Arnestown

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arnestown, from 43 m² to 196,511 m² (19.65 ha, 48.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Arnestown 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.

• 25 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260828

• 23 May 2026N/a

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260656

• 19 Aug 2025Refused

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251019

• 12 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250987

• 13 Jul 2023N/a

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20230802

• 22 Jun 2023Refused

  Permission for a development which will consist of the following elements:

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230706

• 29 May 2023N/a

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230597

• 25 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a dairy milk silo and the erection of 256sqm of P

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220692

• 28 Apr 2022N/a

  Permission for the erection of a dairy milk silo and the erection of 256 sqm of

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220554

• 4 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a dairy milk silo and associated site works

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201473

• 17 Dec 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING INCORPORATING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191676

• 8 May 2018Refused

  PERMISSION FOR A PETROL FILLING STATION; THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES THE P

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20180604

• 6 Jun 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DOG BOARDING KENNEL AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170713

• 25 Apr 2016Refused

  ERECTION OF A DOG BOARDING KENNEL AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160411

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 Arnestown.

Recorded monuments

• WX029-023 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  It is described as Tobercaoch – the blind well - in gothic lettering on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and it is located on a W-facing slope that is at the head of a small E-W valley. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 mentions it as having a cure for blindness (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 341). The well is now dry but it is built of drystone walling and is covered with a large lintel (dims. 1.1m x 0.9m) with an opening (Wth 0.6m; H 0.17m) on the W side. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 August, 2012

• WX029-024 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Marked as a large wooded enclosure on the 1839 (dims. c. 150m N-S; c. 125m E-W) and 1940 (dims. c. 135m N-S; c. 100m E-W) eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of an E-facing slope at the N end of a NE-SW ridge. This was a wood of mature deciduous trees that has now been removed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 1 August, 2012

• WX029-025 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Described in gothic lettering as the site of Arnestown Castle on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. The castle of Arnestown is mentioned in the description of the boundary between the parishes of Old Ross and New Ross in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 205, 250), 30 acres at Arnestown was owned in 1641 by Nicholas Dormer, an Irish papist (ibid. 251). There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level in a cereal crop. 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: 1 August, 2012

• WX034-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle SE-facing slope overlooking a col c. 300m to the S. The cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by two fosse features (int. diam. c. 60m; ext. diam. c. 80m) is visible on digital aerial photographs (WX034-075_1 to _6) taken in 2006. WX034-075----_1.jpg from SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 September, 2012

• WX034-098001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope with a small S-N stream c. 280m to the E. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified four small areas of burnt stones in a clay and charcoal mixes (Doyle et al. 2010, 37-8). It was set aside for resolution as Arnestown 2, which consisted of several areas. When this area (A) was excavated (E4111) it revealed a clay-cut trough (dims 1.8mx 0.9m; D 0.37m) beneath a spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 5.2m x 3m; T 0.17m). Fulacht fia (WX034-098002-) is c. 120m to the ENE. (Clarke and Hackett 2012, 8-9; Hackett 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

• WX034-098002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  We regLocated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope with a small S-N stream c. 180m to the E. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified four small areas of burnt stones in a clay and charcoal mixes (Doyle et al. 2010, 37-8). It was set aside for resolution as Arnestown 2, which consisted of several areas. When this area (D) was excavated (E4111) it revealed a clay-cut trough (dims 1.3mx 1.3m; D 0.31m) containing some burnt stone material, but the trough had been truncated on the E side by a slightly curving N-S drain (Wth 1.2m; D 0.38m) and its burnt mound had been dispersed. Fulacht fia (WX034-098001-) is c. 120m to the WSW and fulacht fia (WX034-0098003-) is c. 50m to the NNE (Clarke and Hackett 2012, 9; Hackett 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

