Cloghleagh

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghleagh, from 60 m² to 942,758 m² (94.28 ha, 232.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cloghleagh 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.

• 19 Dec 2022N/a

  pre 63 shed unit for stables, toilet and wash hand basin, septic tank/percolation and circular training track for horses

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221361

• 11 Jul 2022N/a

  pre 63 shed unit for stables, toilet and wash hand basin/septic tank & percolation & circular training track for horses

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 22773

• 13 Oct 2021Conditional

  replacement of two existing 20m high support poles carrying associated antennae for a 30 metre high free standing communications structure with its associated antennae, communication dish, ground equipment and all associated site development works within an existing fenced compound. The development will continue to form part of existing 3G and 4G Broadband network

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211229

• 11 Dec 2017Conditional

  single storey dwelling and on site treatment system, closure of existing entrance and construction of a replacement entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171464

• 28 Nov 2017N/a

  single storey dwelling and on site treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171414

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghleagh.

Recorded monuments

• WI005-007 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the SW extremity of a small natural promontory with short steep scarps on the N, S and W sides. An elongated D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (H 0.45-0.65m). 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

• WI005-008 Church
  Description

  Saint John's Church Of Ireland, built in 1834. A Board of First Fruits Gothic style church with a two-stage tower. Surrounded by a small rectanguar graveyard (WI005-008001-). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 04 December 2012

• WI005-008001 Graveyard
  Description

  A rectangular graveyard (38m N-S; 50m E-W) with a Board of First Fruits Gothic syle church (WI005-008----) at its centre. There is a small, single storied structure, located to the SE of the church and shown on the latest ed. (1908-9) of the OS 6-inch map, though not recorded on the 1st. ed. (1841). It is used as a meeting house. The earliest grave slabs date to c. 1870. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 04 December 2012

• WI005-009 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  Situated between the Shankill River to W, the modern road to the S and a sunken lane to the E. A complex of at least five rectangular houses each with smaller structures attached. Some buildings lie within small rectangular 'yards' or enclosures. The complex covers 0.35 hectares (c. 0.9 acres). 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

• WI006-001001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a marked SW-facing slope to the S of an enclosure (WI006-001004-), and E of another cairn (WI006-001002-). Circular cairn (diam.12m; H 1.5 m) with a chamber (L 1.5m; H 1.2 m) to the S of the centre with a slab at the N side and drystone-walling to the E. Partly covered in peat. 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

• WI006-001002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a marked SW-facing slope, to the S of an enclosure (WI006-001004-), and W of another cairn (WI006-001001-). Circular cairn (diam. 7m) with a disturbed centre. The site is partly covered by peat and there are slight traces of a kerb at the NW. (Information R. Dowling) 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

• WI006-001003 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a marked N-facing slope to the S of (WI006-001001-). Two circular cairns (diam. c. 10m; H 1m) 5m apart and partly covered by peat. Both have elongated hollows (L 8m; Wth 2m) opening from the E side. A hollow in the S cairn is partly faced with boulders. (Information R. Dowling) 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

• WI006-001004 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a marked S/SW-facing slope and partly covered by peat. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 80m N-S x 60m E-W) defined by a discontinuous line of boulders, occasionally doubled. In the interior towards the N end are two small cairns (H 1m), one circular (diam. 5.2m) with an outer irregular circle of boulders (diam., 16m); the other oval (dims. 12m x 9m). Cairns (WI006-001001-, WI006-001002-, WI006-001003-) c. 150m to the S. (Information R. Dowling) 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

• WI006-001005 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a marked S-SW-facing slope partly covered by peat. At the N end of the interior of an oval enclosure (WI006-001004-). Circular cairn (diam. 5.2m; H 1m) within an irregular circle of boulders (diam. 16m). A second oval cairn (WI006-001006-) is to S. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012

• WI006-001006 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a marked S-SW-facing slope partly covered by peat. At the N end of the interior of an oval enclosure (WI006-001004-). Oval cairn (H 1m; 12m x 9m) with a second circular cairn (WI006-001005-) to N. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012

• WI006-002 Enclosure
  Description

  Listed as an 'enclosure' in the SMR (1986) and the RMP (1995) based on aerial photographic evidence (GSI O 90/91 (1973)). In a mature forestry plantation. Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012

• WI006-019 Enclosure
  Description

  Listed as a possible 'enclosure' in the RMP (1995) based on fieldwork evidence carried out in 1988. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) located in a mature coniferous forestry plantation. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 December 2012

Architectural heritage

• Saint John's Church (Kilbride), church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey Board of First Fruits Gothic style Church of Ireland church with two-stage tower, built in 1834. The building consists of a short nave with the tower to the east end, small transepts, and a (c.1890s) chancel. The walls are of squared granite whilst the pitched roofs are slated and have granite parapets and two small chimneystacks. The roof of the tower is hidden by a crenellated parapet with corner pinnacles. The entrance is to the east face of the tower and consists of a tall pointed arch timber door set in a bevelled reveal with moulded dripstone over. The windows have pointed arch heads; some are filled with stained glass and others with lattice panes. The chancel window has reticulated tracery. Cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is surrounded by a small graveyard.

• Cloghleagh Bridge, bridge, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over the Shankill River, built c.1820. The bridge is rubble-constructed with dressed granite voussoirs to the semi-circular arch. The parapets are also largely in rubble, but both have an unusual somewhat ‘rustic’ central balustrade section consisting of plain squat square granite balusters arranged corner to corner, and a plain granite rail.

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 Cloghleagh, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cloghleagh · An Chloch Liath

Area

2,410,042 m² (241 ha, 595.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbride (Baltinglass Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,093 people lived in 367 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfolan, Ballyfoyle, Ballysmuttan Lower, Ballysmuttan Upper, Knockatillane, Scurlocksleap, Shankill

Placenames

Cloghleagh 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.