# Knockatemple, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Calary, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cnoc an Teampaill.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,715,972 m² (171.6 ha, 424.03 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,676 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 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: Altidore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 388 people lived in 139 households in the Altidore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/55134
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250938
- Centre: latitude 53.061701, longitude -6.195593 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatemple, from 915 m² to 297,446 m² (29.74 ha, 73.5 acres); 3 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1292261: 297,446 m² (29.74 ha, 73.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292261.md
- Parcel 1268144: 291,234 m² (29.12 ha, 71.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268144.md
- Parcel 1277387: 274,875 m² (27.49 ha, 67.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277387.md
- Parcel 5059824: 215,632 m² (21.56 ha, 53.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5059824.md
- Parcel 1268545: 171,274 m² (17.13 ha, 42.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268545.md
- Parcel 5977108: 16,618 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5977108.md
- Parcel 1294612: 6,367 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294612.md
- Parcel 6133954: 5,810 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6133954.md
- Parcel 5515067: 4,353 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5515067.md
- Parcel 4771049: 3,930 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4771049.md
- Parcel 1250124: 3,422 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250124.md
- Parcel 1278995: 3,358 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278995.md
- Parcel 1261078: 2,619 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1261078.md
- Parcel 1260047: 2,324 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260047.md
- Parcel 1271633: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1271633.md
- Parcel 1259143: 1,993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259143.md
- Parcel 5278471: 1,844 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5278471.md
- Parcel 1292002: 1,122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292002.md
- Parcel 5262596: 1,097 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262596.md
- Parcel 5082709: 915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5082709.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockatemple 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.

- 23 Apr 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560305: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road, blocking up existing entrance and associate works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560305/0
- 19 Nov 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460719: Conditional. Permission. extensions and alterations to existing dwelling. The works will include the following: The demolition of existing utility area. A proposed ground floor extension to connect the dwelling to the existing garage. The conversion of the garage to form part of the new habitable ground floor layout. The conversion of the existing upper floor storage to habitable space as well as an additional extended area in a new raised and altered roof system on upper floor to provide for new bedroom accommodation and ancillary rooms. A proposed timber pergola to the rear elevation (previously the front elevation) and side canopy. The blocking up of existing vehicular entrance and relocating a new vehicular entrance off an existing access lane. A proposed new secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines and percolation area. All landscaping and associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460719/0
- 23 Aug 2017, Wicklow County Council 171011: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, well, proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, new percolation area, entrance off public road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171011/0
- 23 May 2017, Wicklow County Council 17590: Conditional. Retention. change of use of part of an existing agricultural building from the storage of potatoes to a veterinary clinic / surgery containing 164.33 sqm and involving the provision of treatment services within this structure as well as on an outcall basis, internal works within this existing building to facilitate the activity, existing septic tank which already serves this surgery, and use of an existing farm driveway in connection with this development. PERMISSION is sought for development which is to be undertaken in the future comprising the sinking of a well for drinking water supply purposes and the provision of a new percolation area to serve the septic tank which is presently proposed for retention and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17590/0
- 25 Apr 2017, Wicklow County Council 17458: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, well, secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, percolation area, entrance off public road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17458/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Vartry Reservoir, site code 001771

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WI018-007001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-007001-. Situated on the W edge of a small steep gully; the area slopes gently S to the Vartry Reservoir. A nave and chancel church (int. dims. 14.3m x 6.4m) defined by wall foundations (Wth 0.9m; H 0.4-0.75m), constructed of shale slabs with some larger granite boulders. There are doorways in the W and S walls. There is a full length extension on the S side (int. L 13.5m; int. Wth 3m) and an annexe (int. dims. 4m x 2.9m) attached to the E end of the N wall. Chamfered stone from the pointed arch of the S door lies within the church. The church lies towards the NW corner of a rectangular graveyard (60m N-S; 40m E-W) defined on the N and W sides by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.5m), possibly part of an earlier enclosure. An earthfast granite bullaun (WI018-007004-), with basin cut into the steeply sloping upper surface, lies 35m NW of the site. A second bullaun (WI018-044----) is believed to have been moved from here to a private residence, c. 2km to the NE in Knockraheen, in the late 19th century (pers. comm. C. Corlett). 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: 14 February 2013 Revised by: Claire Breen
- WI018-007002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-007002-. Situated on the W edge of a small steep gully; the area slopes gently S to the Vartry Reservoir. A rectangular graveyard (60m N-S; 40m E-W) defined on the N and W sides by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.5m), possibly part of an earlier enclosure. The nave and chancel church (WI018-007001-) lies towards the NW corner. An earthfast granite bullaun, with basin cut into the steeply sloping upper surface, lies 35m NNW. 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: 13 February 2013
- WI018-007003: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-007003-. The N and W sides of graveyard (WI018-007002-) are defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.5m), possibly part of an earlier enclosure. 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: 13 February 2013
- WI018-007004: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-007004-. An earthfast granite boulder (1.45m x 1.26m), with basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.07m-0.2m) cut into the steeply sloping upper surface. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 13 February 2013
- WI018-009: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-009----. Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. Oval enclosure (dims. c. 25m x 20m) 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
- WI018-010: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-010----. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) hachured on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. Site now covered by Vartry Reservoir. The location was visited at low water after a dry summer; 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
- WI018-043: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI018-043----. On the shoreline of the Vartry Reservoir, a large granite boulder (1.2m N-S; 1.35m E-W) with a bowl-shaped basin (0.34m x 0.36m; D 0.15m) on the S side of the upper surface. The N end of the boulder appears to have been quarried away. Compiled by: Chris Corlett and Claire Breen Date of upload: 14 February 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 Knockatemple.

## 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 Knockatemple, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockatemple.
- 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/knockatemple.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockatemple.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockatemple.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockatemple 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)

- Knockfadda: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockfadda.md
- Knockraheen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knockraheen.md
- Roundwood: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/roundwood.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.

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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.

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