Barrettstown

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrettstown, from 103 m² to 510,845 m² (51.08 ha, 126.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Barrettstown 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.

• 16 Apr 2025Refused

  for a new dormer style dwelling & domestic garage, new recessed entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560406

• 26 Nov 2019Conditional

  constructing a one and half storey type house in lieu of house design previously approved under planning file Ref. No. 16/773, and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191312

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• KD019-001001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. KD019-001---- is the most northerly barrow in the group. A small circular area (diam. 8m) is defined by a shallow inner fosse (Wth 1.9-3m; D 0.1-0.4m), and by a low, narrow, round-topped, outer earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int H 0.1-0.4m; ext H 0.3-0.7m) SE-WSW and WNW-NE. A second barrow (KD019-001002-) abuts the monument at S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. KD019-001002- is the second-most northerly barrow in the group. A small, circular area (diam. 7.5m) is defined by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.4m) NE-SE and SW-NW. The monument is abutted by a barrow at N (KD019-001001-) and by another barrow at S (KD019-001003-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001003 Barrow - stepped barrow
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. KD019-001003- is the third-most northerly barrow in the group. A small circular area (diam. 6.6m) is defined by a low, broad berm (Wth 3.2m; ext H 0.1-0.4m) NW-NE and SE-SW. The monument is abutted at N by another barrow (KD019-001002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001004 Enclosure
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of extensive former sand/gravel-pit extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002- and KD019-001003-/006/008-/009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-/007-) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. A large U -shaped area (dims. L. c. 70m N-S) with a straight S side (Wth c. 50m) girdles the lower W, N and E slopes of an esker and is defined by an inner fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 1-1.5m) and a low, outer earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; ext. H 0.7m). At its S end a broader and possibly later inner earthen bank (Wth 7m; int H 0.5m; ext H 1.1m) and outer fosse (Wth 0.9m; D 0.4m) straddles the esker E-W to complete the enclosure. On top of the esker this bank curves around to the N to accommodate a small limekiln. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD019-001005 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. KD019-001005- is the most southerly barrow in the group. A small circular area (diam 13.3m) is defined by a scarp (H1.9m), and an outer fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.8m) SE-SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001006 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001007 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001008 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-001009 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Eight barrows occupy the fairly level, nettle-covered, narrow upper surface of a short, N-S esker in level pasture, with evidence of previous extensive sand/gravel extraction immediately to the N and E. Six contiguous barrows (KD019-001001-, KD019-001002-, KD019-001003-, KD019-001006-, KD019-001008-, KD019-001009-) run N-S, in-line at the N end of the esker and are contained in an enclosure (KD019-001004-) which girdles the lower slopes of the esker, while a seventh and eight barrow (KD019-001005-, KD019-001007-, ) lies c. 48m slightly down slope, and outside the enclosure, to the S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 29 November 2018

• KD019-003 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Shown, but not named, on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as an L-shaped structure (dims. est. L c. 30m N-S; est. Wth c. 25m E-W) with a small square structure (est. dims. L c. 10m; Wth c. 10m) c. 15m to the NNW (and no longer visible at ground level), but not recorded on the latest ed. (1910) of the map. In open, level, improved pasture from which local field boundaries, recorded on the OS 6-inch maps, have been removed. The very poorly preserved remains comprise the SW angle of a two-storied, vaulted structure (dims. L 6.9m N-S; Wth 6.1m E-W; H 4m) built of roughly coursed, rubble masonry (wall T 1.1m) from which the vault and most of the inner and outer wall-facing stones at ground-floor level have been robbed. A small, square, stairs tower (dims. L c. 2m; Wth c. 2m) projects W from the N end of the W wall, and the N wall of the tower contains a deep bar-slot hole (dims. D 1.5m; Wth 0.2m; H 0.2m) at its E end, indicating the former presence of an entrance doorway there. The stairs are lit between ground and first-floor levels by a robbed-out loop looking SW. The steps are robbed at ground-floor level, but a few spiralling steps survive at first-floor level. At ground-floor level the W wall contains a flat-arched window embrasure, the lower part and sides of which have been robbed-out, and the scar-line of a vault is visible in the S wall. Abutting the N wall of the stairs-tower and running N, the grassed-over wall-lines (Wth 0.6m) of the NW angle of a levelled building are visible (dims. L c. 8m N-S; Wth c. 6m E-W). It may be the remains of a 17th century fortified house (KD019-003001-) into which the older tower house was incorporated. In the tower house, at first-floor level, the inner wall face has been refaced with red-brick in several places, suggesting a long period of use. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD019-003001 House - fortified house
  Description

  Abutting the N wall of the stairs-tower of a tower house (KD019-003----) and running N, the grassed-over wall-lines (Wth 0.6m) of the NW angle of a levelled building are visible (dims. L c. 8m N-S; Wth c. 6m E-W). It may possibly be the remains of a 17th century fortified house into which the older tower house was incorporated. In the tower house, at first-floor level, the inner wall face has been refaced with red-brick in several places suggesting a long period of use. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

• Digby Bridge and 16th Lock, bridge, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch hump back bridge over canal, dated 1794. Part repointed rubble limestone walls between cut-limestone piers with cut-granite "saddleback" coping to parapets. Single segmental arch below inscribed cut-granite panels ("1794") with granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Grand Canal with retaining walls to lock having benchmark-inscribed cut-granite rounded coping supporting pairs of timber gates.

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 Barrettstown, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2722 (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 Barrettstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Barrettstown · Baile Bhairéid

Area

1,516,963 m² (151.7 ha, 374.85 acres)

Civil parish

Brideschurch, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Donore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

860 people lived in 279 households in the Donore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysize, Castlesize, Fleshtown, Landenstown, Millicent South, Osberstown, Waterstown

Placenames

Barrettstown 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.