Moneycarroll

316 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneycarroll, from 7 m² to 62,514 m² (6.25 ha, 15.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 257 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community & Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Newtownmountkennedy Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Moneycarroll in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moneycarroll.

Recorded monuments

• WI013-142 Burial
  Description

  Three lintel-burials of possible 6th-7th century date were uncovered during construction works by Wicklow County Council on Thursday 25th March 2021. It was not possible to preserve the burials in situ, so preservation by record was the appropriate archaeological mitigation strategy in this area under Licence No 21E0208 by Yvonne Whitty of De Faoite Archaeology. The results of this excavation were summarised by Yvonne Whitty as follows; 'Excavation was completed between the 31st March and the 7th April 2021 under licence 21E0208 by the licence holder with the assistance of an archaeological supervisor Ivor Kenny. The development site is irregular in plan and is divided into two green areas by a road which leads into two housing developments Mountainview and Sycamore Drive. The south of the development site is bound by Rockview Close and to the west is an un-named road which leads into the village of Newtownmountkennedy. A large rock outcrop is located to the northwest of the burial area. The development is for Part VIII Approval for 22 Social Housing Units at Mountainview, Moneycarroll, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow and all associated site works. The burials were located at the northeast end of the site at Unit 16, the foundation of this building would have impacted upon the burials. The site comprised three isolated lintel graves and preliminary analysis indicates that these were all females over the age of 35. However post excavation analysis is still ongoing and all results will be contained within a final report. They were located below what appears to be a redeposited natural C20 which was 0.42m in average thickness. There was no evidence of a mound in the north of west section face, however the area has been subject to significant disturbance as the Dublin Corporation watermain runs in the road adjacent the site. Burial 1 was the most southerly and was WNW to ESE aligned and the most poorly preserved of the three burials. The cut C3 was sub-rectilinear in plan and was a lintel grave with upright trimmed blue/grey slate stones lining the sides C12 and top of the grave-cut C9. Occasional round packing stones C12 were visible around the cut of the grave at the head of the grave and behind the side lintel stones on the north and south side of the grave cut. The foot of the grave was clearly defined with a slate stone and it was not clear if the top of the grave where the skull was also defined in a similar manner, however these may have been removed during site clearance works. The top of the grave was lined with five large lintel stone slabs, C9 which had collapsed in on top of the adult burial and it was unclear if this burial was shroud wrapped given the degree of preservation, however further osteological analysis is required. Preliminary analysis indicates that this burial was that of an adult female. It is also tentatively suggested that this burial had a stone placed on the upper left chest area, however this could also be a collapsed lintel stone. Burial 2 was positioned in between Burials 1 and 3 and was WNW to ESE aligned and similar in alignment to Burial 1. The cut C5 was sub-rectilinear in plan and was a lintel grave with trimmed blue/grey upright slate stones lining the sides C13 and also the top of the grave C10. The side stones at the southern side of the grave C13 had collapsed in revealing sub rounded packing stones C17 which lined the edge of the cut prior to the placement of the slate side stones. Both the foot and top of the grave were clearly defined with lintel stones, packing stone was also visible at the head of the grave. There was very little grave fill C6 surrounding Burial 2 indicating that the grave construction with the lintel stones formed a cavity which also aided in preservation of the burial which preliminary analysis suggests is that of a female. The hands were placed over the pelvis and the foot bones were located close together indicating that this burial was probably wrapped in a shroud prior to burial. Burial 3 was the furthest north of the three burials and was of a different alignment that the other burials which were WNW-ESE, Burial 3 was E-W aligned. It was also the best preserved of all three burials. The cut C7 was sub-rectilinear in plan and was a lintel grave with trimmed blue/grey slate stones C14 lining the sides of the grave-cut and also the top of the grave C11. The side stones C14 at the northern side of the grave had collapsed in revealing sub rounded packing stones C18 which lined the edge of the cut prior to the placement of the slate side stones. Both the foot and top of the grave were clearly defined with side stones C14. Packing stone C18 was also visible at the head of the grave. There was very little grave fill C8 surrounding Burial 3 indicating that the grave construction with the lintel stones formed a cavity which also aided in preservation of the burial as there was very little soil in the grave. Preliminary analysis suggests burial 3 is a female. The hands were placed over the pelvis and the feet were tightly placed together indicating that this burial was wrapped in a shroud prior to burial. The right leg of this burial was crossed over the left leg. Also the burial was laid diagonally within the grave cut perhaps to accommodate the body within the cut which may have been too small for the body' (Whitty 2021, 22-7). See attached images provided courtesy of Yvonne Whitty of De Faoite Archaeology Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Yvonne Whitty Date of upload: 15 June 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Moneycarroll, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3367 (ZIP).

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 Moneycarroll with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Moneycarroll · Móin Uí Chearúill

Area

325,417 m² (32.54 ha, 80.41 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Newcastle

Electoral division

Newcastle Upper, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,790 people lived in 1,619 households in the Newcastle Upper electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinahinch Lower, Killadreenan, Kilmacullagh, Monalin, Newtown Mt. Kennedy, Trudder

Placenames

Moneycarroll 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.