Kilgrovan

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgrovan, from 3 m² to 37,212 m² (3.72 ha, 9.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G1OS (Open space, park)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5TM (Tourism and related)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 May 2026N/a

  this development will consist of a new one and half/two story dwelling and garage, new site entrance, waste water and potable water connection, and all associated works.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660351

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  is required for (1) extensions to the side and front of the existing house, (2) the temporary retention of the existing mobile home on site .PLANNING PERMISSION for (1) the construction of a granny flat to the side and an extension to the rear of the existing house and (2) alteration to door and window opes

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2560922

• 21 Nov 2025N/a

  This development will consist of a new one and half/two story dwelling and garage, new site entrance, waste water and potable water connection, and all associated works.

  Outline permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2560831

• 3 Nov 2023Conditional

  for construction of a new two storey dwelling, garage, new entrance and driveway, connection to public services and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360527

• 15 Apr 2022Conditional

  for (1) the construction of a new 2 storey house, a garage, an entrance and a waste water treatment system along with all associated site works and (2) the removal of an existing shed

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22320

• 1 Apr 2022Conditional

  (1) the partial alteration of the existing site boundaries and (2) the decommissioning of the existing waste water treatment system and the construction of an upgraded waste water treatment system along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22263

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  outline planning permission for the construction of a single storey holiday home, vehicular entrance and all associated site works at

  Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2165

• 30 Jan 2020N/a

  the construction of a single storey holiday home, vehicular entrance & all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2044

• 13 Nov 2019Conditional

  the retention of existing construction entrance for the construction of 6 no. single storey holiday homes previously granted planning permission under Ref. No. 18/327

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19863

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  for the construction of 6 no. single storey holiday homes (5 No. House Type A - floor area = 187.5m2 and 1 No. House Type B - floor area = 191.1m2) each with a detached external store/garage, provision of additional width & cycle lane to existing private roadway serving existing holiday homes and all associated site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Waterford City and County Council, 18327

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 Kilgrovan.

Recorded monuments

• WA031-045 Church
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in a level, low-lying tillage landscape with Clonea strand c. 120m to the E. This is an early ecclesiastical site described as an eroded 'killeen' at which five ogham stones had been discovered (Brash 1868-9b, 438). It is depicted only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an arc of bank (c. 35m) S-E. These ogham stones are now kept at Mount Melleray monastery (WA021-003----) (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 281-5). A cresset-stone or lamp (Power 1906b, 149; Moore 1984-5, 112) found c. 1900 and two other ogham stones found in the 1960s are now in the National Museum of Ireland (WA031-045008-; WA031-045015-), while a disc quern is kept at a nearby house. Nothing is visible at ground level. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 136) A geophysical survey conducted by GeoArc confirmed the existence of the ecclesiastical enclosure as a bivallate feature (int. diam. c. 50m; ext. diam. c. 60m), perhaps with an annexe or secondary enclosure attached to the SE, which may be the arc represented on the 1927 map. A number of smaller circular features (diam. c. 10m) within the enclosure could represent hut-sites, or even the church. Archaeological testing (03E1743) produced evidence of three kilns (WA031-045010-; WA031-045011-; WA031-045012-) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure, at SE (Purcell 2003, 22-3, 33; 2006). Further archaeological testing (07E0951) produced evidence of a ditch (Wth 3m; D 0.8m) beneath 1m of topsoil and two kilns in the area SE of the ecclesiastical enclosure (Kiely and Dolan 2007, 7; Kiely 2010). Brash, R. R. (1868-9b) Proceeding. JRSAI 10, 438-9. Kiely, J. and Doolan, A. (2007) Archaeological assessment report, Kilgrovan, Clonea, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Kiely, J. (2010) Kilgrovan. Possible ecclesiastical enclsoure and kilns. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 514-5, No. 1819. Wordwell. Dublin. Killanin, and Duignan, M. V. (1967) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press. Lucas, A. T. (1968-9) National Museum of Ireland: archaeological acquisitions in the year 1966. JRSAI 98-9, 93-115. Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) (reprint 1949) Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, 2 vols. Stationery Office, Dublin. Moore, M. (1984-5) Irish cresset-stones. JRSAI 114-5, 98-116. Power, Rev. P. (1906b) On four (or five) stone chalices from early church sites in the Decies, WAJ 9, 143-9. Purcell, A. (2003) Archaeological assesment. Kilgrovan, Clonea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Licence Number 03E1743. Unpublished report. Sheila Lane and Associates. Purcell, A. (2006) Kilgrovan. Ecclesiastical site. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 499-500, No. 1882. Wordwell. Bray. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 August, 2011

• WA031-045001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in a level, low-lying tillage landscape with Clonea strand c. 120m to the E. This is an early ecclesiastical site described as an eroded killeen at which five ogham stones had been discovered (Brash 1868-9b, 438). It is depicted only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an arc of bank (C c. 35m) S-E. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 136) A geophysical survey conducted by GeoArc confirmed the existence of the ecclesiastical enclosure as a bivallate feature (int. diam. c. 50m; ext. diam. c. 60m), perhaps with an annexe or secondary enclosure attached to the SE, which may be the arc represented on the 1927 map. A number of smaller circular features (diam. c. 10m) within the enclosure could represent hut-sites, or even the church. (Purcell 2003, 6-8) Purcell, A. (2003) Archaeological assesment. Kilgrovan, Clonea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Licence Number 03E1743. Unpublished report. Sheila Lane and Associates. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045002 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This stone (recorded as 'greenstone', 1.19 x 0.37 x 0.05m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003001-). The inscription has been read as: [CU]NAMAQI LUGUDECA MUC[OI] CUNEA (Macalister 1945, 281, no. 286). (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 8 August 2016

