Butterhill

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Butterhill, from 355 m² to 377,504 m² (37.75 ha, 93.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Butterhill 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.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  insertion of a 5.0m x 8.0m domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660684

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  insertion of a 5.0m x 8.0m domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660669

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  1. A single storey garage to the rear of existing dwelling and 2. revised window opes to that previously granted under planning ref: 03/9780 on the rear elevation of existing house and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20345

• 16 Mar 2020N/a

  1. a single storey garage to the rear of existing dwelling and 2. revised window opes to that previously granted under planning ref: 03/9780 on the rear elevation of existing house and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 20265

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  58 sqm single storey stable / storage block and permission for alterations and revisions to the internal layout of the original farm outbuildings and for change of use into 3 no tourist accommodation units, upgrade the existing effluent disposal system for additional loading along with all associated site development works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 19738

• 14 Aug 2018Conditional

  extend the appropriate period of a permission - 12/6921 - relocate dwelling granted under planning ref 08/628 by a distance of 35 mts to the north east, also relocate the granted entrance by 10mts to the south west

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18923

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  revised house and garage position to that previously granted under planning reference 15/1036 with retention for a single storey sunroom to the side of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18589

• 11 Jul 2017Conditional

  sheep shed incorporating effluent tank and animal handling yard. Demolition of existing sheed shed is also required and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17836

• 23 Jan 2017Refused

  sheep shed incorporating slatted tank and animal handling yard and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 1759

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments

• WI005-052 Mound
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low hill with extensive views to W, N and E and towards Lugnagun mountain to the SSE. Oval mound (dims. 44m E-W; 39m N-S; H c. 4m) surrounded by a wide berm (Wth 10-12m) which appears to have been created when the material for the mound was scarped from its immediate environs. The summit (diam. 15m) is surrounded by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.5-0.8m) which may not be an original feature. Part of the site on the NE side has been quarried away. (Price and Walshe 1933, 48) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 108/1940).

• WI005-125 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Located at what was a N-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Liffey before it was flooded and turned into the Pollaphuca reservoir. The reduced water level has revealed archaeological features on the newly exposed ground. The granite stone is D-shaped in plan with two straight edges (L 42cm and 23cm), although it has a maximum ‘width’ of 40cm, almost as great as its long side. The height varies from 14cm to 22 cm and it has probably been shaped into its present form, which would just about contain one basin when completed. The underside is generally rounded but it has a skelp removed which was probably accidental and accounts for the different height of the stone at different sides. The upper surface has a single basin (diam. 19cm x 20cm; max. D 4cm). The peck marks used to excavate the basin can be seen clearly, so the bullaun stone was never finished and used as otherwise the surface of the basin would have been ground smooth. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 October 2018

• WI005-126 Standing stone
  Description

  Located at what was a N-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Liffey before it was flooded and turned into the Pollaphuca reservoir. The standing stone is just on the NW side (by c. 1-2m) of a relict field bank extending off to the NE and visible now as the stumps of bushes. This field bank is marked on the Cassini OS map. The standing stone is on a point jutting out into the reservoir at the moment, and this would agree with the contours on the Cassini map suggesting it is a low spur. There is a wide view out from W-N-E and three passage tombs on top of mountains to the E are within view. The shore is very steep here and even though the standing stone is only about 3m out from firm ground a black silt has accumulated between the stone and shore. The mud makes it impossible to get near the stone but the firm ground can be felt 45cm below its surface. The visible height above the mud is 85cm and it comes to a point. The stone is probably granite and at the mud surface it has a rectangular cross-section 35cm x 25cm with the long axis aligned 290 degrees (magnetic). It has a total height above the subsoil of 1.3m. The stone leans a little to the N and its point is over the N side. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 October 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2978 (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 Butterhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Butterhill · Cnoc an Ime

Area

1,654,960 m² (165.5 ha, 408.95 acres)

Civil parish

Blessington, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Blessington, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Blessington electoral division: 4,588 people in 1,608 households; 71% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackrock, Crosscoolharbour, Knockieran Lower, Knockieran Upper, Oldcourt, Rathnabo, Threecastles

Placenames

Butterhill 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.