Duncormick Hill

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Duncormick Hill, from 346 m² to 159,329 m² (15.93 ha, 39.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Duncormick Hill 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.

• 15 Nov 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission of a fully serviced dwelling house, detached garage and all associate

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251482

• 3 Jun 2025Refused

  Permission for a fully serviced dwelling house, detached garage and all

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250665

• 1 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a proposed new single storey dwelling and proposed new site

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20240088

• 20 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231384

• 17 Oct 2023Refused

  Permission for a new single storey dwelling and proposed new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20231233

• 29 Jul 2022Refused

  Permission for a proposed new two storey dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221038

• 13 Dec 2021Refused

  Permission for a proposed new two storey dwelling house with domestic garage and

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211959

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ballyteige Burrow SAC 000696
• Special Protection Area: Ballyteigue Burrow SPA 004020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyteige Burrow 000696

Recorded monuments

• WX046-034001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Duncormick was a de Londres fief from the beginning of the Anglo-Norman settlement, but from 1355 the Meiler family become associated with the manor, which is sometimes known as Ballycarroll or Ballymackarvill (Brooks 1950, 106-07). In the Civil Survey (1654-6) 730 acres in Duncormick parish including 40 acres at Duncormick were the inheritance of Nicholas Meyler, and while the castle is listed, ownership cannot be established (Simington 1953, 145, 163). Nicholas Meiler and 22 dependents were listed for transportation in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 503). The castle was still standing early in the 19th century when it was described as a tall narrow tower with a doorway close to a corner (Jeffrey 1979, 72-5; Roche 1952). It is situated on a promontory (dims 51m E-W; c. 38m N-S; H 4-6.5m) on the W side of the valley of a N-S stream and in the centre of Duncormick village. There is a wide trench or fosse (Wth of top 13-15m; D 6-6.5m) on the S side of the promontory, which may be natural. It extends west as far as a N-S public road (L c. 100m), curving slightly to the N towards the W end. There is no evidence of an earthwork bank or fosse cutting off the promontory, although the promontory is partly occupied by a house. The motte and bailey (WX046-035001-) is c. 120m to the NE and the church (WX0446-057001) is c. 210m to the ENE, on the other side of the river. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 19 August, 2013

• WX046-034002 Promontory fort - inland
  Description

  The site of Duncormick castle (WX046-034001-) is situated on a rock outcrop promontory (dims 51m E-W; c. 38m N-S; H 4-6.5m) on the W side of the valley of a N-S stream, and in the centre of Duncormick village. There is a wide trench or fosse (Wth of top 13-15m; D 6-6.5m) on the S side of the promontory, which may be natural. It extends west as far as a N-S public road (L c. 100m). There is no evidence of an earthwork bank or fosse cutting off the promontory, although the promontory is partly occupied by a house. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 August, 2103

• WX046-036001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Clómaun’s Well. This is a misspelling of Saint Colmán, and it was pronounced locally as ‘St. Clement’s Well’ (Wexford People 24-07-1954, 10). It is not known which of the many St. Colmáns (Ó Riain 2011, 183-208) was commemorated. The well is situated at the bottom of a steep E-facing slope that forms the W bank of a wide N-S river and it is at the boundary with the mud-flats of the tidal river. A spring leads to a stone-lined channel (Wth 0.6m; L 2.1m) heading towards the river and there is a concrete U-shaped wall backing into the river bank just the S, which has a concrete basin and overflow channel that were erected in 1954. When the basin was installed a stone with the inscription 'RC 1696' was recovered together with a stone that had the imprint of a human foot, a portion of a cross, and part of a font (Wexford People 31-07-1954, 10). These stones are no longer at the site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 19 August, 2013

• WX046-036002 Inscribed stone
  Description

  St. Clómaun’s Well (WX046-036001-) is situated at the bottom of a steep E-facing slope that forms the W bank of a wide N-S river and the well is at the boundary with the mud-flats of the tidal river. When a concrete basin was installed a stone with the inscription 'RC 1696' was recovered together with a stone that had the imprint of a human foot, a portion of a cross, and part of a font (The People 13-07-1954, 10). These stones are no longer at the site. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 August, 2-13

Architectural heritage

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

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 Duncormick Hill, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Duncormick Hill.

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 Duncormick Hill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Duncormick Hill · Cnoc Dhún Chormaic

Area

646,469 m² (64.65 ha, 159.75 acres)

Civil parish

Duncormick, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Duncormick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

642 people lived in 238 households in the Duncormick electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Duncormick, Lacken, Rath, Scotsland

Placenames

Duncormick Hill 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.