# Tuckmill Upper, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathbran, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow; in Irish An Muileann Úctha Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,583,509 m² (158.35 ha, 391.29 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,590 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications 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/55023
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 251346
- Centre: latitude 52.958978, longitude -6.692675 (WGS 84)

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

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tuckmill Upper, from 97 m² to 273,297 m² (27.33 ha, 67.53 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1259091: 273,297 m² (27.33 ha, 67.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1259091.md
- Parcel 1267609: 190,258 m² (19.03 ha, 47.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267609.md
- Parcel 1297677: 134,172 m² (13.42 ha, 33.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297677.md
- Parcel 1265528: 132,142 m² (13.21 ha, 32.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1265528.md
- Parcel 1275554: 109,219 m² (10.92 ha, 26.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1275554.md
- Parcel 1264827: 108,266 m² (10.83 ha, 26.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264827.md
- Parcel 1293252: 106,743 m² (10.67 ha, 26.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293252.md
- Parcel 1255706: 90,985 m² (9.1 ha, 22.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255706.md
- Parcel 1255853: 46,960 m² (4.7 ha, 11.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255853.md
- Parcel 1279763: 42,751 m² (4.28 ha, 10.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1279763.md
- Parcel 1297506: 29,590 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297506.md
- Parcel 1285255: 26,885 m² (2.69 ha, 6.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285255.md
- Parcel 1264834: 26,261 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264834.md
- Parcel 1293251: 25,998 m² (2.6 ha, 6.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293251.md
- Parcel 1278633: 24,247 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278633.md
- Parcel 1274046: 22,444 m² (2.24 ha, 5.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274046.md
- Parcel 1276924: 19,506 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276924.md
- Parcel 1276315: 19,316 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1276315.md
- Parcel 1297402: 18,655 m² (1.87 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297402.md
- Parcel 1268127: 13,768 m² (1.38 ha, 3.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268127.md
- Parcel 1293250: 13,564 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1293250.md
- Parcel 1296334: 13,203 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1296334.md
- Parcel 1281789: 12,822 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281789.md
- Parcel 1267132: 10,358 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267132.md
- Parcel 2712801: 9,170 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712801.md
- Parcel 2656598: 8,561 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2656598.md
- Parcel 4909822: 8,510 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909822.md
- Parcel 4909736: 7,540 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909736.md
- Parcel 1268429: 7,134 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268429.md
- Parcel 1273163: 4,252 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273163.md
- Parcel 1264826: 3,083 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1264826.md
- Parcel 4185596: 2,654 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4185596.md
- Parcel 5540937: 2,540 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5540937.md
- Parcel 1288772: 2,315 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288772.md
- Parcel 1250380: 2,219 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250380.md
- Parcel 1288225: 2,179 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1288225.md
- Parcel 1270285: 2,097 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1270285.md
- Parcel 1260200: 2,028 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1260200.md
- Parcel 1540061: 1,999 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1540061.md
- Parcel 1267864: 1,631 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267864.md
- Parcel 1269726: 1,486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269726.md
- Parcel 1269842: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1269842.md
- Parcel 1258037: 583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1258037.md
- Parcel 5295043: 554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295043.md
- Parcel 5295045: 98 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295045.md
- Parcel 5295046: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295046.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Tuckmill Upper 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)

14 applications, newest first.

- 26 Aug 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660764: N/a. Permission. 1), the renovation and extension to the existing dwelling, (2) a replacement on-site effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660764/0
- 20 Dec 2024, Wicklow County Council 24500: N/a. Permission. to erect a two storey dwelling house, effluent treatment system, percolation area, and well and to us existing entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24500/0
- 11 Jun 2024, Wicklow County Council 24262: Conditional. Retention. extension constructed to the rear of existing cottage, upgrade of existing effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24262/0
- 25 Mar 2024, Wicklow County Council 24145: N/a. Retention. extension constructed to the rear of existing cottage, upgrade of existing effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24145/0
- 8 Mar 2024, Wicklow County Council 2460137: Conditional. Retention. alterations to dwelling currently under construction (granted under PL22/527). Alterations include the removal of a granted single storey garage to the side and construction of a connected garage, under ground floor level, with internal access and external vehicular access to the rear of the existing single storey dwelling (under construction and at roof level) minor external alterations to external openings and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460137/0
- 6 Mar 2024, Wicklow County Council 24112: N/a. Retention. extension constructed to the rear of existing cottage, upgrade of existing effluent treatment system and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/24112/0
- 17 May 2022, Wicklow County Council 22527: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey dwelling and garage, new entrance and driveway, bored well, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22527/0
- 14 Oct 2021, Wicklow County Council 211235: Refused. Permission, 1 home. dwelling,on-site effluent treatment system, well, entrance and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211235/0
- 5 Oct 2021, Wicklow County Council 211199: Conditional. Permission. a detached single storey house, single storey domestic garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, new water well, new recessed entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211199/0
- 30 Sept 2021, Wicklow County Council 211179: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/211179/0
- 4 May 2018, Wicklow County Council 18477: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. bungalow, garage, on site treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18477/0
- 24 Aug 2017, Wicklow County Council 171017: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171017/0
- 8 Aug 2017, Wicklow County Council 17966: N/a. Permission, 1 home. dwelling house, secondary sewerage treatment system and percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17966/0
- 18 Jul 2017, Wicklow County Council 17864: N/a. Permission, 1 home. storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary sewerage treatment system, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/17864/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC, site code 000781, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000781

