Castleruddery Lower

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleruddery Lower, from 150 m² to 361,515 m² (36.15 ha, 89.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Castleruddery Lower 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.

• 18 Sept 2026N/a

  the importation of approximately 55,000 tonnes of clean soils and stone as by product over an area of approximately 2.5ha to infill and level the site in order to improve existing agricultural lands, clean soil and stone will be imported under Article 27 of European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011, as amended, a period of 5 years duration is requested to import materials and to complete restoration and seeding of the lands

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660844

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  the importation of approximately 55,000 tonnes of clean soils and stone over to infill and level the site in order to improve existing agricultural lands at Castlerudderry, Co.Wicklow, the clean soil and stone will be imported under Article 27 of European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011, as amended, the proposed fill area is approximately 2.5 ha, the lands within fill area are undulating and dip to the east and the fill depth will vary from 0.5m to 4m across the fill area, it is intended that restored lands will be given over to agricultural use such as grazing, a period of 5 years duration is requested to import materials and to complete restoration and seeding of the lands

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660804

• 27 Jul 2023Conditional

  continued use of an existing facility (permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 18/1363) used for the importation of concrete, the storing of concrete, the processing of concrete including crushing and the storage of the crushed concrete product pending reuse off site, all within an application area of c. 3.3 Ha. and for a 10 year period

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360182

• 27 Jan 2021Refused

  10 year permission for Construction of up to 5 No. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade top height of 165m, with a transformer at each turbine and associated hard stand area; 1No. 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; 20kV underground cables facilitating the connection of turbines to 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; Circa 6.5km of 38kV underground cabling and all associated works along public roads to facilitate the connection of the proposed 38kV wind farm electrical substation to the existing Stratford 38/110kV substation referred to as 'the grid route', Provision of a heritage trail circa 1km in length to include associated information signage (located at the key heritage assets) and parking area; Replacement of existing grass verge with a new 1 metre wide footway at each bridge crossing along the 'grid route'; New site tracks, upgraded site tracks and all associated works; 1 No. 30m permanent meteorological mast and all associated infrastructure and works; A temporary site compound and all associated works; and All associated and ancillary site development works The application site includes Protected Structures. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2160

• 19 Jan 2021N/a

  10 year permission for Construction of up to 5 No. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade top height of 165m, with a transformer at each turbine and associated hard stand area; 1No. 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; 20kV underground cables facilitating the connection of turbines to 38kV electrical substation and all associated infrastructure and works; Circa 6.5km of 38kV underground cabling and all associated works along public roads to facilitate the connection of the proposed 38kV wind farm electrical substation to the existing Stratford 38/110kV substation referred to as 'the grid route', Provision of a heritage trail circa 1km in length to include associated information signage (located at the key heritage assets) and parking area; Replacement of existing grass verge with a new 1 metre wide footway at each bridge crossing along the 'grid route'; New site tracks, upgraded site tracks and all associated works; 1 No. 30m permanent meteorological mast and all associated infrastructure and works; A temporary site compound and all associated works; and All associated and ancillary site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2128

• 6 Dec 2018Conditional

  importation of concrete, the storing of concrete, the processing of concrete including crushing and the storage of the crushed concrete product pending reuse off site

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181363

• 1 Oct 2018N/a

  importation of concrete, the storing of concrete, the processing of concrete including crushing and the storage of the crushed concrete product pending reuse offsite

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 181077

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WI021-025 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On level ground on the summit of a flat-topped ridge. Listed as ‘Castle, possible, site’ in the RMP (1995). Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 91) as a former castle ‘where Castleruddery House stands’. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 December 2012

• WI021-026 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated at the base of an elongated natural hollow. Circular platform (diam. 44m; H 2-2.5m) with a slightly dished summit (diam. 36m) defined by a partly natural, wide flat-bottomed 'fosse'. No indication of a bank, entrance or internal features. 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. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI021-029 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on level ground in gently undulating terrain. Circular enclosure visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDR 29). Not visible at ground level. 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. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

• WI021-032 Stone circle - embanked
  Description

  National Monument in state ownership No. 441. Situated on a natural rise with gentle slopes to S, W and E and overlooking the River Slaney (250m to the S). The stone circle (diam. 30m) consists of large boulders, originally contiguous, some standing upright and others erected on their long axis. The circle is largely intact at the N but is less well-preserved to the S. It consists of twenty-nine substantial stones and a number of smaller fragments with some loose boulders occurring in the interior which is otherwise featureless. Wedge marks and boreholes in several stones indicate deliberate destruction. The entrance (Wth 1.3m) appears to be between two exceptionally large quartz boulders (L 2.4m and 3m; Wth 1.2m and 1.8m) at the E. Abutting onto the outer face of the circle is an earthen bank (diam. 40m; Wth 4.5m; max. H 1m), the terminals of which encompass the quartz boulders of the entrance. Some boulders along the outer edge of the bank may indicate an outer revetment. To the E of the entrance (at 15.8m) is a single upright stone. A field bank cuts across the outer edge of the bank at the S. The site occurs centrally within a well-defined cropmark enclosure (diam. c. 80m; CUCAP, BDR039) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 4-5m). Between this and the earthen bank is a narrower cropmark defined by a trench or narrow fosse (diam. c. 50m; Wth c. 1m). (Walshe 1931, 131-4; Leask 1945, 266-7; Burl 1993, 106, 240; 1995, 249-50) 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. Date of upload/revision: 30 June 2010 G. Conroy. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 109/1940).

• WI021-033 Castle - motte
  Description

  National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated on a marked S-facing slope with a very steep slope dropping to the marshy floor of the Slaney River (100m S), and overlooking the fording point at Ballyhubbock Bridge. Circular steep-sided platform (diam. 41m; H 4.5-5.5m) encircled by a fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.2-0.7m). There are two causeways, one of which at the NW (Wth 1m) crosses the fosse at an angle and runs into a narrow ramp which leads up to the motte summit. This may be an original feature. A largely natural, level, roughly rectangular, platform (dims. 25m E-W; 16m N-S) 28m S of the motte on the lip of the 15m drop to the river floor may be an associated feature. The motte is probably associated with the Anglo-Norman borough of Donaghmore c. 500m to the NE (WI021-069002-). 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. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 109/1940).

Architectural heritage

• George's Bridge, bridge, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Humpbacked single-arch road bridge over the River Slaney, built c.1820. The bridge is constructed in coursed rubble with dressed granite voussoirs to the large segmental arch. To the north end there is a small flood arch with rough voussoirs, above which there is a further set of dressed granite voussoirs. There are large buttresses to the north end also, probably added in the later 19th or 20th century. The low parapets have dressed granite coping.

• Castleruddery House, country house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey country house, c.1810, possibly over basement with four-bay single-storey lateral wing. Renovated, c.1985. Hipped slate roof to main block and pitched slate roof to wing with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, 2/2 (ground floor) and 3/6 (first floor) timber sash windows, and replacement timber casement windows, c.1985, to wing. Segmental-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled door and fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds. Detached rubble stone outbuilding to site. Gateway to site comprising pair of cut-granite piers with wrought iron double 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 Castleruddery Lower, 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 Castleruddery Lower.

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 Castleruddery Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Castleruddery Lower · Caisleán an Ridire Íochtarach

Area

1,332,197 m² (133.22 ha, 329.19 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Upper

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

463 people lived in 148 households in the Donaghmore electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintruer Beg, Ballintruer More, Ballyhubbock Lower, Ballynatone, Castleruddery Upper, Castlesallagh, Donaghmore, Randalstown, Whitestown Lower

Placenames

Castleruddery Lower 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.