# Downshill, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Calary, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cnoc an Dúin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,438,338 m² (343.83 ha, 849.63 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,426 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Calary, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/calary.md - Barony: Newcastle - Electoral division: Kilcoole, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 12,163 people lived in 4,109 households in the Kilcoole electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 68% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55515 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250647 - Centre: latitude 53.124729, longitude -6.13581 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Downshill, from 45 m² to 356,329 m² (35.63 ha, 88.05 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1272000: 356,329 m² (35.63 ha, 88.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272000.md - Parcel 1261147: 324,770 m² (32.48 ha, 80.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261147.md - Parcel 1290832: 324,393 m² (32.44 ha, 80.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290832.md - Parcel 1271688: 256,949 m² (25.69 ha, 63.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271688.md - Parcel 1294477: 249,773 m² (24.98 ha, 61.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294477.md - Parcel 1281272: 218,156 m² (21.82 ha, 53.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281272.md - Parcel 1278877: 214,576 m² (21.46 ha, 53.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278877.md - Parcel 1275579: 187,027 m² (18.7 ha, 46.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275579.md - Parcel 1290573: 168,162 m² (16.82 ha, 41.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290573.md - Parcel 1259116: 164,424 m² (16.44 ha, 40.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259116.md - Parcel 1268201: 135,061 m² (13.51 ha, 33.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268201.md - Parcel 5366788: 47,918 m² (4.79 ha, 11.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5366788.md - Parcel 1290427: 41,368 m² (4.14 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290427.md - Parcel 1278063: 28,671 m² (2.87 ha, 7.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278063.md - Parcel 1273600: 26,748 m² (2.67 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273600.md - Parcel 1258258: 26,416 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258258.md - Parcel 1283473: 19,084 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283473.md - Parcel 1265613: 10,039 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265613.md - Parcel 5220766: 6,426 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5220766.md - Parcel 5220751: 5,940 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5220751.md - Parcel 1278414: 5,878 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278414.md - Parcel 3652954: 4,703 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3652954.md - Parcel 3653354: 4,601 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3653354.md - Parcel 3653174: 4,465 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3653174.md - Parcel 2751407: 3,442 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751407.md - Parcel 1279733: 3,038 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1279733.md - Parcel 5558803: 2,529 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5558803.md - Parcel 1272728: 1,480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272728.md - Parcel 6059547: 885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6059547.md - Parcel 5675230: 836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5675230.md - Parcel 5213668: 706 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5213668.md - Parcel 5213667: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5213667.md - Parcel 5711143: 314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5711143.md - Parcel 6059519: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6059519.md - Parcel 5675252: 134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5675252.md - Parcel 5675251: 127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5675251.md - Parcel 5675250: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5675250.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Downshill 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 3 Aug 2021, Wicklow County Council 21952: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. A. The retention of existing 81.4m2 dwelling unit. B. Alterations and extension of existing dwelling unit consisting of : i) The conversion of the existing dwelling to incorporate new office/studio and ancillary rooms. ii) Minor alterations to the existing plan and elevations. iii) 254.6m2 single storey extension to side of existing dwelling to create one new family dwelling. iv) Connection to existing waste water treatment system and percolation area (as granted under PP 16538) and all other services. v) Alterations to existing driveway with new rear driveway. vi) New boundary fence to rear and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21952/0 - 11 Jan 2021, Wicklow County Council 2114: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2114/0 - 26 Jun 2019, Wicklow County Council 19679: N/a. