# Prumpelstown Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castledermot, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare; in Irish Baile Phrompail Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 882,707 m² (88.27 ha, 218.12 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,577 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Castledermot, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/castledermot.md - Barony: Kilkea and Moone - Electoral division: Johnstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 198 people lived in 65 households in the Johnstown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25134 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81012 - Centre: latitude 52.888724, longitude -6.871264 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Prumpelstown Upper, from 45 m² to 293,706 m² (29.37 ha, 72.58 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1027275: 293,706 m² (29.37 ha, 72.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027275.md - Parcel 3389253: 180,191 m² (18.02 ha, 44.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389253.md - Parcel 1080815: 103,588 m² (10.36 ha, 25.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080815.md - Parcel 2943206: 57,913 m² (5.79 ha, 14.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2943206.md - Parcel 1089351: 54,309 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089351.md - Parcel 1086226: 42,217 m² (4.22 ha, 10.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086226.md - Parcel 1025465: 41,685 m² (4.17 ha, 10.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025465.md - Parcel 5540616: 31,919 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540616.md - Parcel 4532768: 20,434 m² (2.04 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4532768.md - Parcel 2646690: 8,668 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2646690.md - Parcel 4532745: 8,103 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4532745.md - Parcel 3389248: 7,510 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389248.md - Parcel 3894529: 5,794 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3894529.md - Parcel 2675889: 4,577 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2675889.md - Parcel 5117311: 4,535 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5117311.md - Parcel 1045851: 3,362 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1045851.md - Parcel 2646696: 2,892 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2646696.md - Parcel 1072343: 2,679 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072343.md - Parcel 4773391: 2,404 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4773391.md - Parcel 1038978: 2,317 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1038978.md - Parcel 1075718: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075718.md - Parcel 3387170: 433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3387170.md - Parcel 5117312: 433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5117312.md - Parcel 5975278: 265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5975278.md - Parcel 5975264: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5975264.md - Parcel 6186080: 143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6186080.md - Parcel 3894429: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3894429.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Prumpelstown Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 26 May 2026, Kildare County Council 2660550: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660550/0 - 20 Feb 2023, Kildare County Council 23148: N/a. Permission. for the construction of a silage pit and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23148/0 - 11 May 2018, Kildare County Council 18548: Conditional. Permission. (1) Livestock shed to include straw bedded area, cow cubicles and feed passages, underground slatted slurry storage, milking parlour and dairy washings tank, dairy, farm office and plant room. (2) Unroofed silage slab. (3) Overground round slurry store with receptor tank. (4) Meal bin, along with concrete yards and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18548/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD039-008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-008----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48, 51, BOC 83) show a cropmark of a narrow fosse defining half of a circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 45m). Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-009: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-009----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48, 51; BOC 83, 84) show a cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. (See also enclosures 39:10-2, 27-8 and trackways 38:29-31). Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-010: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-010----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48; 51; BOC 84) show a cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-011: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-011----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 81, 84; BGH 50) show a cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m), immediately to SW of No. 39:12**. Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-012: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-012----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 81, 84; BGH 50) show a cropmark of a fosse defining a small circular area (est. max diam. c. 15m), immediately to NE of No. 39:11**. Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-027: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-027----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48, 50, 51) shows a cropmark of a fosse defining a very small circular area (est. max diam. c. 10m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-028: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-028----. Aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC 81, 84) shows a circular area defined by a cropmark of a fosse (est. max diam. c. 20m). Probably a ring-barrow or ring-ditch. - KD039-029: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-029----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48, 51; BOC 83) show cropmarks of two parallel fosses, visible for c. 250 m. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-030: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-030----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGH 48, 51) show the cropmarks of parallel fosses, possibly representing two sides of an enclosed rectangular area or an abruptly curving trackway (est. max. dims. c. 120m NW-SE; 70m NE-SW). No visible surface traces. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-031: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-031----. Aerial photographs (CUCAP BOC 83; BGH 48) show cropmarks of two parallel fosses, running E-W and curving slightly towards the S before straightening. Visible for c. 300m. Date of upload: 6 September 2016 - KD039-051: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-051----. First recorded in August 1995 during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB95.FU.30) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of two ring-ditches (KD039-052----) located in close proximity. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011 - KD039-052: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD039-052----. First recorded in August 1995 during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB95.FU.30) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch; one of two ring-ditches (KD039-051----) located in close proximity. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011 - KD040-019: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD040-019----. One of two small enclosures visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH 49) as a cropmark of a small enclosure defined by a fosse (est. max diam. c. 25m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Situated c. 100m to NE of second site (KD040-020----). - KD040-020: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD040-020----. One of two small enclosures visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH 49) as a cropmark of a small enclosure defined by a fosse (est. max diam. c. 25m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Situated c. 100m to SW of second site (KD040-019----). Date of upload: 8 September 2016 - KD040-039: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD040-039----. Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH 49) shows a circular cropmark (est. max diam. c. 20m), possibly the base of a mound. Situated c. 200m SE of KD040-020----. Date of upload: 8 September 2016 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Prumpelstown Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Prumpelstown Upper, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2546, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2546.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prumpelstown-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prumpelstown-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prumpelstown-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Prumpelstown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballaghmoon: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballaghmoon.md - Ballyburn Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballyburn-lower.md - Ballyburn Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballyburn-upper.md - Gorteenvacan: https://everytownland.com/kildare/gorteenvacan.md - Johnstown South: https://everytownland.com/kildare/johnstown-south.md - Newtownallen: https://everytownland.com/kildare/newtownallen.md - Prumpelstown Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prumpelstown-lower.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prumpelstown-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/prumpelstown-upper