Calary Lower

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Calary Lower, from 542 m² to 735,229 m² (73.52 ha, 181.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Calary Lower 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.

• 15 Apr 2026Conditional

  erection of new 315.5 sqm agriculture storage shed and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660301

• 6 Nov 2025Conditional

  extension to side of dwelling, permission to replace existing septic tank with new domestic wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards and permission for change of use (removal of condition 8 of Planning Register Reference 85/1759) from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560893

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  erect a three storey extension, including mansard roof, which will include 24 no. double bedroom and en-suite (8, no. double bedrooms with en-suite bathroom and linen storage on each floor level) the external wall finish to match the existing elevations the proposed extension location attached to the side of the existing hotel. With associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21549

• 11 Jan 2021Conditional

  for the construction of dwelling as built granted under planning ref 18/362 - these changes include increasing the size of dwelling to 118 sqm by extending original floor plan to north, garage substructure as built in new location and associate works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2114

• 14 Aug 2020Conditional

  single storey 135 sqm extension with a flat roof (not exceeding 3.2 high) to the rear of the Leisure Centre building. For the use of a health and beauty treatment facility

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20784

• 10 Jul 2020N/a

  single storey 135sqm extension with a flat roof, (not exceeding 3.2 high) to the rear of the Leisure Centre Building. For the use as a health and beauty treatment facility

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20659

• 6 Apr 2020N/a

  installation of 4 glamping pods, wastewater system and polishing filter, new well and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20341

• 26 Jun 2019N/a

  dwelling as built granted under Planning Ref 18/362 - these changes include increasing the size of the dwelling by 118 sqm by extending original floor plan to north, garage as built in new location and associate works

  Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19679

• 10 Apr 2018Conditional

  dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, well and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 18362

• 13 Jul 2017Conditional

  erection of two cattle storage sheds - No. 1 537.6sqm cattle storage shed, No. 2 261.9sqm cattle storage shed, extending of existing farmyard for storage of silage bales by raising existing ground level and associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17845

• 11 Jul 2017N/a

  two cattle storage sheds, no 1 547.6 sqmcattle storage shed, no 2 261.9 sqm cattle storage shed, extending of existing farmyard to store silage bales by raising existing ground level and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17835

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Glen of the Downs SAC 000719
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glen Of The Downs 000719

Recorded monuments

• WI007-050 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope in grassland. Polygonal cist with an inverted encrusted urn containing the cremation of a child. Not visible at ground level. (Price 1939, 157-9; Kavanagh 1973, 569, fig. 37; Waddell 1990, 159) 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

• WI007-056 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Known as 'Bride's Well' and patrons were held here up until the late 1700's (Price 1957, 316). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 01 February 2013

• WI007-073 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Excavated in 2001 prior to the insertion of a Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline (Excavation Licence 01E0575). A spread of burnt stone and charcoal (3.8m x 2.16m; max. D 0.1m) was uncovered. An oval pit (2.1m x 2.16m; max. D 0.43m) was located 1m to the north of the burnt spread and a second pit (diam. 0.8m; D 14mm) was located to the NW of the burnt spread. (Ó Néill 2003, 415-6) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 January 2013

• WI012-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at a break in a marked N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m) and possible external fosse. (Information P. Neary) 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

• WI012-069 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), with possible opening at S, visible on aerial photograph (Michael Moore; AP date 16/07/2006). No trace of this visible at ground level when inspected in 2013. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 May 2013

• WI012-070 Enclosure
  Description

  Small circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (Michael Moore; AP date 16/07/2006). No trace of this visible at ground level when inspected in 2013. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 May 2013

• WI013-067 Burnt pit
  Description

  A charcoal-filled pit (1.54m N-S by 1.16m; D 0.32m) and a possible flue-like feature (0.6m N-S by 0.38m; D 0.05m) to the S were excavated here in 2001 prior to the insertion of a Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline (Excavation Licence 01E0823). The base of the pit contained a small patch of oxidised or fire-reddened clay. (Doyle 2003, 416) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 January 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Calary Lower.

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 Calary Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Calary Lower · Ceallúrach Íochtarach

Area

3,109,796 m² (310.98 ha, 768.45 acres)

Civil parish

Calary, and its townlands

Barony

Rathdown

Electoral division

Kilmacanoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmacanoge electoral division: 15,082 people in 4,983 households; 74% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellevue Demesne, Bellevue Demesne, Calary Upper, Downshill, Glencap Commons South, Kilmurry South, Woodlands

Placenames

Calary Lower 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.