Kilpipe
Townland in the civil parish of Kilpipe, barony of Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cill Phíp
- Area
- 278.8 ha
- 689 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 3,721 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilpipe, from 325 m² to 303,159 m² (30.32 ha, 74.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilpipe 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Sept 2025Conditional
dwelling house & garage, access to site via right of way, improvements to existing agricultural entrance, provision of an effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, provision of a well and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25284
17 Sept 2025N/a
proposed dwelling, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25272
16 Sept 2025N/a
proposed dwelling, wastewater treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25270
25 Aug 2025Conditional
dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25237
22 Aug 2025N/a
dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 25235
15 Nov 2024Refused
a dwelling house & garage, access to site via right of way, improvements to existing agricultural entrance, provision of an effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, provision of a well and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24459
30 Jul 2024N/a
proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 24330
8 Nov 2022Conditional
construction of a proposed new single storey dwelling, effluent disposal system to current EPA standards, bored well, new entrance onto existing access road together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 221181
12 Oct 2022Conditional
as constructed dwelling
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 221088
30 Jul 2021Conditional
dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, new entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21949
19 Apr 2021Conditional
1. Demolition of existing single storey extension 2. Construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling and 3. all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21422
7 Dec 2020Conditional
single storey dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, new entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201245
16 Sept 2020Conditional
dwelling, garage, well, effluent treatment system, new entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20906
16 Aug 2017Conditional
wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, upgrading of existing entrance from public road and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17993
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilpipe.
Recorded monuments
- WI039-013001 Moated site
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 60m N-S) marked on the first edition OS 6-inch map and a castle (WI039-013002-) named on the current edition. Neither visible at ground level. (Price 1936, 52) 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
- WI039-013002 Castle - unclassified
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. A castle and a rectangular enclosure (WI039-013001-) marked on the first edition OS 6-inch map. According to Price (1936, 52) the field was known locally as the 'castle field', although it was not clear what family may have owned the castle. 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
- WI039-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Oval area (dims. 35.5m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by a shaly earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 0.6-1.3m) with a poorly defined external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.1m). The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at the ENE. No indication of internal features. 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
- WI039-015 Church
Description
Situated on level ground on the summit of a small NE-SW ridge. A rectangular church (max. dims. 16m E-W; 7.15m N-S) with an apsidal chamber at the E end in which there is a single narrow, round-headed window. There are three similar evenly spaced windows in the N and S walls, and a door at the W end. The church contains some 18th-century headstones and is at the W side of a rectangular graveyard (dims. 40m x 30m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2-1.6m) with an external facing of drystone walling and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.5m). A motte (WI039-016----) occurs 150m to the NE. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 131/1940).
- WI039-015001 Graveyard
Description
Situated on level ground on the summit of a small NE-SW ridge. A roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 40m x 30m) with a church (WI039-015----) on the W side. The graveyard is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2-1.6m) with an external facing of drystone walling and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.5m). A motte (WI039-016----) occurs 150m to the NE. 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 September 2012
- WI039-016 Castle - motte
Description
Situated on the NE edge of a natural ridge. Oval site (max. ext. dims. 62m NNE-SSW; 50m NNW-SSE) consisting of a flat-topped mound (dims, on summit 41.5m NNE-SSW; 32m NNW-SSE) formed by the modification of the ridge. Surrounded by a steep-sided fosse and an external bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m; H 1.5m). Access is via a ramp ascending to the summit by two bends from base of fosse at the SE side. A church stands 150m to the SW (WI039-015----). (CUCAP, BDQ72) 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
- WI039-017001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope overlooking the steep side of a river valley. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDO 74). 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
- WI039-017005 Ring-ditch
Description
Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope overlooking the steep side of a river valley. A small circular enclosure defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDO 74). 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 September 2012
- WI039-017006 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle N/NE-facing slope overlooking the steep side of a river valley. A sub-rectangular enclosure defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDO 74). The enclosure is immediately SW of a circular enclosure (WI039-017001-) and may be an contemporary with it. The monument is possibly truncated by a road which runs NE-SW along the E side. Not visible at ground level. A ring-ditch (WI039-017005-) also visible as cropmark, is located to the SW. 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 September 2012
- WI039-018 Enclosure
Description
Situated on the low-lying marshy floor of a river valley. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m), hachured on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilpipe.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_3159 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilpipe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Kilpipe · Cill Phíp
- Area
- 2,788,424 m² (278.84 ha, 689.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilpipe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballinacor South
- Electoral division
- Kilpipe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilpipe electoral division: 452 people in 163 households; 85% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolbawn or Coolballintaggart, Kilballyowen, Killacloran, Toberlownagh, Tomanierin Lower, Tomnaskela
- Placenames
- Kilpipe 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.