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

- WI027-008001: Barrow - mound barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-008001-. Situated about 150m S of the site of a standing stone (WI027-009----), on a gentle NW-facing slope. Low circular mound (diam. 19m; H 0.45m), in which a cist containing an inhumation was found in the mid 1920s. (Price 1934, 46-7) 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
- WI027-008002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-008002-. On a gentle NW-facing slope. A cist (L c. 1.82m), paved with stones and covered with a capstone, was found in the mid 1920s in a low circular mound (WI027-008001-). It contained human bones and some ‘light yellowish-coloured paste’. Some of the stones were removed by the farmer and used for building walls. (Price 1934, 46-7) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 December 2012
- WI027-010: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI027-010----. Subcircular trivallate hilltop enclosure on a slight knoll on the lower NW spur of Baltinglass Hill with steep slopes to the W (overlooking the River Slaney) and gentler slopes to the N and E. The site is overlooked by 'Rathcoran' hillfort (WI027-026001-) c. 500m to the SE. The inner area (dims. c. 100m NW-SE; c. 75m NE-SW) is defined by an irregular stone bank, best preserved at the NE (Wth c. 4m), set along the perimeter of a largely natural scarp (H 0.5m). No indication of an entrance, external fosse or internal features. The middle rampart, composed of earth and stone (Wth c. 7m; H 1.7-2.5m) defines an area 170m NW-SE and 150m NE-SW and has an external fosse (Wth 3.5-5m; D 1m) and an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 1m), with a possible entrance (Wth 2m) at the N. The outermost rampart (Wth 6-7m; max. H 1m) (not shown on the 1907 OS 6-inch map) is also composed of earth and stone and is identifiable within the forestry on the E side and as a cropmark on the NW and S-SE sides (overall dims. c. 250m NW-SE; c. 250m NE-SW). Excavation by O'Brien in 2014. Late Bronze Age coarse ware pottery was obtained from the ditch fill of the middle enclosing element. (CUCAP APA045, AHK055) (Price 1949, 143; OPW files) The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Multiple enclosure positioned on a northern spur of Tuckmill Hill, 400m NNW of Rathcoran hillfort. Rathnagree is one of nine hillforts comprising the Baltinglass hillfort cluster. The name Rathnagree translates as Çrath of the king. It has a total site footprint of 5.8ha and comprises three widely spaced enclosing elements. The enclosing elements do not follow the contours of the hill. The ramparts disregard topographical variation to form three circular enclosures. There are two possible original entrances in the middle enclosing elements at the NNE and N. These comprise simple gaps in the enclosing elements. No evidence for any internal features on the surface. Ramparts survive best at N, NE and NW. Commercial woodland encroaches on the enclosing elements at the N and NE. Geophysical survey suggests that the low rise stone banks of the inner and outer enclosing elements formed the footings for timber palisades (O'Driscoll 2012). This has recently been confirmed by excavation. First map depiction in 1842 in first edition Ordnance Survey mapping. Survey by Condit in 1992 and 1998. Survey by Grogan and Kilfeather (1997, 41). Geophysical survey by O'Driscoll in 2012. LiDAR survey commissioned by department of archaeology University College Cork. Excavation by O'Brien in 2014. Late Bronze Age coarse ware pottery was obtained from the ditch fill of the middle enclosing element. The E section of the middle enclosing elements form the boundary between the townlands of Tuckmill Upper and Tuckmill Hill. Recent excavation recovered Late Bronze Age coarse ware pottery from the ditch of the middle enclosing elements. There are two possible original entrances in the middle enclosing elements at the NNE and N. These comprise simple gaps in the enclosing elements with causeways over the ditch. The terminals of the E example may be stone faced. Circular area defined by three enclosing elements. The inner and middle features are separated by approximately 37m. The middle and outer examples are 35m apart. The enclosing elements do not have a uniform composition. The middle enclosure is the most impressive of the three. It comprises a well preserved inner bank, outer ditch and counterscarp bank best preserved to the south. The bank and counterscarp are composed mainly of earth. The height of the bank ranges from 2.4m _ 0.5m and is on average 7m wide. The ditch ranges from 2.9m _ 1.3m in depth from the top of the inner bank to bottom of the ditch and is on average 7m wide. The counterscarp ranges from 0.4m _ 0.9m in height and is on average 3m wide. There is no evidence for stone revetment, although recent excavation suggests that this may have originally been present. A large number of small breaks occur throughout the perimeter, although these are most likely modern. Recent excavation suggests that the earthen bank and ditch was constructed over a palisaded enclosure which may have been similar to the inner and outer enclosing elements. The inner rampart comprises a low-rise rubble stone bank with no corresponding ditch. The bank is on average 0.2m in height and 6m wide. Geophysical survey has suggested that the inner and outer enclosing elements were used as the footings for large timber palisades (O'Driscoll 2012). This has been confirmed by excavation (O'Brien 2014).' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0725.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

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 Upper.

## 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 Upper, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2728, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2728.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-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Tuckmill Upper 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)

- Mattymount: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/mattymount.md
- Raheen: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/raheen-251146.md
- Rampere: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rampere.md
- Sruhaun: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/sruhaun.md
- Tuckmill Hill: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-hill.md
- Tuckmill Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tuckmill-lower.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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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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