Abbeyland

231 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyland, from 0 m² to 119,683 m² (11.97 ha, 29.57 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 Abbeyland 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.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Abbeyland.

Recorded monuments

• KD014-026005 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  Founded in 1258, probably by Gerald Fitzmaurice, Lord of Offaly, who is traditionally associated with the effigial fragment (KD014-026014-) in the chancel, although the foundation has also been attributed to the Sturton family, the patronage subsequently passing to the Ugayns and later the Rochefords. A general chapter was held here in 1345, and in 1433 an indulgence was granted as the friary was in need of repair: Conlan (1978, 82) suggests that the friary was substantially rebuilt after 1433. In 1540, the dissolution documents noted that the church, chancel and part of the dormitory had been destroyed and the material used to repair the King's Castle (KD005-015----) in Maynooth. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 245). The remains comprise large portions of the ivy-clad N and S walls and the E gable wall of a nave and chancel structure (nave dims. L c. 26m E-W; Wth 8m. chancel dims. L c. 17m E-W; Wth 8m) of 13th century date, to which a S-aisle (int. dims. L 16.6m E-W; Wth 6.5m) was added in the 15th c. Constructed of roughly coursed limestone blocks without dressed quoins; traces of plaster survive on both the inner and outer wall faces. The E window (probably a series of lancets) is robbed out and the chancel is lit by one lancet in the N wall and four, with traces of a fifth, in the S wall. The inner face of the E gable wall is altered to accommodate a grotto and the altar area is paved and roofed in corrugated iron sheeting. A recess near the E end of the S wall is probably a sedilla. Both the W gable wall and S wall of the nave are levelled, the latter to accommodate the aisle, and the N wall is featureless apart from a round-arched recess. The S aisle is also poorly preserved; its E and W walls are reduced to foundation level, but the S wall contains two lancet windows and the E-splay of a third. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 146-48) In 1999, archaeological test-trenching (Excavation Licence No. 99E0386:www.excavations.ie), informed by previous geophysical investigations of a rectangular area (dims. L 40m; Wth 40m) N of the graveyard (KD014-026011-), confirmed the presence and extent of subsurface wall-features and suggested they were associated with the upstanding remains of the friary. Additional walls were also discovered to the S and SW of the graveyard and a number of burials were found outside, to the N, S and W, of the graveyard boundary walls. A gravelled surface uncovered to the SW of the graveyard may be the remains of a road, identified previously in aerial photographs and several areas of burning were also found. A stone-built 'tunnel' with an arched roof, running SW from the SE corner of the graveyard was also discovered (dims. L 8.8m NE-SW; Wth 1.2m; H above fill on floor 0.85m). This structure had been truncated by a modern sewerage pipe, and while not representative of classic souterain construction methods, the excavator suggested it was possibly a passage leading to a souterrain chamber. Sherds of medieval pottery, fragments of roof tiles and fragments of decorated floor tiles, all of which are probably related to the friary, were also found. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-026010 Font
  Description

  Found in the wall of the church tower (KD014-026002-) in Clane village, but moved to the church of 'St Michael and All Angles', Millicent - see KD014-054----. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 145) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-026012 Graveyard
  Description

  An almost square area (dims. L c. 60m N-S; Wth c. 60m E-W) located between the Early Christian monastic foundation of 'Cluain Damh' (KD014-026017-) c. 160m to the NNW and a motte (KD014-026004-) c. 180m to the SSW and containing 'Clane Abbey' (KD014-026005-), a 13th century Franciscan Friary. Burials are concentrated to the S of the friary ruins. In 1999, archaeological test-trenching (Excavation Licence No. 99E0386: www.excavations.ie), informed by previous geophysical investigations of a rectangular area (dims. L 40m; Wth 40m) N of the graveyard (KD014-026011-), confirmed the presence and extent of subsurface wall-features and suggested they were associated with the upstanding remains of the friary. Additional walls were also discovered to the S and SW of the graveyard and a number of burials were found outside, to the N, S and W, of the graveyard boundary walls. A gravelled surface, uncovered to the SW of the graveyard, may be the remains of a road (or street?), identified previously from aerial photographs. A stone-built 'tunnel' with an arched roof, running SW from the SE corner of the graveyard was also discovered (dims. L 8.8m NE-SW; Wth 1.2m; H above fill on floor 0.85m). This structure had been truncated by a modern sewerage pipe, and while not representative of classic souterrain construction methods, the excavator suggested it was possibly a passage leading to a souterrain chamber. Sherds of medieval pottery, fragments of roof tiles and fragments of decorated floor tiles, all of which were probably related to the friary, were also found. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD014-026014 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  Lying on the ground against the N wall of the chancel of the friary church (KD014-026005-). A carved limestone fragment depicting a torso, but the upper chest and legs are missing. Traditionally identified with Gerald Fitzmaurice, Lord of Offaly, who is reputed to have founded the friary and who died in 1287. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 148) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Abbeyland, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2759 (ZIP).

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

Name

Abbeyland

Area

279,113 m² (27.91 ha, 68.97 acres)

Civil parish

Clane, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Clane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

8,927 people lived in 3,078 households in the Clane electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackhall, Capdoo, Carrigeen, Clane, Moat Commons, Rathmore

Placenames

Abbeyland 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.