Knockeen

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockeen, from 160 m² to 338,727 m² (33.87 ha, 83.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knockeen 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.

• 4 Jun 2026N/a

  construction of an extension to an existing store and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2660495

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18665

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• WI037-006 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on the level summit of a low hill. Circular site (diam. 48m) defined by wide, shallow scarped fosse (Wth c. 20m; D 1m) with a domed central rise. 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

• WI037-017 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope c. 50m N of the outer ramparts of Rathgall hillfort (WI037-016----). Circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AHK 73). 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

• WI037-018 Hillfort
  Description

  Situated on the N shoulder of a hill c. 300m N of Rathgall hillfort (WI037-016----). Circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 200m). The bank, where it survives, is of earth and stone and has been cleared of growth (max. H c. 1.5m; max. Wth c. 5m). It has been destroyed from NNW to SE, although a scarp is visible at the N. Traces of a second, outer rampart (original diam. c. 300m) are visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 121-2), and are preserved in field boundaries visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AHK074; AHK078-079). There is a cairn (WI037-018001-) near the centre of the site. Also visible on the aerial photographs are two fences radiating out from the cairn. These have been removed but were described by Orpen (1911, 142) as being possibly ancient due to their great size. Geophysical survey of the monument undertaken in 2014 (O'Driscoll 2014). The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Possible multiple enclosure positioned surrounding the low-domed summit of hilltop. Circular fort follows contours of hill and takes advantage of steep break of slope to N. It has a total site footprint of 6.2ha and is positioned 300m to the N of the large multiple enclosure of Rathgall (Atlas No.0723). Aerial photography has suggested that this is a bivallate multiple enclosure with widely spaced enclosing elements separated by approximately 50m. This has been confirmed by geophysics. There are three breaks through the inner enclosing elements that are probably modern. Large cairn positioned at the centre and highest point of the hillfort. Geophysical survey has identified up to twenty possible hut structures within the interior of the inner enclosing elements and possible pits and relict field systems have also been identified (O'Driscoll 2014). Ramparts survive well at S and W and are levelled at the N and E. Outer enclosing elements visible in Cambridge University aerial photographs as a vegetation mark. Interior under pasture. Earlier map depiction in first edition Ordnance Survey maps. More detailed depiction in second edition mapping. Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll in 2014. Inner enclosing elements extant. Possible outer enclosing elements visible as a vegetation mark in aerial photography. in Cambridge University aerial photographs and in geophysics. Circular area defined by a bank of earth and stone that has been cleared of growth (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 42-43). It has a maximum height of 1.5m and is approximately 5m wide. There is no obvious ditch feature on the surface. Geophysical survey has confirmed the presence of an in-filled external ditch. The enclosing elements have been destroyed at the N and E. These have been traced by geophysics, confirming that these have been destroyed in these areas (O'Driscoll 2014). Possible outer enclosing element identified as a concentric cropmark approximately 50m outside the inner example and confirmed by geophysics. Cropmarks indicate that there is a second enclosing element. This is visible at the S, SW and W in Cambridge University aerial photographs. A modern road and farm development have been built over the remaining sections and are therefore not visible. It is likely that the second enclosing elements formed a complete circuit.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0722.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

• WI037-018001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated near the centre of Knockeen hillfort (WI037-018----). Subcircular cairn (dims. 18.7m N-S; 10m E-W; H 1.8-2.5m), covered with earth. Field stones have been added to the E and W sides. 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

• WI037-019 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope c. 150m E of Rathgall hillfort. Circular enclosure (diam. 18m) defined by a stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) with an inner and outer revetment of small boulders. Possibly a hut site. The site is partly masked by dumped material. (Orpen 1930, 142-3) 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

• WI037-021 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m) defined by four ramparts. The three outer ramparts are closely spaced. Visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (CUCAP, AHK080, AYL036-037). 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 Knockeen.

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

At the centre of the townland of Knockeen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2772 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Knockeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Knockeen · An Cnoicín

Area

2,827,535 m² (282.75 ha, 698.7 acres)

Civil parish

Liscolman, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelagh

Electoral division

Rath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

287 people lived in 106 households in the Rath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnell, Butlersgrange (Co. Carlow), Killinure, Knockloe, Liscolman, Rath East, Tankardstown (Co. Carlow)

Placenames

Knockeen 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.