Brewel West

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brewel West, from 109 m² to 175,814 m² (17.58 ha, 43.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Brewel West 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.

• 27 Jan 2026Conditional

  removal of existing single storey conservatory to the rear. Construction of a new part single storey and part storey and a half extension to the rear including 2 no dormer windows. Modifications to facades including the addition of a new rooflight to the side. - Provision of a new well and a new septic system with new on-site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines. All associated ancillary, landscaping and site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660071

• 23 Jan 2026N/a

  - Removal of existing single storey conservatory to the rear. - Construction of a new part single storey and part storey and a half extension to the rear including 2 no dormer windows. - Modifications to facades including the addition of a new rooflight to the side. - Provision of a new well and a new septic system with new on-site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines. - All associated ancillary, landscaping and site development works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660061

• 13 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461340

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  works to the existing 2 storey detached house, out building and site as follows: Removal of part of the existing single storey storage building to the side, restoration of the existing 2 storey house and single storey out building / store. Construction of new extensions to each side, part single and part 2 storey, Modifications to the internal layout and external facades, Provision of new vehicular entrance, Provision of a new well and a new septic system with new on-site wastewater treatment system to current EPA guidelines. All associated ancillary, landscaping and site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360397

• 2 Mar 2020Conditional

  a two bedroom extension to the north facing side of the existing dwelling along with retention of the septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20202

• 6 Jun 2019Conditional

  Single storey, detached home office & gym of circa 50 sq.m (ancillary to the family home), foul water to septic tank and percolation area, surface water to soakaways and all ancillary site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 19636

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 Brewel West.

Recorded monuments

• KD032-021 Church
  Description

  To NW of centre in a graveyard (KD032-021001-). In 1837, O’Conor, who co-compiled the OSL for County Kildare, recorded, ‘The churchyard in which this church stood lies in Usk townland [actually lies just outside Usk’s townland boundary, in the townland of Brewel West – no church or graveyard is recorded in Usk.], and is used as a burial ground. It is doubted among the people whether there ever was a church within it, or not, as there are no vestiges of one at present to be seen there, a tradition, however, exists that there was formerly a chapel within this graveyard, and we have on the authority of Archdall, where in his Monasticon, he speaks of the Nunnery of Timolin (KD036-025002-), that ‘William Piro’ who was made bishop of Glendaloch (sic) in 1192, as a further endowment to this Nunnery (i.e. of Timolin) did grant the Church of Uske and its chapels in the rural deanery of Tristledermot’ (Herity 2002, 95-6 [26-7]). According to Ronan (1941a, 53), ‘The Calf family (Vitallus, Veale) got the lands [of Ecclesia de Huske] in early Anglo-Norman times, … .’. In 1630, the church and chancel were described as ‘ruinous … [with] not above seven persons that frequent the church to heare divine service.’ (Ronan 1941b, 96). The levelled remains of a rectangular structure (int. 20.2m ESE-WNW; 6.2m NNE-SSW) are defined by a low stony bank (int. H 0.1m; Wth 2.8m; ext. H 0.6m) along the W side, and elsewhere by low scarps (H 0.4-0.5m) along the N and E sides, where the interior is lower than outer ground level, and by a higher scarp (H 1.8m) along the W, where the interior is higher than outer ground level. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 October 2013

• KD032-021001 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture on the lower NE slope of Brewel Hill. A large approximately rectangular graveyard (c. 80m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) is enclosed along the W, N and E by a hedged earthen bank and along the S by a stone wall with an entrance gate near the SE corner. The overgrown interior contains a levelled church (KD032-021----) to NW of centre. The NW corner of the graveyard is cut off by an apparently earlier broad earthen bank (traceable L 21m NNE-SSW; H 2m over NW; 0.8m over SE; Wth 8m), with a shallow fosse (D 0.8m; Wth 0.9m) along its E side. The remains of an earlier meandering earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; H 1.2m) are visible in the S half of the graveyard where a bank runs N inside and parallel to the graveyard's W enclosing bank, before turning E to cross the interior of the site. Burials appear to be concentrated around the levelled church and date from the 19th-century to the present. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 October 2013

