Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainBooterstown: 4 archaeological sites on the record
Booterstown has kept more old homes than most towns: 8.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records no building in Booterstown.
typical town: 48
Archaeology in Booterstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
4 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Martello tower1 record |
| Designed landscape - tree-ring1 record |
| Castle - tower house1 record |
| House - 18th/19th century1 record |
Since 2011, building in Booterstown has been slow: 1.9% of its homes, the norm is 5.8%
The busiest building years in Booterstown were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 36% of today’s homes. Homes built between the wars make up 9.6% of Booterstown’s, against 3.9% in the typical town. Booterstown added comparatively little in the 2000s: 11% of its homes, the typical town 25%.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
Booterstown and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booterstown | 8,505 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Blackrock | 12,816 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Stillorgan | 18,212 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Clonskeagh | 14,142 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Sandymount | 22,340 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Monkstown | 9,831 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Sandyford | 8,844 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Booterstown in brief
More of Booterstown’s homes are old than in most places: 8.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 4 archaeological sites.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Booterstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Booterstown?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Are there archaeological sites in Booterstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 4 archaeological sites inside Booterstown.
How old are the homes in Booterstown?
8.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).