Stephenstown

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stephenstown, from 3,656 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres) to 191,485 m² (19.15 ha, 47.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Stephenstown 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.

• 24 Sept 2024Refused

  Permission for a single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, all connection to public services, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 24162

• 15 Aug 2024N/a

  Permission for proposed single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, all connection to public services, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 24136

• 23 Feb 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of security fencing and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2387

• 20 Dec 2022N/a

  Permission for the construction of security fencing and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 22994

• 20 Apr 2022Refused

  permission for a proposed two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, all connections to public services, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22318

• 28 Feb 2022N/a

  permission for proposed two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, all connections to public services, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22150

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side elevation and construction of a porch to the front elevation of existing dormer dwelling, elevational changes and internal modifications and all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20990

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 Stephenstown.

Recorded monuments

• LH011-051 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated in low-lying undulating countryside and constructed of roughly coursed limestone blocks, boulders and greywacke. It is an ivy-covered three-storeyed structure which has been modernised by small additions to the SE and SW corners, with an added doorway and outer steps at the S leading to the first-floor level. It has a projecting tower at the NE angle which contains the stairwell and one at the SW which projects southwards and contained the garderobes. The original doorway, which has been broken out, was just S of the NE angle-tower in the E wall. It gave access to a N-S barrel vault and to the stairwell. There are double-splayed opes in the N and W walls and the remains of a much-altered one in the S wall at ground-floor level. Access to the first floor is gained via a relatively recently constructed outside stair and doorway. The windows have also been altered and brick has been added to the entrance to the stairwell from this level. There is a fireplace in the E wall and a chimney flue in the S which runs up from the barrel vault to the top of the castle. The windows at first-floor level have all been broken out, but that at the W retains its window seating while the one in the E wall has a single-splayed ope. The garderobe is in the SW tower and access is now gained from the outside steps. The original entrance, which must have been in its N wall, has been completely blocked. The chute at the first-floor level is recessed in a semi-circular niche in the NW angle of the chamber. The garderobe has a corbelled roof and plain rectangular opes in the S and W walls. No access is possible to the level above and no doorway can be seen which would indicate if a garderobe existed on the second floor. The second-floor level has the remains of windows in its W, N and E walls. Those in the W and N have the remains of seating while that at the E almost certainly also had but it is now completely blocked up. This floor level was carried on beams set on corbels. The top portion of the castle has been destroyed but there is evidence for towers at the NE and SW angles rising above the roof level. There are several cubby-holes in the first- and second-floor levels, two being in the NW angle and two in the SE. The NE angle-tower which contains the stairwell has slit opes with plain greywacke jambs. (Stubbs 1911, 358) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007

• LH011-052 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise close to the N bank of the River Fane in Stephenstown demesne not far from the tower house of the same name (LH011-051----). It consists of an almost circular low flat-topped mound (summit max. diam. 12m E-W, 11.5m N-S, H at S c. 3.5m, at N c. 2m). It has been disturbed at the NE side by the removal of large trees. The mound is quite low for a motte but its flat top would seem to preclude it from being any other type of monument. Its proximity to the tower house might be a telling factor in favour of it being a motte, indicating continuity of settlement. It was removed between 1966 and 1995 (OSI images). The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 28 April 2016

• LH011-101 Cist
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Remains of cists discovered during construction work. The only cist which remained intact (L c. 2m, Wth c. 0.4m) was built of slabs laid on edge and covered by several lintels. The cist contained an extended inhumation, aligned E-W, with the head to W. Anatomical examination of all the bone fragments from the site suggest that there were two adult skeletons, one male, the other female (CLAJ 1970, 78).

• LH011-142 Enclosure
  Description

  A small subcircular enclosure (dims c. 32m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) defined by a single indistinct fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (27/06/2019). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced image from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 November, 2019

Architectural heritage

• Stephenstown House, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1790, now in ruinous condition, single-storey addition to south c. 1820, porch to entrance front, c. 1840. Hipped slate roof, partly missing, rendered chimneystacks to main house, red brick north wing. Cast-iron rainwater goods, partly missing. Unpainted cement-rendered walling, limestone trim, continuous eaves cornice, sill course, quoins. Square-headed window openings, rendered surrounds to first floor with flat entablatures, pedimented to ground floor, segmental-headed window openings at wing to north in moulded Gibbsian-style surround, all windows missing. Segmental-headed door opening in Gibbsian-style surround behind porch c. 1840, entablature supported on Tuscan columns. Located on top of elevated position overlooking surrounding countryside, now surrounded by fields. Range of farm buildings to south-east including concrete water tower, single-storey rubble stone farm buildings corrugated fibre-concrete sheeted roofs, red brick surrounds to loop windows. Tower keep in curtilage of south-west, now surrounded by fields.

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 Stephenstown, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Stephenstown, Knockbridge7 sales

Name

Stephenstown · Baile Lias

Area

809,929 m² (80.99 ha, 200.14 acres)

Civil parish

Louth, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Allardstown, Ballinlough, Grange, Knockattin, Millpark, Newtownfane, Rathroal, Walterstown

Placenames

Stephenstown 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.