Kilmagig Lower

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmagig Lower, from 9 m² to 319,364 m² (31.94 ha, 78.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• M2Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  section 254 licence - scaffolding

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 26121

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  1. new spit level dwelling comprising 154 sq.m. 2. vehicular entrance. 3. connection to all public services. 4. all necessary ancillary works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560693

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  demolition of existing rear and side extensions to existing dwelling, construction of new rear extension, construction of new domestic garage and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560339

• 17 Oct 2022N/a

  8 no. two and a half storey dwelling houses consisting of 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached dwellings and 4 no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings including the extension to access road, pavements, driveways, landscaping, boundary treatment and ancillary works including connecting to existing onsite Sewage Treatment Plant granted under 06/6851 and provision of a pumping station to connect to the mains when it becomes available

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221104

• 2 Jun 2022Refused

  construction of 3 no. two & half storey 4 bedroom dwelling houses including the conversion/extension of existing stone outbuilding to a home office/1 bedroom studio to be used by House No. 3 including the extension to access road, driveways, landscaping, drainage, boundary treatment and ancillary works including connecting to existing onsite Sewage Treatment Plant. Planning Permission is also sought to construct a Pumping Station adjacent to the existing Sewage Treatment Plant and pumped mains to connect to Mains Sewer Pipe on Public Road

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22597

• 10 May 2022Conditional

  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

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22503

• 9 May 2022Conditional

  scaffolding

  N/a · Wicklow County Council, 22511

• 27 Oct 2021N/a

  8 No. two and half storey dwelling houses consisting of 4 No. 3 Bedroom semi-detached dwellings and 4 no. 4 Bedroom detached dwellings including the extension to access road, pavements, driveways, landscaping, boundary treatment and ancillary works including connecting to existing onsite Sewage Treatment Plant granted under 06/6851

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211285

• 10 Sept 2021Refused

  construction of 3 no. two storey 4 bedroom dwelling houses including the extension to access road, driveways, landscaping, boundary treatment and ancillary works including connecting to existing onsite Sewage Treatment Plant

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 211120

• 25 Jun 2021Unconditional

  extension of appropriate period of 15/1101 (the construction of an 80-bed nursing home (c.4610sqm) together with 34 no. independent (supervised) living units (c.2523sqm), an effluent treatment system, new access road, changes in level and associated landscaping works (c.7133sqm gross floor area). The proposed nursing home is a 2 storey with pitched roof providing bedrooms & communal areas around an internal courtyard. The 34 no. independent (supervised) living units are provided in 4 no. main house types as follows: 12 no. semi-detached 2-bed general needs houses (Type A, 2-storey c.74.7sqm); 4 no. semi-detached 2-bed general needs house (Type B, 2 storey c75.6sqm): 6 no. 2 bed apartments (Type C/C1, 2 storey c.65sqm plus c.92sqm communal/circulation areas). Parking is provided for 67 cars and access from the L2180 Arklow Road is permitted under Reg. Ref. 09/1169 (extended under Reg. Ref. 15/151). The development will also comprise changes in level including cut & fill works, provision of retaining walls, on-site waste water treatment system, hard & soft landscaping works, and all other associated site excavation & site development works above & below ground)

  Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 21748

• 9 Feb 2021Conditional

  steel shed workshop and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21114

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  subdivision of existing unit into 2 commercial units with 1 new front door access, and new shop front to previously granted coffee shop and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171433

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 Kilmagig Lower.

Recorded monuments

• WI035-042 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on a short very steep W-facing drop. A small spring which emerges from the slope, not marked or enclosed in any way. Marked 'Holy Well' on 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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

• WI035-043001 Church
  Description

  Situated at the centre of a large wheat field on the summit of a wide, slightly domed ridge with steeper slopes to the N and S. The church (WI035-043001-), at the N end of the graveyard, is poorly preserved and so totally overgrown that it is only possible to observe its position and estimate the surviving height of the coarse, apparently unmortared walls (H c. 1m). It is marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 131) give its dimensions as c. 9m x c. 4.5m. The graveyard (WI035-043002-) is a quadrangular enclosure (dims. c. 45m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H c. 1.4-1.7m) faced externally by a vertical drystone wall. The N, E and S walls are straight with a modern gate towards the S end of the E wall. The W wall is slightly curved. 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: 06 September 2013

