Blakestown Lower

Area

392,498 m² (39.25 ha, 96.99 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,028 m².

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Blakestown Lower

Planning applications on this parcel

• 28 May 2025N/a

  single storey dwelling house, onsite secondary sewerage treatment system, domestic garage, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560398

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  single storey dwelling with small mezzanine space, septic thank & percolation area to current EPA guidelines, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20694

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  single storey dwelling with small mezzanine space, septic tank and percolation area to current EPA guidelines, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19115

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  renovations to existing dwelling house, new septic tank and percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18575

• 3 Jan 2017Conditional

  single storey dwelling with small mezzanine space, attached carport and domestic shed, septic tank and percolation area to current EPA guidelines, recessed entrance (in lieu of existing field access) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 174

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: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.

• WI009-039 Flat cemetery
  Description

  A long cist was discovered in a garden in early 1980. This led to a rescue excavation being undertaken in the course of which two further cists were revealed c. 2m N of the first. All three cists were orientated E-W with the heads of the burials at the W. Cist 1 had been covered by a low mound which was removed mechanically prior to the excavation: the nature of this mound is unknown. The cist (L 1.9m; Wth 0.45m at W narrowing to 0.15m at E) was orientated E-W and built of thin slabs standing on edge in a prepared pit. The cist was unpaved but had been covered by a least six roofing slabs. It contained an extended skeleton lying on its back. Cist 2 was discovered 1.4m to the N of Cist 1. It had been robbed of its roofing slabs and one side slab in antiquity and the cist reflled. The cist (L 1.63m; 0.47m at W narrowing to 0.33m at E) was unpaved. Some bones of the original interment were discovered at a high level in the fill and one roofing slab had fallen inwards on the burial. The slabs used in its construction were regular and well formed, giving a depth of up to 0.35m. The enclosed skeleton was fully extended and lay on its back. Adjoining it at the N was Cist 3 which partly overlapped its E end. Cist 3 (L 1.65m; Wth 0.39m at W narrowing to 0.21m at E) was undisturbed and roofed by 10 slabs. The enclosed skeleton was fully extended and lay on its back. It is possible that the builders of Cist 3 may have removed the roofing slabs from Cist 2 for use in its construction. Three pits and a number of stake holes were discovered close to the three burials. One of the pits contained a deposit of slag and it may represents the remains of a furnace. The stake holes attest the existence of shelters of some kind but the only artifact found was half of the lower stone of a rotary disc quern. In the course of further ground works in January 2013 at least six further cists were revealed (SMR file). (Bourke and Clinton 1983-4) Traces of a possible enclosing feature are visible in field to W on Google Earth imagery (image date: 9/2/2010). Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Claire Breen Date of upload: 28 January 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.

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.

Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.