• WX034-098003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope with a small S-N stream c. 180m to the E. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified several small areas of burnt stones in a clay and charcoal mixes (Doyle et al. 2010, 37-8), which was set aside for resolution as Arnestown 2. When this area (E) was excavated (E4111) it revealed three intercutting troughs and a spread of burnt mound material. A rectangular clay-cut trough (dims 1.2mx 0.9m; D 0.2m) had been truncated on its NW side by another trough (dims 1.2m x 0.9m; D 0.15m) and this was truncated at its N end by a third rectangular trough (dims 1.5m x 1m; D 0.25m). The troughs were beneath a spread of burnt mound material (dims c. 4m x c. 3m; T 0.08m). There were two pits (dims 0.63m x 0.42; D 0.15m: 1.43m x 1.11m; D 0.25m) in the vicinity (Area B) of the troughs, and the features were partly cut by field ditches. Fulacht fia (WX034-098002-) is c. 50m to the SSW. (Clark and Hackett 2010e, 10-12; Hackett 2013, 212-3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 September, 2013

• WX034-101 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on the W bank of a small S-N stream, with the ground rising steeply on the E side of the stream. Monitoring of topsoil removal (E004661) during the construction of the N25 New Ross by-pass in October 2016 identified a spread of burnt stone extending outside the corridor, which was set aside for resolution as Arnestown 4 and was subsequently fully excavated (E004783). The earliest features were two pits, one (dims 1.5m x 0.9m; D 0.19m) beneath the mound was probably a trough and contained burnt mound material, while the other (dims 0.5m x 0.3m; D 0.3m) was just outside the mound to the W and had some burnt stone in its top layer. A gully (Wth 0.4m; D 0.3m; L 2.9m), filled with silt and some burnt stone, extended S beneath the burnt mound material (dims c. 5.75m x c 3m; T 0.1m) which was sealed by a slight silt layer. No artefacts were recovered, but examination of charcoal samples shows that alder and oak were by far the most common species present followed by hazel. A sample of hazel charcoal from the fill of the larger pit produced a C14 date of 1507-1407 cal. BC., and a sample of hazel charcoal from the gully has a C14 date of 1643-1504 cal. BC. (Whitty and Coughlin 2018; excavations.ie 2016:525; 2016:637) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2020

Architectural heritage

• Talbot Hall, country house, 1750–1777 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey double-pile over basement country house, extant 1777, on a square plan; four-bay three-storey rear (north) elevation. Leased, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1912. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables with granite ashlar chimney stacks to apexes centred on granite ashlar chimney stack on axis with ridge having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on "Cavetto" cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered gritdashed roughcast wall to front (south) elevation on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners; rendered surface finish to side elevations with roughcast surface finish to rear (north) elevation. Hipped elliptical-headed central door opening in elliptical-headed recess with cut-granite step threshold supporting cast-iron bootscrapers, cut-granite doorcase supporting "Cavetto"-detailed cornice, and rusticated cut-granite block-and-start surround centred on double keystone framing timber panelled double doors having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over or moulded surrounds (top floor) framing six-over-six or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-six (ground floor), six-over-six (first floor) or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (south-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Talbot Hall, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gate screen, extant 1902, on a symmetrical plan with pair of pointed-arch openings centred on pointed-arch gateway. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Talbot Hall.

• Arnestown House, farm house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on a U-shaped plan centred on single-bay two-storey "bas-relief" breakfront; pair of single-bay (three-bay deep) two-story returns (east). Occupied, 1911. Damaged, 1944. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with pair of pitched slate roofs (east), lichen-spotted ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners; roughcast slate hung surface finish (south). Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement to front (west) elevation. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening (north) approached by flight of five cut-granite steps, timber doorcase with reeded pilasters on padstones supporting shallow cornice, and concealed dressings having splayed reveals framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Hipped segmental-headed door opening (south) with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights below fanlight. Set in landscaped grounds.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2522 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Arnestown, New Ross10 sales

Name

Arnestown · Baile Arnais

Area

2,486,342 m² (248.63 ha, 614.39 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary's, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

New Ross Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

New Ross Rural electoral division: 4,164 people in 1,475 households; 52% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylane East, Ballymacar, Butlersland, Creakan Upper, Finshoge, Hewitsland, Knockmullin, Mylerspark, Pigotts or Tanyard, Portersland, Ryleen

Placenames

Arnestown 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.