# Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Caisleán Mhic Ádaim.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 841,267 m² (84.13 ha, 207.88 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R3 Secondary Development Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Castlemacadam, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/castlemacadam.md
- Barony: Arklow
- Electoral division: Ovoca, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 728 people lived in 263 households in the Ovoca electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 10% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55237
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250479
- Centre: latitude 52.849543, longitude -6.223603 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlemacadam, from 2 m² to 346,348 m² (34.63 ha, 85.58 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1298980: 346,348 m² (34.63 ha, 85.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298980.md
- Parcel 3258639: 64,404 m² (6.44 ha, 15.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3258639.md
- Parcel 1294747: 63,363 m² (6.34 ha, 15.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294747.md
- Parcel 1296433: 44,794 m² (4.48 ha, 11.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296433.md
- Parcel 1258979: 27,886 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258979.md
- Parcel 3260240: 26,577 m² (2.66 ha, 6.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3260240.md
- Parcel 3259919: 23,407 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3259919.md
- Parcel 3759322: 19,839 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3759322.md
- Parcel 5971701: 6,127 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5971701.md
- Parcel 5618635: 5,600 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5618635.md
- Parcel 4920526: 4,643 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4920526.md
- Parcel 1297771: 4,322 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297771.md
- Parcel 4918643: 2,891 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4918643.md
- Parcel 1284159: 2,641 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1284159.md
- Parcel 1285442: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285442.md
- Parcel 1289584: 1,956 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289584.md
- Parcel 4841273: 1,868 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4841273.md
- Parcel 1292521: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292521.md
- Parcel 1280086: 1,720 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280086.md
- Parcel 3260459: 1,514 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3260459.md
- Parcel 1274008: 1,356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274008.md
- Parcel 1283577: 974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283577.md
- Parcel 1280803: 948 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280803.md
- Parcel 1275147: 578 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275147.md
- Parcel 1284515: 399 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1284515.md
- Parcel 1285714: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285714.md
- Parcel 5870448: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870448.md
- Parcel 5870432: 9 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870432.md
- Parcel 5870429: 8 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870429.md
- Parcel 5870427: 2 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5870427.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R3 Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses): Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/S2aHlZGzV0unmO-miczJdw/Link/Level%206%20Avoca%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf
- M2 Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/S2aHlZGzV0unmO-miczJdw/Link/Level%206%20Avoca%20Town%20Plan%202022%20-%202028.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 8 Aug 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460488: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of the existing single storey lean-to kitchen side extension and the replacement thereof with a single storey gabled kitchen side extension 31.3sqm, 5.3sqm bootroom , a new dining room rear extension 43.6sqm with patio and all associated external works and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460488/0
- 10 May 2022, Wicklow County Council 22503: Conditional. Permission. the decommissioning and demolition of the existing Avoca Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant to include: a new foul pump station, inlet works, storm tank, aeration tank, 2 no. final settlement tanks, sludge drying reed beds, 2 no. RAS/WAS Pump Stations, new administration building, final effluent outfall headwall, emergency flow headwall, surface water drainage settlement pond and outfall, and all ancillary works including pipework, pumps, sumps, chambers, air blowers and tanks;new access off the Tower Avenue : and all associated site development, site excavation and landscaping works, including fencing/boundary treatments, above and below ground. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22503/0
- 23 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21463: Conditional. Permission. installation of a walking track with public lighting around the perimeter of the community field encompassing the GAA and soccer pitches (approx. 620m). The track shall be elevated on the easterly side where Irish Rail have erected a boundary fence. This area shall be protected with a handrail/fence so it can be used as a viewing and amenity area for games and accessed one end by a ramped area and the other end by steps and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21463/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Avoca River Valley, site code 001748

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI040-003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-003----. Circular enclosed feature indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map (map dims. diam. c. 23m). Not indicated on the later editions of the OS maps and nothing visible at ground level when inspected by ASI in 1990 at which stage area was in dense forestry. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 September 2013
- WI040-004001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-004001-. Situated on a level spur overlooking the Avoca valley to the E. The church is shown as a rectangular structure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It was located c. 60m SW of the now abandoned 19th-century church and there is now no trace at ground level. The graveyard is quadrangular, defined by a modern stone wall, and contains a number of late 18th and 19th-century headstones. The road which curves around the graveyard may represent the line of the original enclosure. 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
- WI040-004002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-004002-. Situated on a level spur overlooking the Avoca valley to the E. The church is shown as a rectangular structure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It was located c. 60m SW of the now abandoned 19th-century church and there is now no trace at ground level. The graveyard is quadrangular, defined by a modern stone wall, and contains a number of late 18th and 19th-century headstones. The road which curves around the graveyard may represent the line of the original enclosure. 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 September 2013
- WI040-004003: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-004003-. Situated on a level spur overlooking the Avoca valley to the E. The church is shown as a rectangular structure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It was located c. 60m SW of the now abandoned 19th-century church and there is now no trace at ground level. The graveyard is quadrangular, defined by a modern stone wall, and contains a number of late 18th and 19th-century headstones. The road which curves around the graveyard may represent the line of the original enclosure. 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 September 2013
- WI040-004004: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-004004-. A number of late 18th and 19th-century headstones were recorded in the graveyard here when inspected by ASI in 1990. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 September 2013
- WI040-005: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI040-005----. Situated on the NW edge of a spur of ground overlooking the Avoca River. Only one wall (L 5m; H 3m) of the castle survives, c. 80m SW of the 19th-century church (now abandoned). The castle stood within the medieval borough of Carysfort (WI034-010----). (Price 1936, 51-2) 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

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)

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

## 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 Castlemacadam, 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.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3265, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3265.zip (ZIP).
- 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/castlemacadam.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/castlemacadam.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/castlemacadam.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Castlemacadam 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)

- Ballanagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballanagh.md
- Ballinapark: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballinapark-250092.md
- Ballymoneen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballymoneen-250263.md
- Garnagowlan: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/garnagowlan.md
- Kilmagig Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilmagig-lower.md
- Kilqueeny: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilqueeny.md
- Parknashaw: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parknashaw.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.

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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.

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