• WI035-043002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated at the centre of a large wheat field on the summit of a wide, slightly domed ridge with steeper slopes to the N and S. The church (WI035-043001-), at the N end of the graveyard, is poorly preserved and so totally overgrown that it is only possible to observe its position and estimate the surviving height of the coarse, apparently unmortared walls (H c. 1m). It is marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 131) give its dimensions as c. 9m x c. 4.5m. The graveyard (WI035-043002-) is a quadrangular enclosure (dims. c. 45m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H c. 1.4-1.7m) faced externally by a vertical drystone wall. The N, E and S walls are straight with a modern gate towards the S end of the E wall. The W wall is slightly curved. 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: 06 September 2013

• WI035-044 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the junction between three field boundaries. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a semicircular enclosure (diam. 50m); to the S of one field boundary. Not visible at ground level. 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

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Patrick, church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay with transept and two-bay chancel single-storey Catholic church, dated 1862. The church is constructed in rock-faced squared rubble with ashlar dressings. Built in French Gothic style it is articulated with reducing buttresses and is cruciform in plan; the sacristy is octagonal in plan with a pyramidal roof. The three stage tower has a broach spire and reducing buttresses. The timber sheeted door has a segmental-arched head and is set within a gabled porch at the south end of the nave. Window openings are pointed-arched with a mixture of tracery designs and extensive pictorial stained glass. The pitched roof is slated with natural slate and cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is slightly set back from the road behind wrought-iron railings with matching gate and square gate pillars.

• Avoca Bridge, bridge, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge, dated 1868. The bridge is constructed in ashlar granite with three elliptical arches. It is inscribed "OVOCA BRIDGE/H. BRETT C.E. ENGINEER/M. CLARKE CONTRACTOR/A.D. 1868". It carries the main road over the Avoca River. The bridge has stone parapets and triangular cutwaters.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey house, built c.1870, now in use as a shop. The house is finished in render with block and start quoins. There is a flight of stone steps which rise to the front door. The c.1920s shopfront has a central door with shop windows to either side; these are flanked by narrow timber pilasters. The other window is now blocked with an additional sign. The pitched roof in finished with natural slate. The chimneystack has a slightly corbelled cap and no pot. The signboard is painted. The house is road fronted at the approach to the Avoca River.

• Avoca House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1870. The panelled front door is flanked by Ionic pilasters and has a semi-circular radial fanlight over. Window openings are flat-headed with two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished in natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. The chimneystack is rendered with a plain cap and clay pots. To the north elevation there is a later single-storey hipped roof extension. The house is road fronted and is set at the approach to the Avoca Bridge.

• The Old Courthouse, court house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey courthouse, built c.1870,. The courthouse is finished in render. The panelled door is flat-headed. Window openings are also flat headed with six over six timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished in natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. Chimneystacks are rendered with plain caps and clay pots. The courthouse is road fronted and is located within the town centre.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached houses built c.1830, now in use as a house and a shop. The houses are finished in render with block and start quoins. To the north elevation there is a single-pitched early 20th century addition with a corrugated asbestos roof. The replacement panelled door is flat-headed. The plain shopfront is c.1950 and has a decorative c.1990s awning. Window openings are also flat-headed with one over one timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods. The houses are road fronted.

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 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3293 (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 Kilmagig Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Kilmagig Lower · Cill Modhíoga Íochtarach

Area

1,096,427 m² (109.64 ha, 270.93 acres)

Civil parish

Castlemacadam, and its townlands

Barony

Arklow

Electoral division

Ballyarthur, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyarthur electoral division: 1,144 people in 397 households; 77% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballanagh, Ballinastraw, Castlemacadam, Cherrymount, Kilmagig Upper, Kilqueeny, Knockanree Lower, Tinnahinch

Placenames

Kilmagig 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.