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/19679/0 - 10 Apr 2018, Wicklow County Council 18362: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, well and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18362/0 - 12 Oct 2017, Wicklow County Council 171242: Conditional. Permission. renovation an existing single storey dwelling and construction of single storey extensions to the north west and south sides of the dwelling to create a four bedroom family home. the development includes the demolition of adjoining shed, removal of 2 of the 3 chimneys, replacement of existing windows and doors, new insulation and installation of two roof lights, replacement of existing septic tank and installation of a new 8 person wastewater treatment unit and 60sqm of soil polishing filter to EPA 2009 standards, renovation of existing outbuilding for use as non habitable plant and store room, all associated services, landscaping and site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171242/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Downshill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI012-067: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI012-067----. On gentle SE facing slope, a slightly hogback-shaped, granite, earthfast boulder (1.8m NE-SW; 1.1m NW-SE; H on SE side 0.7m; H on NW side 0.2m) with 8 cups (diam. 4-8cm) along the high central ridge, and 2 or possibly 3 cups on the SE side. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 06 February 2013 - WI012-068: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI012-068----. On gentle SW facing slope, a large erratic boulder (4.7m N-S; 3.8m E-W; H on W side 1.2m; H on E side 0.9m) with some 20 weathered cup marks (avg. diams. 4-6cm; avg. D 1cm; largest cup mark: diam. 12cm; D 2cm) across the high central ridge. The W side of the boulder is covered in a series of drilled holes, where preparations had been made to split the stone. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 07 February 2013 - WI013-001: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI013-001----. Subcircular univallate hillfort (dims. c. 360m E-W; c. 220m N-S) part of which is depicted on the OS 6-inch map as a field boundary. The site encloses the summit of Downshill with steep slopes to the N, E and S and gentler slopes to the W and has a commanding position on the W edge of the Glen of the Downs. The summit is now covered in forestry and the only accessible surviving part of the rampart is along the SW side where it forms part of a field boundary which skirts the plantation. The earth and stone bank (Wth 4-5m; H 1.60m) has near vertical drystone facing (probably not original). The external fosse (Wth c. 4m) was also identified to the SE in the next field in 1989 during ploughing. The SE perimeter had apparently not survived. In 2007 two test trenches were opened across the bank and fosse on the N and W sides as part of a research excavation carried out by UCD school of Archaeology (Excavation Licence 07E0596). No dateable artefacts were recovered. (O'Neill 2007, 3) The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Oval shaped partial contour fort surrounding the domed summit of Downshill. In commanding position at edge of the Glen of the Downs and overlooking the Wicklow coastline to the E. Coolagad hillfort (Atlas No.0719) positioned 2.8km to NE. Univallate for its entire circuit, it has a total footprint of approximately 6.7ha. There are no recorded entrance features. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. The ramparts have been damaged by recent forestry harvesting. Interior also severely damaged by deep ridge and furrow associated with tree felling. Earliest map detection in 1906 second edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Trial excavation of enclosing elements in 2007 by University College Dublin. No dateable artifacts were recovered. Partially extant but heavily affected by forestry in places. Forestry track truncating enclosing elements at E. Oval shaped partial contour fort surrounding the domed summit of Downshill. Steep slopes to N, E and S with gentler slopes to W (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 42). Hillfort rampart follows contours at N and W before running down slope at E and following a lower contour to the SW. In commanding position at edge of the Glen of the Downs and overlooking the Wicklow coastline to the E.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0720.html) 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. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 February 2020 - WI013-068: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI013-068----. Excavated in 2001 prior to the insertion of a Bord Gáis Éireann gas pipeline (Excavation Licence 01E0509). A spread of burnt stone and charcoal (3.3m x 2.2m; max. D 0.48m) was uncovered in a circular flat based depression (1.35m x 0.86m) which overlay boulder clay. A single post-hole (diam. 0.15m; D 0.25m) was identified beneath the mound and within the depression. (Ó Néill 2003, 414-5) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 23 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Downshill. ## 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 Downshill, 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: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Downshill. - 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/downshill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/downshill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/downshill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Downshill 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) - Ballinashinnagh: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballinashinnagh.md - Calary Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/calary-lower.md - Calary Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/calary-upper.md - Carriggower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/carriggower.md - Downs: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/downs.md - Killinpark: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killinpark.md - Tooman: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tooman.md - Woodlands: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/woodlands.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/downshill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/downshill