Middletown

Area

591,713 m² (59.17 ha, 146.22 acres)

Buildings

10 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,543 m².

Zoning

G3 GB - Green Belt (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective

Townland

Middletown

Planning applications on this parcel

• 8 Apr 2015Grant permission

  Aviation fuel pipeline from Dublin Port to Dublin Airport. The propos

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F15A/0141

• 7 Mar 2012Withdraw application

  Development of a parkland cemetery and associated development on a sit

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F12A/0066

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 12 recorded monuments.

• DU015-008 Enclosure
  Description

  The site is in a field of pasture north of Middletown House. Shown on the 1837 edition OS 6-inch map as circular in plan (diam. c. 35m). Not visible at ground level. Cropmark of levelled monument shows a circular-shaped area enclosing a possible house site defined by the cropmark of a larger outer ditch that is visible visible on Apple Maps orthoimage. See attached orthoimage Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on orthoimage provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of revised upload: 31 January 2023

• DU015-057 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on slight east west rise within massive open field-field boundaries long since removed. Extensive views to the high land of the north and sourth to the Dublin Mountains. Just to the east is an ancient road (DU015-125----). Visible as cropmark on Bing aerial (viewed 28/01/2015). A geophysical survey (Licence no. 08R0326) of the site was undertaken in advance of a proposed road realignment. A fragmented curvilinear response 38m in diameter thought to represent a sub-circular ditched enclosure was identified. Within interior are several pit type responses as well as pits, postholes, ditches and gullies. Probable entrance to the south into what appears to be an annex. Within this area there is thought to be burning or burnt material. An outer ditch was also identified and although responses were faint it would appear to measure 57mEW x 69mNS (Harrison 2008). Compiled by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 28 January 2015

• DU015-125 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  A road visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph. (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Enclosure DU015-057 is located to the west. Located on a relatively high land with a slope to the south. Visible on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (1837) as a tree lined road leading to St Doolagh's Quarries and lime kilns. Coincides with the townland boundary for part of its extent. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 25 January 2015

• DU015-126 Enclosure
  Description

  An irregular shaped enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph together with other features that could indicate a possible field system (DU015-127----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Enclosure (DU015-057----) is located to the east. Located on a relatively high land with a slope to the south. Extensive views to the Dublin Mountains. Within large open field under crop. No visible remains. Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 28 January 2015

• DU015-127 Field system
  Description

  A field system visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 together with other features such as enclosures DU015-126---- & DU015-057---- and road DU015-125---- (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The field boundaries are visible on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map (1837) as is road (DU015-125----). The majority are still visible on the 1938 edition. Remnants visible on the ground but now large open field under crop. See attached Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 Compiled by: David O’Connor Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 28 January 2015

• DU015-140 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the N boundary of large arable field c. 196m SE of enclosure DU015-057----, the ring-ditch is part of a complex of enclosures and ring-ditches in the townland of Springhill (adjacent to the N). The ring-ditch is visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018). The site is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 14.7m) defined by a ditch (Wth. c. 1.9m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 26 April 2021

• DU015-142 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located in a large arable field c. 144.8m E\ESE of the centre of enclosure DU015-057----, this ring-ditch is part of a complex of enclosures and ring-ditches at this location. The ring-ditch is visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018) and on Apple maps (June 2018). The site is circular in plan (ext. diam. c.8m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. There are a significant number of other enclosures and ring-ditches in the same field to the E, S and W. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 26 April 2021

• DU015-143 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located in a large arable field close to the field’s S boundary, and c. 146m SE of enclosure DU015-057---- in large arable field, this ring-ditch is part of a complex of enclosures and ring-ditches at this location. The ring-ditch is visible on Google Earth imagery (24 June 2018) and on Apple maps (June 2018). The site is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 12.3m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.4m). There is no evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. There are a significant number of other enclosures and ring-ditches in the same field to the NW, N and ENE. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 26 April 2021

• DU015-145 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a large arable field c. 725m WSW of the complex of monuments at Springhill townland centered on an enclosure (DU015-057----). An unnamed E-W running stream, a tributary of the Mayne River, is located c. 120m to S. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth coverage (24 June 2018) where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The enclosure is circular in plan (ext. diam. c. 42.5m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2m). There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the ditch. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 23 April 2021

• DU015-146 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a large arable field c. 1.1km WSW of the complex of monuments at Springhill townland centered on an enclosure (DU015-057---- ). An unnamed E-W running stream, a tributary of the Mayne River, is located c. 180m to S. The enclosure can be seen on Google Earth coverage (24 June 2018) and on Apple Maps imagery (June 2018) where it is visible as a positive cropmark. The site encloses a subcircular area (ext. diam. 27.4m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.9m). The Apple Maps image appears to indicate the presence of two outer palisade trenches outside the S perimeter of the enclosure. There is no clear evidence for an entrance gap through the bank. Compiled by: Tom Condit Uploaded on: 23 April 2021

And 2 more.

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 20 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3251 (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.

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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.