Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Fettercairn: 12 buildings on the National Inventory
Of its homes, 0.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest record dates from 1765. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites. Fettercairn has 9.3 buildings on the record for every 10,000 residents, against 48 in the typical town.
typical town: 48
Historic Fettercairn, pictured
The photo shows Tynan Memorial Cross, one of Fettercairn’s recorded places.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Where Fettercairn’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
12 historic places in Fettercairn
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
RegIn Fettercairn, homes lead the record (50%)
Among the highest-rated: Belgard Castle and Brownstown House. The runner-up group is walls, gates and bridges: 2 records. Nothing on Fettercairn’s record is rated of national importance.
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped; a building keeps the type it was built as.
Most of Fettercairn’s dated buildings come from the 19th century
Each building by the first date on its record.
3 of the 12 dated ones were built before 1800. The oldest is Belgard Castle, from 1765.
Archaeology in Fettercairn
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
7 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.
| Castle - tower house2 records |
| Gateway1 record |
| Road - road/trackway1 record |
| Habitation site1 record |
| Bawn1 record |
| Ringfort - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Fettercairn: 4
| Gunpowder MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Brown's BarnRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Baldonnell House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Baldonnell House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 800 m outside the town |
New homes stand out in Fettercairn: 30% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Few of Fettercairn’s homes date between the wars: 0.4%, the norm 3.9%. The busiest building years in Fettercairn were since 2011, which account for 30% of today’s homes. Just 17% of the homes in Fettercairn went up in the 2000s, short of the typical 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.
Fettercairn and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fettercairn | 12,970 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Jobstown | 23,437 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Saggart | 4,573 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Old Bawn | 18,758 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Clondalkin | 22,788 | 71 | 0 | 26 |
| Kilnamanagh | 11,703 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Fettercairn in brief
The official list counts 12 places on the record in Fettercairn. Most entries on the list, 50%, are homes. Its homes are mostly newer: 0.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
It also has 7 archaeological sites on the record. The oldest, Belgard Castle, dates from 1765. Beyond that, it has 12 recorded buildings, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 25); and per resident it sits near the middle of Irish towns of 2,500 or more.
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 Fettercairn’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Fettercairn?
12 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Fettercairn?
Belgard Castle: the first date on its record is 1765.
Are there archaeological sites in Fettercairn?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 7 archaeological sites inside Fettercairn.
How old are the homes in Fettercairn?
0.4% 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.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · 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).