Newpark Upper

1,014 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newpark Upper, from 1 m² to 41,006 m² (4.1 ha, 10.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 71 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 1,023 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KK019-121 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On the NE outskirts of Kilkenny City, immediately E of the outer ring road which was completed in 2007, a river flows southward into the Nore c. 90m to the E, in tillage. Identified on an aerial photograph (GB89.Q.26, 13 July 1989) as a cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a deep fosse and an external bank, probably representing a plough-levelled barrow; a cropmark of a small pit in the interior indicates a probable burial deposit. An adjacent cropmark of a circular feature (KK019-122----) appears contiguous and interlinked with a common enclosing external bank. Both monuments are located within a series of fosses delineating a rectilinear field system (KK019-123----), however, these features may not be contemporaneous. The ring-ditch is also visible on Google Earth Pro (imagery date 13 August 2015). See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 13 August 2015) Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

• KK019-122 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On the NE outskirts of Kilkenny City, immediately E of the outer ring road which was completed in 2007, a river flows southward into the Nore c. 90m to the E, in tillage. Identified on an aerial photograph (GB89.Q.26, 13 July 1989) as a cropmark of a circular enclosure (KK019-021----), probably representing a plough-levelled barrow and an adjacent cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 12m), also probably a form of barrow. This latter feature appears contiguous and interlinked with the other enclosure, sharing a common enclosing external bank. Both monuments are located within a series of fosses delineating a rectilinear field system (KK019-123----), however, these features may not be contemporaneous. The probable barrows are also visible on Google Earth Pro (imagery date 13 August 2015). See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 13 August 2015) Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2020

• KK019-123 Field system
  Description

  On the NE outskirts of Kilkenny City, a river flowing southward into the Nore runs roughly parallel to the E, in tillage. An aerial photograph (GB89.Q.26, 13 July 1989) shows a series of fosses delineating a rectilinear field system running NNE-SSW (visible L c. 280m; Wth between field boundaries c. 50m) with an integral trackway. Two plough-levelled probable barrows (KK019-121---- and KK019-122----) are located within the field system, but are not necessarily contemporaneous. The outer ring road, which was completed in 2007, cuts NNW-SSE through the field system. One of the field boundaries is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (imagery date 13 August 2015). See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 13 August 2015) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Newpark Upper, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2183 (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 Newpark Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Newpark Upper · An Pháirc Nua Uachtarach

Area

649,064 m² (64.91 ha, 160.39 acres)

Civil parish

St. Maul's, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

18,603 people lived in 6,480 households in the Kilkenny Rural electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Charterschool Land, Garrincreen, Leggetsrath West, Neworchard, Newpark Lower, Pennefatherslot

Placenames

Newpark Upper 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.