• KD032-022 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In a front garden on the NE slope of Brewel Hill. A second ringbarrow (KD032-023----) lay c. 120m to the WSW, a third (KD032-024----) lies c. 240m to the S and a fourth (KD032-025----) lies c. 250m to the SW. Although not recorded on OS mapping, this monument is visibly upstanding on 1963 and 1969 aerial photographs (CUCAP AIC 91 and CUCAP AYL 88), where it can be seen as a raised circular area enclosed by a broad fosse and outer bank (est. overall diam. c. 48m) In 1985, it was almost imperceptible at ground level; a circular area (diam. c. 17m) enclosed by a broad, shallow fosse. Local information at that time was that the land had recently been ‘improved’ here (SMR file). In 1994, a report on archaeological trail trenching in advance of the construction of a private dwelling house just to the SW of the site noted that no visible surface trace of the monument survived. (Opie and Keeley-Schmidt. Excavation Licence No. 94E029) The monument itself was not trial trenched and sub-surface deposits may survive intact. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 October 2013

• KD032-023 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture on the NE slope of Brewel Hill. A second ringbarrow (KD032-022----) lay c. 120m to the ENE, a third (KD032-024----) c. 240m to the SE and a fourth (KD032-025----) c. 200m to the S. Described in 1985 as the barely perceptible traces of a low circular area (diam. c. 16m; H above base of fosse c. 0.4m) enclosed by traces of a fosse (SMR file). The monument is no longer clearly identifiable at ground level, but sub-surface features may survive intact. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 October 2013

• KD032-024 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture on a long gentle NE slope of Brewel Hill. A second ringbarrow (KD032-025----) lies c. 80m to the W, a third (KD032-022----) c. 220m to the N and a fourth (KD032-023----) c. 250m to the NW. A low circular area (diam. 14m) is enclosed by a shallow fosse (D 0.3-0.5m; Wth 3.5-4m), and by a low broad outer bank (int. H 0.3.0.5m; Wth 7.5m; ext H 0.1-0.3m) SE-W-NE, which is truncated by a road NE-SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 October 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1976).

• KD032-025 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture on the long gentle NE slope of Brewel Hill. A second ringbarrow (KD032-024----) lies c. 80m to the E, a third (KD032-023----) c. 230m to the N and a fourth (KD032-022----) c. 250m to the NE. A fairly well-preserved, though overgrown, circular area (diam. 21.5m) is enclosed by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth. 2.2m; D below interior 1.6m; D below outer bank 1.6-2.1m) and a broad outer bank (Wth 9-12.5m; ext. H 1.1m; ext diam. of monument 55m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 21 October 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1976).

