# Britonstown, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Hollywood, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Bhriotáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,269,012 m² (126.9 ha, 313.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,789 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Hollywood, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/hollywood.md - Barony: Talbotstown Lower - Electoral division: Burgage, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,243 people lived in 656 households in the Burgage electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54655 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250417 - Centre: latitude 53.118544, longitude -6.574655 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Britonstown, from 35 m² to 116,064 m² (11.61 ha, 28.68 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4980975: 116,064 m² (11.61 ha, 28.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4980975.md - Parcel 5077370: 115,777 m² (11.58 ha, 28.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5077370.md - Parcel 1277524: 101,323 m² (10.13 ha, 25.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277524.md - Parcel 5014448: 60,810 m² (6.08 ha, 15.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5014448.md - Parcel 1250956: 28,325 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250956.md - Parcel 1261134: 7,771 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261134.md - Parcel 3172114: 4,420 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3172114.md - Parcel 4681805: 3,835 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4681805.md - Parcel 1249927: 3,460 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1249927.md - Parcel 1296053: 3,234 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296053.md - Parcel 5523330: 3,054 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5523330.md - Parcel 2743636: 2,916 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2743636.md - Parcel 1298811: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298811.md - Parcel 5422444: 2,414 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5422444.md - Parcel 1289178: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289178.md - Parcel 1294562: 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294562.md - Parcel 4964240: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4964240.md - Parcel 5337846: 1,613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337846.md - Parcel 5337849: 1,530 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337849.md - Parcel 4833414: 652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833414.md - Parcel 1285047: 598 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285047.md - Parcel 2499066: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2499066.md - Parcel 5337859: 308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337859.md - Parcel 4662153: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662153.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Britonstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 15 Apr 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660307: Conditional. Retention. minor fenestration alterations to the existing dwelling as constructed including the insertion of two dormer windows in the rear roof slope at attic storage level, for as constructed garage/outbuildings incorporating 2 stables and covered dungstead, associated siteworks, and for permission for change of use i.e. the removal of Condition 2 of Planning Reference 05-3838 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons, at Britonstown, Hollywood. The dwelling was previously granted under planning permission reg. ref. no. 05-3838. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660307/0 - 10 Jun 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560427: N/a. Retention. minor fenestration alterations to the existing dwelling as constructed including the insertion of two dormer windows in the rear roof slope at attic storage level, for existing domestic garage and store as constructed and for permission for change of use i.e. the removal of Condition 2 of Planning Reference 05/3838 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560427/0 - 13 Feb 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560077: Conditional. Permission. construction of a single storey dwelling with onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, entrance to be shared with existing recessed entrance granted under PPRR 08/29, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560077/0 - 29 Jan 2025, Wicklow County Council 2520: Conditional. Permission. structural steel shed and all associated site works. The shed is required for dry storage purposes, e.g. jeep and trailers. The proposed shed will have a floor area of 33.75 sq.m. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2520/0 - 21 Jul 2021, Wicklow County Council 21871: Conditional. Permission. change of use of existing detached single storey domestic garage (with home office and garden shed previously granted under PPRR 20/834) to independent family living accommodation and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21871/0 - 26 Aug 2020, Wicklow County Council 20834: Conditional. Permission. detached single storey domestic garage incorporating a home office & garden shed and for all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20834/0 - 23 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191384: Conditional. Permission. renovation and extension of existing one and two storey farmhouse and barn (ground floor 109 sqm / first floor 23 sqm) to include rear ground floor (21.7 sqm) and first floor (60.6 sqm) extensions, giving the house a total gross floor area of 215.2 sqm, general renovation including restoration of stonework, insulation, windows and roof and associated