# Tuckmill Hill, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathbran, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cnoc an Mhuilinn Úctha. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 917,616 m² (91.76 ha, 226.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,106 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathbran, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/rathbran.md - Barony: Talbotstown Upper - Electoral division: Tuckmill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 314 people lived in 104 households in the Tuckmill electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55021 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251344 - Centre: latitude 52.952895, longitude -6.683613 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tuckmill Hill, from 400 m² to 533,775 m² (53.38 ha, 131.9 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1264816: 533,775 m² (53.38 ha, 131.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264816.md - Parcel 1293235: 241,235 m² (24.12 ha, 59.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293235.md - Parcel 1293236: 75,005 m² (7.5 ha, 18.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293236.md - Parcel 1293248: 22,447 m² (2.24 ha, 5.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293248.md - Parcel 1268129: 8,178 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268129.md - Parcel 1264815: 6,771 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264815.md - Parcel 1278090: 4,420 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278090.md - Parcel 1297676: 3,535 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297676.md - Parcel 4781006: 3,113 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4781006.md - Parcel 1300039: 3,106 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300039.md - Parcel 4781001: 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4781001.md - Parcel 4781002: 2,890 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4781002.md - Parcel 4781003: 2,883 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4781003.md - Parcel 1264824: 2,725 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264824.md - Parcel 1293249: 2,229 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293249.md - Parcel 1292413: 953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292413.md - Parcel 1292037: 889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1292037.md - Parcel 1293237: 690 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293237.md - Parcel 1265774: 400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265774.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Tuckmill Hill 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) 1 application, newest first. - 5 Nov 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560885: N/a. Permission. erection of five detached single storey pods each of which would accommodate a studio style holiday dwelling containing a bedroom, kitchenette and toilet with shower and wash-hand basin, to be clad in timber and metallic sheeting and covered with a mono-pitch roof. These units would be served by individual soak pits and a gully, a communal wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, a new well, new entrance onto public road, new vehicular driveway with car parking bays therein, gravel path to proposed pods and all associate works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560885/0 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 Tuckmill Hill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WI027-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-011----. Situated on a break in a marked NE-facing slope on the lower slopes of Baltinglass Hill and c. 100m SW of the site of another ringfort (WI027-012----). Circular area (diam. 26.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; max. H 2m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m; max. D 1.2m) poorly preserved at the NE. A gap in the bank at the NE may be the original entrance. 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 - WI027-026001: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-026001-. National Monument in state guardianship No. 328. Large oval enclosure (max. dims. c. 400m NW-SE; c. 300m NE-SW; int. dims. 380m NW-SE; 270m NE-SW) defined by two ramparts, enclosing the summit of Baltinglass Hill with extensive views to the N, E and S and overlooking 'Rathnagree' hillfort (WI027-010----) c. 500m to the N. The ramparts are up to 16m in width, are best defined at the N and NW, and are largely composed of stone. The average distance between ramparts is 15m. There is no clear indication of an entrance. The interior rises towards the SE corner of the site, and there is a large amount of loose stone and many rock outcrops within the ramparts. At the summit there is a passage tomb (WI027-026003-) surrounded by a massive protective drystone wall (Wth 3m; H 2m) built with stones from the cairn which had covered the passage tomb. There are two possible hut sites in the interior (WI027-026002-, WI027-026004-), and a cairn (WI027-076----) outside the outer rampart on the SW side. (CUCAP, AYP027-030; ASU048) (Price 1934, 34; O'Driscoll 2013) The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Multiple enclosure positioned on highest summit of Tuckmill Hill. Rathcoran is one of nine hillforts comprising the Baltinglass hillfort cluster. The name Rathcoran probably refers to a large prehistoric cairn at its centre (rath of the cairn). This pear-shaped bi-vallate monument has a total site footprint of approximately 10.1ha. The shape is dictated by the topography of the hill, which the enclosing elements largely follow. There are up to sixteen breaks in the enclosing elements, however, all of these are probably modern. GPS, LiDAR and geophysical survey have identified up to fifty hut structures within the interior. A large Neolithic cairn was excavated within the hilfort interior (Walshe 1941). A second cairn abuts the exterior of the outer enclosing elements at the SE. Geophysical survey has also identified strong magnetic anomalies at the crest of the inner bank at the N, indicative of a possible burnt palisade feature. Waddell (1998) and Condit (1998) have both interpreted Rathcoran as an unfinished hillfort, due to the incomplete nature of the enclosing elements and intervening quarry features. Ramparts are most complete at the N. The interior is under heavy gorse and scrub cover. First map depiction in 1842 in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Excavation of Neolithic passage tomb within hillfort by Walshe in late 1930's (Walshe 1941). Survey by Condit in 1992 and 1998. Survey by Grogan and Kilfeather (1997, 41). Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll (in prep.) in 2012. LiDAR survey commissioned by department of archaeology University College Cork. GPS survey by O'Driscoll in 2014. The center of the hillfort forms the meeting point of the townland boundaries of Tuckmill Hill, Coolinarrig Upper and Pinnacle. Substantial Neolithic passage tomb at summit of hillfort interior excavated by Walshe in late 1930's (Walshe 1941). A second cairn abuts the exterior of the outer enclosing elements at the S. Two recorded hut structures within interior. Neolithic cairn positioned at highest point within hillfort interior excavated by Walshe (1941). Up to 50 hut structures identified by LiDAR and GPS survey by O'Driscoll in 2014. These comprises circular platforms cut into the natural slope of the hill, some of which are defined by a circular setting of stone. Geophysics (O'Driscoll 2012) has confirmed the presence of some of these hut structures. The enclosing elements are most complete at the N and NW, where the inner example is 16m in width and comprises a mixture of earth and stone. Geophysical survey has identified strong magnetic anomalies at the crest of the bank in this area, indicative of a possible burnt palisade feature. The internal enclosure has an average internal height of 1.7m and average external height of 2.6m. The outer enclosing element has an average internal height of 1.3m and an average external height of 2.1m. Here, the banks are separated by approximately 28m (maximum 35m). There is no evidence of an adjacent ditch. To the east, the gap between the enclosing elements narrow to an average of 12m. Although the banks are slighter, the steeply sloping ground enhances the exterior perception. The inner enclosing element is on average 0.8m in height internally but almost 3m in height externally. Similarly, the outer enclosure is 0.4m in average height internally and 2.1m high externally. To the S, a 185m section of the enclosing elements is characterized by closely set multivallation and very slight banks. Quarry pits and associated spoil are visible in many sections between the enclosing elements. Presumably, the material from these pits was used for constructing the banks. Waddell (1998) and Condit (1998) have both interpreted Rathcoran as an unfinished hillfort, due to the incomplete nature of the enclosing elements and intervening quarry features. There are a number of possible entrances indicated in the second edition Ordnance Survey map at the N, E, SE and SW. Subsequently, O'Driscoll (2014) has identified up to twelve gaps in the inner and outer enclosing elements, although these are likely to be modern. There is no indication of an original entrance, although Waddell (1998) suggests an original break in the banks is located in the eastern section.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0724.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 - WI027-026004: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-026004-. Situated between the ramparts on the NE side of Rathcoran hillfort (WI027-026001-). Small slightly raised area (diam. 8m) defined by a low overgrown stony bank. One of two possible hut sites at Rathcoran. 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 - WI027-026005: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-026005-. One of two rectangular enclosures (see WI027-026006-), which lie between the ramparts on the NE side of Rathcoran hillfort (WI027-026001-). Each is defined by a low bank of earth and stone and has a slightly sunken interior. Both measure 15m x 15m. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 December 2012 - WI027-026006: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-026006-. One of two rectangular enclosures (see WI027-026005-), which lie between the ramparts on the NE side of Rathcoran hillfort (WI027-026001-). Each is defined by a low bank of earth and stone and has a slightly sunken interior. Both measure 15m x 15m. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 December 2012 - WI027-026007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-026007-. Centrally placed within Rathcoran Hillfort (WI027-026001-). A circular enclosure (diam. c. 14m) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph (Accessed: 24 October 2012; Imagery date 16 April 2003) and on a Bing aerial photograph (Accessed: 24 October 2012; Imagery date uncertain). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 24 October 2012 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 Tuckmill Hill. ## 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 Tuckmill Hill, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2767, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2767.zip (ZIP). - 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/tuckmill-hill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-hill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-hill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Tuckmill Hill 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) - Coolinarrig Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/coolinarrig-lower.md - Coolinarrig Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/coolinarrig-upper.md - Pinnacle: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/pinnacle.md - Sruhaun: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sruhaun.md - Tuckmill Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-lower.md - Tuckmill Upper: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-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. 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