• KD032-026001 Ceremonial enclosure
  Description

  Protected by Preservation Order No. 32/1976, together with the possible stone circle - ‘The Piper’s Stones’ (KD032-026002-) - it encloses. In pasture on the summit of Brewel Hill (OD 726 ft. / c. 221m). Four ringbarrows (KD032-022----, KD032-023----, KD032-024---- and KD032-025----) lie downslope to the NE and a possible cursus (KD032-058----) lies to the ESE. Monument described by FitzGerald (1896-9, 158) as being ‘encircled by a wide double entrenchment (now much levelled, and not marked on six inch Ordnance Survey map) is a group of four large boulders, of which two are granite, another of white quartz, and the fourth of red “pudding-stone”; they are known as the “Piper’s Stones” (KD032-026002-). In 1931 Walshe (1931, 126-7) recorded the monument as consisting of ‘a wide double entrenchment now much levelled, is a group of four large boulders (KD032-026002-) of which two are granite, another is of white quartz while the fourth is of red “pudding stone”. Locally they are known as the “Piper’s Stones”, the quartz one being called the “Piper’s Chair”, from the resemblance its form bears to that of a chair. Of the two granite stones, the smaller lies against the adjacent fence and appears as if it had been broken at some time. The large granite stone, the white quartz and the red pudding stone lie close to each other, but the smaller granite stone is some paces from its larger companion on the one side and the pudding stone on the other. The dimensions of these stones are: large granite stone 5 feet high; small granite stone 2½ feet high, white quartz stone 3 feet high. The red “pudding stone” is roughly oblong in shape and measures 5 feet 3 inches in length, 3 feet 9 inches in width and 3 feet in height. Near the white quartz stone, which occupies the central position, there is a small flat flag of granite. There is an incised hole in the larger granite boulder’. Described by the ASI in 1972 as following; ‘a roughly circular earthwork consisting of a fosse with a slight bank inside it. The earthwork is bisected by a field fence & ditch cutting through it on the east-west axis. In the southern half of the earthwork there are 4 large boulders. These stones form a semi-circle at the centre of the earthwork. This semicircle may once have formed a circle with stones in the northern half of the monument. The southern half of the monument has been planted with spruce trees within the last five or six years. These trees will form an impenetrable mass. The northern half of the monument is under pasture & there are no signs of boulders in this part of the monument. This earthwork is situated on a high hill with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. The diam. of the interior is 64m. The four large boulders in the southern half of the monument are set in a semi-circular depression which is surrounded by a low bank. There is no indication of a complimentary depression in the northern half of the monument’ (SMR File 16/10/1972). Described in 1980 by Geraldine Stout as consisting of ‘a circular ditch with internal bank, apparently causewayed in the NNE. This bank encloses the remnants of a circular embankment, which in turn would have enclosed five large quartz and conglomerate boulders, which may have formed a stone circle. The site has an overall diameter of c. 75m. The main circular ditch is defined by a brighter and sparser grass growth having an impressive width of c. 15m. The internal flat-topped bank, contiguous to the ditch, is defined in the south by a strong growth of furze which has aided its preservation. The internal enclosure is eccentrically placed inside the outer bank and ditch and has been partly denuded by a fir plantation and the construction of a field ditch. When complete this internal bank would have had a diameter of c. 26m. The remnants of the possible stone circle, which could have had a diameter of c. 16m, consists of irregularly shaped, huge boulders which vary in height from c. 1m to c. 1.6m’ (Unpublished M.A. Thesis; SMR File see attached plan taken from thesis). Present remains consist of a large circular area (int. diam. 39m; ext. diam 76m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.1-0.4m; Wth 7m; ext H over outer fosse 0.9m) and by a shallow outer fosse (Wth. at base 2.8m; D 0.4m). A denuded gap (Wth 3.7m) in the bank at NNE may be an original entrance? Internally, to SSE of centre, the remains of a smaller enclosure (est. original diam. c. 26m) survive as a curving arc of low bank (Wth. 6.4m; H 0.4m) traceable ESE-S-WSW, the line of which, however, is not concentric with the main enclosing bank outside. Remnants of a possible stone circle – ‘The Pipers’ Stones’ (KD032-026002-) – stand inside this second, small enclosure. A small coniferous plantation (E-W 60m; N-S 20m) is planted, inexplicably, across the interior of the monument. Prehistoric enclosures in Britain are known to have external fosses and the presence of an external fosse at Brewel need not disassociate this monument from the ‘henge’ tradition (pers. comm. Dr. G Stout). Recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Near the modern village of Dunlarvin, a circular contour fort with a total site footprint of approximately 0.5ha in commanding position on an isolated hilltop overlooking level terrain in all directions. Univallate for the entire circuit with two simple entrance gaps in the N and SE. Circular earthwork enclosing a possible stone circle at S of fort interior. Enclosing elements survive well throughout. Interior under partial tree cover, the remainder of the monument is in pasture. First map depiction in second edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The fort is protected under the Preservation Order No. 32/1976 and forms part of a protected archaeological landscape comprising four ring barrows, a possible cursus and a large figure-of-eight enclosure. These monument lie with 600m of the contour fort.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0964.html). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 32/1976).

• KD032-026002 Stone circle
  Description

  Protected by Preservation Order No. 32/1976, together with the surrounding enclosures (KD032-026001-), near the centre of which the surviving stones stand. An arc of four unworked boulders may be the surviving S portion (ESE, SSE, SSW and WNW) of a stone circle (est. original diam. c. 16m). A modern field bank and drain bisect the putative circle E-W and a belt of coniferous trees has been planted to the S of this boundary, across the site. Two of the boulders are granite, (1.2m E-W; 1m N-S; H 0.9m and 1.9m N-S; 1.3m E-W; H 0.95m), one is a red conglomerate ‘puddingstone’ (2.2m E-W; 1.5m N-S; H 1.3m) and one is of white quartz (1.9m N-S; 1.8m E-W; H 0.89m) and is known locally as the ‘Piper’s Chair’. Three of the stones appear earthfast, but the one at SW does not appear to be so. A curving arc of low bank (Wth. 6.4m; H 0.4m) is traceable ESE-S-WSW running some 5m outside the arc of stones. Its line, however, is not concentric with the main enclosing bank outside, suggesting it may be associated chronologically with the stone circle, while the large outer enclosure may be a later feature of the monument. In 1975 Ó Nualláin (1975, 112) recorded the monument as consisting of ‘4 large boulders, one of quartz, lying within a hilltop earthwork. (O Riordain 1953, 89, called it “Kilgowan2). None of the stones are set in the ground and there is no evidence that they formed part of a circle’. (Walshe 1931, 126-7; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 266) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 32/1976).

Architectural heritage

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

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 Brewel West, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Brewel West · Briúal Thiar

Area

1,213,890 m² (121.39 ha, 299.96 acres)

Civil parish

Usk, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban East

Electoral division

Usk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

566 people lived in 194 households in the Usk electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintaggart, Blackrath, Brewel East or Merville, Kingsland, Usk

Placenames

Brewel West 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.