Scalp

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scalp, from 355 m² to 248,247 m² (24.82 ha, 61.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Scalp 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.

• 10 Apr 2025Conditional

  removal of existing septic tank and installation of a new treatment unit and soil polishing filter and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560272

• 9 Apr 2025N/a

  removal of existing septic tank and installation of a new treatment unit and soil polishing filter and associate works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560264

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  revised site boundaries as previously granted under planning reference 15/1082, and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560186

• 29 Jan 2024Refused

  a) permission for retention of material change of use of existing domestic garage, as under granted planning reference 15/1082, to a 1-bedroomed self-contained unit for guest accommodation for private use and part-time commercial short term residential letting, with connections to all site services, b) permission for completion of works to proposed wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, as granted under planning reference no 15/1082, and c) revised site boundaries to the south of existing site

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2460036

• 16 Jan 2024N/a

  (A) Retention of material change of use of existing domestic garage, under granted planning reference 15/1082, to a 1-bedroom self contained unit for guest accommodation with connections to all site services,(B) Permission for completion of works to proposed wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, granted under planning reference no. 15/1082 and (C) Revised site boundaries to the south of the existing site

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2414

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 Scalp.

Recorded monuments

• WI015-012001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope with extensive views to the W and S. Oval area (max. ext. dims. c. 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by a substantial flat-bottomed external ditch (Wth 5m; D. 2m) with traces of an earthen bank. The enclosure is heavily masked by vegetation cover with no visible indication of an entrance or internal features. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 20 December 2012

• WI015-012002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In rough grazing, on a gentle W-facing slope. There are a number of earthfast boulders in the field immediately E of adjacent ringfort (ME015-012---), one of which has a bullaun. This flat-topped granite boulder (dims. H 0.35m; 0.9m x 0.73m) has a circular basin (diam. 0.16m; D 0.11m) with straight sides and a flat base. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 20 December 2012

• WI015-013 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a marked W-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. 24m) defined by a very degraded earthen bank (Wth 4m; max. H 1m). There is no indication of an entrance, external fosse or internal features other than a later field boundary which crosses the centre of the site (N-S). Two smaller circles abut the enclosure at the E (diam. 9m) and SW (diam. 10m). These are defined by very slight banks. 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

• WI015-014 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Set into a marked slope on the W edge of the summit of Scalp mountain with extensive views NW-S. Circular cairn (diam. 22m; H 1-2.5m) the upper levels of which are considerably denuded. Two large displaced slabs, one in the centre and the other on the W edge, may be roofstones or structural stones. 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

• WI015-090 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, on an ESE-facing slope on the lower reaches of Slievecorragh. A circular area (diam. 23m) defined along the W by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) and an outer U-shaped fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.6m). The bank has been reduced to a scarp edge (H 0.8m) along the E and S with faint traces of an outer fosse. A field boundary (H 1.1m), which possibly incorporates the enclosing bank, abuts at N. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 10 January 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Scalp.

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 Scalp, 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 high, 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 Scalp.

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 Scalp with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Scalp · An Scailp

Area

1,433,771 m² (143.38 ha, 354.29 acres)

Civil parish

Hollywood, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Hollywood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

820 people lived in 271 households in the Hollywood electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dragoonhill, Drumreagh, Dunboyke, Rathattin, Slievecorragh, Toor

Placenames

Scalp 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.