# Knockarigg, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballynure, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,317,379 m² (131.74 ha, 325.53 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,423 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballynure, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/ballynure.md - Barony: Talbotstown Upper - Electoral division: The Grange, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 472 people lived in 167 households in the The Grange electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54973 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250935 - Centre: latitude 52.990522, longitude -6.745377 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockarigg, from 718 m² to 225,302 m² (22.53 ha, 55.67 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1280160: 225,302 m² (22.53 ha, 55.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280160.md - Parcel 1299922: 132,170 m² (13.22 ha, 32.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299922.md - Parcel 1296199: 131,671 m² (13.17 ha, 32.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296199.md - Parcel 1298869: 107,035 m² (10.7 ha, 26.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1298869.md - Parcel 1268170: 97,961 m² (9.8 ha, 24.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268170.md - Parcel 1292006: 94,348 m² (9.43 ha, 23.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292006.md - Parcel 1292370: 78,146 m² (7.81 ha, 19.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292370.md - Parcel 1294535: 72,306 m² (7.23 ha, 17.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294535.md - Parcel 1297637: 69,031 m² (6.9 ha, 17.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297637.md - Parcel 1271660: 61,623 m² (6.16 ha, 15.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271660.md - Parcel 1277624: 55,698 m² (5.57 ha, 13.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277624.md - Parcel 1272023: 40,804 m² (4.08 ha, 10.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1272023.md - Parcel 1281387: 38,192 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281387.md - Parcel 1277408: 14,042 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277408.md - Parcel 5139464: 12,403 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5139464.md - Parcel 5110813: 9,092 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5110813.md - Parcel 1250601: 7,754 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250601.md - Parcel 1294345: 5,995 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294345.md - Parcel 1280715: 4,388 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280715.md - Parcel 4837607: 3,920 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4837607.md - Parcel 1283918: 3,877 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1283918.md - Parcel 1270022: 3,226 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270022.md - Parcel 1269711: 2,877 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269711.md - Parcel 1282518: 2,845 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282518.md - Parcel 1290590: 2,617 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290590.md - Parcel 1286695: 2,400 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1286695.md - Parcel 1265247: 2,236 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265247.md - Parcel 1274504: 2,018 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274504.md - Parcel 1250026: 1,703 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250026.md - Parcel 1273236: 1,030 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273236.md - Parcel 1270908: 912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270908.md - Parcel 1282930: 718 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1282930.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockarigg 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 23 Nov 2023, Wicklow County Council 23855: Conditional. Permission. conversion of farm outhouse into a residential unit for the purpose of short term letting, a wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23855/0 - 25 Apr 2023, Wicklow County Council 23408: Conditional. Retention. change of use of the existing stone building from accommodation to accommodation for the purpose of short term letting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23408/0 - 1 Mar 2023, Wicklow County Council 23196: Conditional. Permission. change of use from a residential use to a commercial short term letting use. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23196/0 - 19 Dec 2022, Wicklow County Council 221369: N/a. Retention. change of use of the existing stone building from accommodation to accommodation for the purpose of short term letting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/221369/0 - 22 Mar 2022, Wicklow County Council 22275: N/a. Retention. change of use of the existing stone building from accommodation, to accommodation for the purpose of short term letting. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22275/0 - 15 Mar 2021, Wicklow County Council 21269: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. replacement single storey dwelling house replacing the existing dwelling which is to be demolished and to upgrade the wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21269/0 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 Knockarigg. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI020-008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-008----. Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) hachured on the 1910 OS 6-inch map but 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 - WI020-012: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-012----. A rectangular burial ground (dims. 20m x 15m) defined by iron railings containing three 19th-century headstones. According to the OS Name Book (Ballynure parish, no. 116, 4) there is a tombstone here, that of the late James Wall Esqre. of Knockrigg, dated 1791. The burial ground is described as a ‘very ancient grave yard’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2012 - WI020-013: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-013----. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 30.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.6m; max. D 1.5m), now partly levelled. No indication of an entrance or 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 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) - Station House, worker's house, 1860–1870, Regional interest, registry number 16312005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16312005. Detached four-bay single-storey former railway worker's house, built c.1865. The house is constructed in rubble granite with brick dressings and some granite quoins. To the rear there is a large late 20th century extension and a canted bay has been added to the south gable. The window openings are flat-headed with mainly two over two timber sash frames. The pitched roof is finished with natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods; eaves are slightly overhanging and bargeboards are plain. Chimneystacks are brick with slightly corbelled caps and clay pots. The house faces the road and is slightly set back behind a low fieldstone wall with a timber gate. - Water pump, 1870–1890, Regional interest, registry number 16312006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16312006. Freestanding water pump, erected c.1880. The cast-iron pump has a cow tail handle and is set on a slightly raised platform; this has granite kerbs and octagonal granite pillars with wrought-iron rails. The centre of the platform has been renewed in concrete with chevron drainage channels and a cast-iron drain. It is prominently sited at the junction of a road. ## 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 Knockarigg, about 1 in 10 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 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 Knockarigg. - 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/knockarigg.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockarigg.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockarigg.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockarigg 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) - Ballynure Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballynure-demesne.md - Baronstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/baronstown-upper.md - Grangecon Hill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/grangecon-hill.md - Grangecon Parks: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/grangecon-parks.md - Knockarigg Demesne: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockarigg-demesne.md - Knockarigg Hill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockarigg-hill.md - Knocknamuck Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knocknamuck-lower.md - Knocknamuck Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knocknamuck-upper.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/knockarigg - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/knockarigg