an aerial photographic survey in July 1994 by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB94.FJ.22) shows the cropmark of a possible ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch dressed limestone railway bridge over road, c.1850, with rock-faced limestone voussoirs, cut-stone stringcourse and dressed stone coping. Coursed snecked limestone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse. Coursed snecked limestone parapet walls. Dressed stone coping. Single segmental arch. Rock-faced voussoirs. Rock-faced soffits. Sited spanning road as part of Great Southern and Western Railway line (Cherryville Junction to Kilkenny).

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

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

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

Name

Levitstown · Baile Luibhéid

Area

2,729,796 m² (272.98 ha, 674.55 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmanoge, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Dunmanoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunmanoge electoral division: 461 people in 161 households; 85% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfoyle (Co. Laois), Beaconstown, Castleroe West, Levitstown, Maganey Lower, Maganey Upper, Rosetown

Placenames

Levitstown 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.