Kilcashel

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcashel, from 6 m² to 176,890 m² (17.69 ha, 43.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilcashel 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.

• 1 Sept 2025Refused

  (i) change of use of a vacant pub at ground floor level and restaurant at first floor level at The Farrier’s Inn, Kilcashel, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Y14 CX96, to 1 no. studio apartment and 5 no. two-bedroom apartments. A total of 7 no. car parking spaces and 14 no. covered bicycle parking spaces are proposed to serve the development; (ii) internal and minor external alterations to facilitate the change of use. The units will be served by private amenity space in the form of terraces to the south of the building; and (iii) all ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560679

• 8 Mar 2024Conditional

  1. The conversion /extension of the existing bungalow to a dormer /one and a half storey dwelling by increasing the roof height. 2. Alterations to all elevations. 3. Removal of existing septic tank and installation of new treatment unit and soil polishing filter to current standards and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460138

• 24 Oct 2023N/a

  a proposed new dwelling, new well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, new percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2360374

• 2 Feb 2023N/a

  proposed new dwelling with storage/shed in basement, a proposed new well, a proposed new well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines with percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2384

• 20 Sept 2022Conditional

  demolition of existing dilapidated dwelling, the construction of a proposed new single storey dwelling, upgrade of effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, bored well, together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221010

• 16 Jun 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a bungalow with garage, new entrance off existing laneway and a new treatment system and percolation area to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 22674

• 3 Apr 2019Conditional

  demolition of existing car port / garage and construction of a replacement garage, entrance gates and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 19357

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 Kilcashel.

Recorded monuments

• WI035-028001 Church
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill. The remains of the church (dims. 13m E-W; 5.9m N-S) are represented by a jumbled bank of large stones and earth (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 0.5-1.5m). There is a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the S wall slightly W of centre. The church is at the centre of a large roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 140m SE-NW; 100m NE-SW) defined by a wide bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 1.4-2m). At the NE there is a straight section of field wall but the original boundary probably curved northwards at this point. There are no grave-markers visible within the enclosure. Another possible enclosure (WI035-029----) lies adjacent to the E. 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: 22 August 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 130/1940).

• WI035-028002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill. The remains of the church (dims. 13m E-W; 5.9m N-S) are represented by a jumbled bank of large stones and earth (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 0.5-1.5m). There is a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the S wall slightly W of centre. The church is at the centre of a large roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 140m SE-NW; 100m NE-SW) defined by a wide bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 1.4-2m). At the NE there is a straight section of field wall but the original boundary probably curved northwards at this point. There are no grave-markers visible within the enclosure. Another possible enclosure (WI035-029----) lies adjacent to the E. 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: 22 August 2013

• WI035-028003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill. The remains of the church (dims. 13m E-W; 5.9m N-S) are represented by a jumbled bank of large stones and earth (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 0.5-1.5m). There is a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the S wall slightly W of centre. The church is at the centre of a large roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 140m SE-NW; 100m NE-SW) defined by a wide bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H c. 1.4-2m). At the NE there is a straight section of field wall but the original boundary probably curved northwards at this point. There are no grave-markers visible within the enclosure. Another possible enclosure (WI035-029----) lies adjacent to the E. 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: 22 August 2013

• WI035-029 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a marked SE-facing slope in improved pasture. Two small mounds of earth and stone (dims, of each c. 7m x 4m x 2m high) stand 15m apart. They could be the surviving portions of an enclosure but look more like field clearance perhaps standing on rock outcrop. Marked as a D-shaped enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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

• WI035-059 Mound
  Description

  On SW edge of a ridge, with panoramic views from NW-NE. A roughly circular earth and stone mound (c. 25m N-S; c. 24m E-W; H on N side 4m) with a flat top (a hole has been dug into the SW corner in recent times). May possibly be a spoil heap associated with mining activity. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 06 September 2013

• WI035-062 Hillfort
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs (Michael Moore, 6 July 2006). Not recorded on the 6-inch OS 1st. ed.(1841) map but shown as an oval field (est. diam. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 100m NW-SE) on the 1908 ed. Possibly a hillfort. The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Near small village of Ballygahan, an oval hillslope fort of approximately 1.6ha total site footprint positioned on sloping ground with steep break of slope to N, E and S. Extensive views of the Avoca river valley from the interior. The hillfort is positioned at a major bend in the Avoca Valley. This gives the hillfort extensive views of the entire valley. There are no recorded entrance features. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. The ramparts have not been archaeologically recorded and their state is unknown. The entire hillfort is under dense scrub. Earliest map depiction in second edition Ordnance Survey mapping. The monument has not been recorded in the archaeological inventory of County Wicklow. Extensive copper mining to immediate NE, E and S of hillfort. Possible mound abutting the exterior of the enclosing elements at NE. May be associated with more recent mining activity.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0721.html) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 February 2020

• WI035-070 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope within a copse of conifers c. 9m up-slope from a farm track. The remains consist of a chamber-like feature defined by two orthostats on the N and two other possible orthostats on the S. The ‘chamber’ is orientated WSW – ENE and is wedge-shaped in plan with the wider element (1.55m at E) narrowing to 0.85m at W. The E of the two uprights forming the S side measures 1.9m long, 0.35m thick and stands 0.7m high. It is separated by 0.6m from its W counterpart which measure 2.3m long, 0.3m thick and is 1m high. These stones give an overall ‘chamber’ length of 4.85m. There are three wedge-indentations or marks visible on the upper interior edge of the E stone and a single example is visible on the W end of the W orthostat. These are V-shaped in profile with a rounded point at the bottom. The edges of these marks are not sharp and they do not appear to have been made using metal tools. The two stones that form the possible S side lean markedly inwards to the N and it is unclear if both were ever fully erect: no wedge-marks are visible on these stones. The E stone measures 1.4m long, is at least 0.2m thick and, if erect, would have been at least 0.6m high. The slab beside it to the W measures 1.85m long, 0.3m thick and, if erect, would have been 0.8m high: its top rests against a tree growing in the ‘chamber’. Some 2m W of this stone is a low orthostat set transversely to the line of the so-called ‘chamber’ sides. It measures 0.7m long, 0.27m thick and is 0.25m high: its function and relationship to the others is unclear. The area within the ‘chamber’ is lower than the surrounding ground and it is possible that it has been dug out. There is a small spoil heap immediately to the N and just outside the junction of the two N orthostats and the raised area immediately E of the ‘chamber’ may also be the result of digging. There are other stones apparently set or raised in similar positions on the hillside within the copse and it is impossible to be certain which are natural features and which may be the result of quarrying operations. The ‘chamber’ remains cannot be classified with certainty in their present condition, and while the monument shares certain affinities with those of the megalithic tomb class, especially wedge tombs, the evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting it as a genuine example. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 10 June 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilcashel, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3264 (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 Kilcashel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Kilcashel · Cill Chaisil

Area

1,356,618 m² (135.66 ha, 335.23 acres)

Civil parish

Castlemacadam, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Ovoca, the unit of the census

Census 2022

728 people lived in 263 households in the Ovoca electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 10% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygahan Lower, Ballygahan Upper, Ballymurtagh, Coolaflake, Killeagh, Knockanode, Raheenavine, Tigroney West

Placenames

Kilcashel 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.