Downshill

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Downshill, from 45 m² to 356,329 m² (35.63 ha, 88.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Downshill 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.

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  A. The retention of existing 81.4m2 dwelling unit. B. Alterations and extension of existing dwelling unit consisting of : i) The conversion of the existing dwelling to incorporate new office/studio and ancillary rooms. ii) Minor alterations to the existing plan and elevations. iii) 254.6m2 single storey extension to side of existing dwelling to create one new family dwelling. iv) Connection to existing waste water treatment system and percolation area (as granted under PP 16538) and all other services. v) Alterations to existing driveway with new rear driveway. vi) New boundary fence to rear and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21952

• 11 Jan 2021Conditional

  for the construction of dwelling as built granted under planning ref 18/362 - these changes include increasing the size of dwelling to 118 sqm by extending original floor plan to north, garage substructure as built in new location and associate works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2114

• 26 Jun 2019N/a

  dwelling as built granted under Planning Ref 18/362 - these changes include increasing the size of the dwelling by 118 sqm by extending original floor plan to north, garage as built in new location and associate works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19679

• 10 Apr 2018Conditional

  dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, well and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18362

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  renovation an existing single storey dwelling and construction of single storey extensions to the north west and south sides of the dwelling to create a four bedroom family home. the development includes the demolition of adjoining shed, removal of 2 of the 3 chimneys, replacement of existing windows and doors, new insulation and installation of two roof lights, replacement of existing septic tank and installation of a new 8 person wastewater treatment unit and 60sqm of soil polishing filter to EPA 2009 standards, renovation of existing outbuilding for use as non habitable plant and store room, all associated services, landscaping and site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171242

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 Downshill.

Recorded monuments

• WI012-067 Rock art
  Description

  On gentle SE facing slope, a slightly hogback-shaped, granite, earthfast boulder (1.8m NE-SW; 1.1m NW-SE; H on SE side 0.7m; H on NW side 0.2m) with 8 cups (diam. 4-8cm) along the high central ridge, and 2 or possibly 3 cups on the SE side. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 06 February 2013

• WI012-068 Rock art
  Description

  On gentle SW facing slope, a large erratic boulder (4.7m N-S; 3.8m E-W; H on W side 1.2m; H on E side 0.9m) with some 20 weathered cup marks (avg. diams. 4-6cm; avg. D 1cm; largest cup mark: diam. 12cm; D 2cm) across the high central ridge. The W side of the boulder is covered in a series of drilled holes, where preparations had been made to split the stone. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 07 February 2013

• WI013-001 Hillfort
  Description

  Subcircular univallate hillfort (dims. c. 360m E-W; c. 220m N-S) part of which is depicted on the OS 6-inch map as a field boundary. The site encloses the summit of Downshill with steep slopes to the N, E and S and gentler slopes to the W and has a commanding position on the W edge of the Glen of the Downs. The summit is now covered in forestry and the only accessible surviving part of the rampart is along the SW side where it forms part of a field boundary which skirts the plantation. The earth and stone bank (Wth 4-5m; H 1.60m) has near vertical drystone facing (probably not original). The external fosse (Wth c. 4m) was also identified to the SE in the next field in 1989 during ploughing. The SE perimeter had apparently not survived. In 2007 two test trenches were opened across the bank and fosse on the N and W sides as part of a research excavation carried out by UCD school of Archaeology (Excavation Licence 07E0596). No dateable artefacts were recovered. (O'Neill 2007, 3) The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Oval shaped partial contour fort surrounding the domed summit of Downshill. In commanding position at edge of the Glen of the Downs and overlooking the Wicklow coastline to the E. Coolagad hillfort (Atlas No.0719) positioned 2.8km to NE. Univallate for its entire circuit, it has a total footprint of approximately 6.7ha. There are no recorded entrance features. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. The ramparts have been damaged by recent forestry harvesting. Interior also severely damaged by deep ridge and furrow associated with tree felling. Earliest map detection in 1906 second edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Trial excavation of enclosing elements in 2007 by University College Dublin. No dateable artifacts were recovered. Partially extant but heavily affected by forestry in places. Forestry track truncating enclosing elements at E. Oval shaped partial contour fort surrounding the domed summit of Downshill. Steep slopes to N, E and S with gentler slopes to W (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 42). Hillfort rampart follows contours at N and W before running down slope at E and following a lower contour to the SW. In commanding position at edge of the Glen of the Downs and overlooking the Wicklow coastline to the E.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0720.html) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 February 2020

• WI013-068 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavated in 2001 prior to the insertion of a Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline (Excavation Licence 01E0509). A spread of burnt stone and charcoal (3.3m x 2.2m; max. D 0.48m) was uncovered in a circular flat based depression (1.35m x 0.86m) which overlay boulder clay. A single post-hole (diam. 0.15m; D 0.25m) was identified beneath the mound and within the depression. (Ó Néill 2003, 414-5) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Downshill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Downshill · Cnoc an Dúin

Area

3,438,338 m² (343.83 ha, 849.63 acres)

Civil parish

Calary, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Kilcoole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcoole electoral division: 12,163 people in 4,109 households; 74% of households own their home; 68% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinashinnagh, Calary Lower, Calary Upper, Carriggower, Downs, Killinpark, Tooman, Woodlands

Placenames

Downshill 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.