landscaping and site works, including the relocation of the existing site entrance and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191384/0 - 28 Sept 2017, Wicklow County Council 171175: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change of use, removal of condition 2(a) of Planning Reference 04/348 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171175/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA, site code 004063, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004063 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir, site code 000731 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI009-035: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-035----. In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope. A grass-covered gravel mound (dims. 11m N-S; 10m E-W; max. H 1.1m ), slightly slumped at N where it may possibly have been cut by a now levelled field boundary which ran on an E-W axis. A relatively straight line of four orthostats (max H 0.75m) possibly forms a kerb NE->ENE. A large quartz boulder has been dumped on the mound at WSW. At WNW a quartz orthostat (Wth 0.7m; T 0.2m; H 0.6m) inclines outwards. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 13 December 2012 - WI009-039: Flat cemetery, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI009-039----. A long cist was discovered in a garden in early 1980. This led to a rescue excavation being undertaken in the course of which two further cists were revealed c. 2m N of the first. All three cists were orientated E-W with the heads of the burials at the W. Cist 1 had been covered by a low mound which was removed mechanically prior to the excavation: the nature of this mound is unknown. The cist (L 1.9m; Wth 0.45m at W narrowing to 0.15m at E) was orientated E-W and built of thin slabs standing on edge in a prepared pit. The cist was unpaved but had been covered by a least six roofing slabs. It contained an extended skeleton lying on its back. Cist 2 was discovered 1.4m to the N of Cist 1. It had been robbed of its roofing slabs and one side slab in antiquity and the cist reflled. The cist (L 1.63m; 0.47m at W narrowing to 0.33m at E) was unpaved. Some bones of the original interment were discovered at a high level in the fill and one roofing slab had fallen inwards on the burial. The slabs used in its construction were regular and well formed, giving a depth of up to 0.35m. The enclosed skeleton was fully extended and lay on its back. Adjoining it at the N was Cist 3 which partly overlapped its E end. Cist 3 (L 1.65m; Wth 0.39m at W narrowing to 0.21m at E) was undisturbed and roofed by 10 slabs. The enclosed skeleton was fully extended and lay on its back. It is possible that the builders of Cist 3 may have removed the roofing slabs from Cist 2 for use in its construction. Three pits and a number of stake holes were discovered close to the three burials. One of the pits contained a deposit of slag and it may represents the remains of a furnace. The stake holes attest the existence of shelters of some kind but the only artifact found was half of the lower stone of a rotary disc quern. In the course of further ground works in January 2013 at least six further cists were revealed (SMR file). (Bourke and Clinton 1983-4) Traces of a possible enclosing feature are visible in field to W on Google Earth imagery (image date: 9/2/2010). Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Claire Breen Date of upload: 28 January 2013 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Pollaphuca Bridge, bridge, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 16400901, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16400901. Single-arch road bridge over the River Liffey, built in c.1830 to designs by Alexander Nimmo. The bridge rises from rocks either at side of the gorge and is constructed in rubble with the large pointed arch encased with a prominent moulded voussoirs. Either side of the arch (to both faces of the bridge) are canted projections which rise through and above the parapets to form crenellated refuges. The outer faces of the refuges are clad with decorative stone panels. The parapets themselves are in rubble with dressed coping, however much of the eastern parapet (including its refuges) is a late 20th-century reconstruction. - Dry Bridge, bridge, 1820–1840, Regional interest, registry number 16400902, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16400902. Single-arch road bridge over a dry channel of the Pollaphuca River, built c.1830. The bridge is rubble-constructed with battered abutments. A tall narrow pointed arch supports the carriageway whilst the road margins are carried on higher level Tudor arched recesses of wider span. The former arch has moulded voussoirs whilst those of the recesses are of rough stone; a shield-shaped panel is set between the arch and the recess. The parapets are also rubble-constructed with two refuges to the west, whilst that to the east has a breakfront directly above the line of the position of the arch. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Britonstown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Britonstown. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Britonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bishopsland (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopsland-80172.md - Blakestown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-lower.md - Blakestown Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/blakestown-upper.md - Horsepasstown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/horsepasstown.md - Lugnagroagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/lugnagroagh.md - Tulfarris: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tulfarris.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/britonstown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/britonstown