• WA031-045003 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This stone (recorded as 'greenstone', 1.42 x 0.47 x 0.1 m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Mellary Cistercian monastery (WA021-003002-). The inscription has been read as: NISIGNI MAQI ER[….]I by Macalister (1945, 282-3, no. 287) but as: NISIGNI MAQ ER[….], without a final-I in MAQI, by O'Kelly (1945, 152-3). (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 August 2016

• WA031-045004 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This stone (recorded as 'slate', 1.8 x 0.53 x 0.15m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003003-). The inscription has been read by Macalister (1945, 283-4, no. 288) as: DEBRAN[I] MAQI ELTI [A]V[I] [O]GA[TO]S. However, he notes that many of the vowel notches, in particular, are lost and that missing letters have been 'restored by a consideration of the spaces available'. (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 August 2016

• WA031-045005 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This fractured stone (1.7 x 0.36 x 0.13m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003004-). The inscription has been read as: ...]VAGNI MUCOI CUNIA (Macalister 1945, 284, no. 289). (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 August 2016

• WA031-045006 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this early ecclesiastical site. This fragment of a stone (1.17 x 0.41 x 0.08m converted from Macalister 1945) was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) by William Williams in 1857 (Brash 1879, 256-7). It is now in Mount Melleray Cistercian monastery (WA021-003005-). The inscription has been read as: MAQI E[... (Macalister 1945, 285, no. 290). (Moore 1999, 1493) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 9 August 2016

• WA031-045008 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this site. This stone with the inscription …U MAQI CUMOGODUU MUCO.. was found at Kilgrovan church site (WA031-045----) in the 1960s (Lucas 1969, 105). It is now in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-247----). This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=Kilgrovan_VI Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 7 January 2015

• WA031-045009 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Brash (1868-9, 438) described the church site at Kilgrovan as a 'cilleen', by which he may have meant a childrens' burial ground, but the presence of burials has never been confirmed in archaeological testing (Purcell 2006; Kiely 2010). Brash, R. R. (1868-9b) Proceeding. JRSAI 10, 438-9. Kiely, J. (2010) Kilgrovan. Possible ecclesiastical enclsoure and kilns. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 514-5, No. 1819. Wordwell. Dublin. Purcell, A. (2006) Kilgrovan. Ecclesiastical site. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 499-500, No. 1882. Wordwell. Bray. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045010 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (03E1743) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA031-045001-) at SE recorded a kiln as a channel (L 3.1m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.3m) lined with stones set on edge within an area of burnt clay and associated with Bii pottery of the first millenium AD. This was the upper surface of the charcoal-filled flue (D 0.9m) of a kiln, and kiln (WA031-045011-) is 1m to the S. (Purcell 2003, 22-3) Purcell, A. (2003) Archaeological assesment. Kilgrovan, Clonea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Licence Number 03E1743. Unpublished report. Sheila Lane and Associates. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045011 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (03E1743) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA031-045001-) at SE recorded a kiln as a channel (L 2.7m; Wth 0.35m) lined with stones set on edge within an area of burnt clay. Kiln (WA031-045010-) is just 1m to the N. (Purcell 2003, 23) Purcell, A. (2003) Archaeological assesment. Kilgrovan, Clonea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Licence Number 03E1743. Unpublished report. Sheila Lane and Associates. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045012 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (03E1743) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA031-045001-) at SE recorded a kiln as a channel (L 1.8m; Wth 0.5m) lined with stones set on edge within an area of burnt clay and associated with a struck flint nodule. (Purcell 2003, 33) Purcell, A. (2003) Archaeological assesment. Kilgrovan, Clonea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Licence Number 03E1743. Unpublished report. Sheila Lane and Associates. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045013 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (07E0951) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA031-045001-) at SE recorded a kiln as a channel (L 1.5m; Wth 1m) lined with stones set on edge within an area of burnt clay, (Kiely and Dooley 2007, 7). (Kiely 2010) Kiely, J. and Doolan, A. (2007) Archaeological assessment report, Kilgrovan, Clonea, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Kiely, J. (2010) Kilgrovan. Possible ecclesiastical enclsoure and kilns. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 514-5, No. 1819. Wordwell. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045014 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (07E0951) outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (WA031-045001-) at SE recorded a kiln as an oval area (dims 1.4m N-S; 0. 7m E-W) within an area of burnt clay, (Kiely and Dooley 2007, 7). (Kiely 2010) Kiely, J. and Doolan, A. (2007) Archaeological assessment report, Kilgrovan, Clonea, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Eachtra Archaeological Projects. Kiely, J. (2010) Kilgrovan. Possible ecclesiastical enclsoure and kilns. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 514-5, No. 1819. Wordwell. Dublin. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

• WA031-045015 Ogham stone
  Description

  One of seven ogham stones from this site (WA031-045----). Five of these are located at Mount Melleray Abbey, Co. Waterford (WA021-003001-, WA021-003002-, WA021-003003-, WA021-003004-, WA021-003005-) and two, including this one, are in the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-247----, DU018-358----). Found in 1960s it consists of a piece of old red sandstone (26.5 cm x 9.0 cm x 3.5 cm) and might be part of the missing section from the other ogham stone from this site that is in the museum (WA031-045008-; DU018-247----): it is not possible to be certain about this. The letters on the stone read: . . . UMU T?. . . This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=Kilgrovan_VII Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 8 January 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1948 (ZIP).

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 Kilgrovan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Kilgrovan · Cill Ghruabháin

Area

267,977 m² (26.8 ha, 66.22 acres)

Civil parish

Clonea, and its townlands

Barony

Decies Without Drum

Electoral division

Clonea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clonea electoral division: 2,505 people in 839 households; 78% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacourty, Ballynalahessery South, Tallacoolmore

Placenames

Kilgrovan 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.