Brideswell Big

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brideswell Big, from 45 m² to 364,427 m² (36.44 ha, 90.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Brideswell Big 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.

• 19 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251188

• 13 Mar 2025Refused

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250290

• 31 Jan 2025N/a

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20250109

• 23 Sept 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission to install a new site entrance and driveway with all associated site

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241144

• 25 May 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct a dwelling house with domestic garage, new effluent

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20230585

• 11 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage and all

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20201050

• 14 Aug 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission to demolish existing derelict dwelling house and adjoining

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200932

• 2 Jul 2020N/a

  Permission to demolish existing derelict dwelling house and adjoining outbuildin

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200715

• 12 Jun 2020N/a

  Permission to demolish existing derelict dwelling house and adjoining outbuildin

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200615

• 30 Aug 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL CONSIST OF: CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STORE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171166

• 22 May 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SERVICES, DOMESTIC GARAGE, STABLES

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170624

• 14 Dec 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING HOUSE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20161385

• 21 Mar 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SERVICES, DOMESTIC GARAGES AND ASSOCIA

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20160282

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 Brideswell Big.

Recorded monuments

• WX005-018 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Mine River, c. 270m S of the river. This is a granite stone with a trapezoidal cross-section (dims. 0.7m x 0.25-0.5m; H 1.35m) and a pointed top oriented NE-SW. The following 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: 29 February 2012

• WX005-019 Moated site
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. A rectangular, grass-covered area (dims. 67m N-S; 37m E-W) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5-2m), an outer flat-bottomed moat (Wth of top 4-6m; Wth of base 1.8m to 3m; ext. D 1.4-2.2m), and an outer field bank (Wth 3.2-5m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m) on all sides except the N where there is a scarp (H 1.4m). The outer face of the moat is stone-faced on the S side where there is no outer bank, and the field banks have hedges. There is a modern entrance at the E end of the S side. 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: 29 February 2012

• WX006-038001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Described as 'Bride's Well' on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, a pattern was held there until c. 1800, according to John O'Donovan c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, 238). It is situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the source of a small stream that runs off to the WNW to join the E-W Mine River, c. 800m distant. A stone called St Bride's track and shaped like a shovel blade and socket (dims. 0.4m x 0.2-0.33m; max. H 0.14m) may have served as a flume directiing a small flow of water. There is a conjoined circular hut-site (WX005-038002-) nearby. Archaeological excavation (00E0801) uncovered a lintelled stream leading into and out of one of the structures which was unroofed. The other chamber was corbelled but collapsed at some point while the other continued in use. Glass and pottery indicate the building and use of the structures in the 17th or 18th century. Brideswell burial ground (WX005-039----) is c. 140m to the SE. (Gregory 2003) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 March, 2012

• WX006-038002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the source of a small stream that runs off to the WNW to join the E-W Mine River, c. 800m distant. There is a conjoined circular hut-site adjacent to St Bride's Well (WX006-038001-). A circular mortared hut (int. diam. 2.8m; ext. diam. 4m) survives to a height of 1.2m, with no recognisable entrance. Archaeological excavation (00E0801) uncovered the remains of the second masonry hut of similar dimensions, with the stream leading into and out of this structure which was unroofed. The other chamber was corbelled but collapsed at some point while the unroofed enclosure continued in use. Glass and pottery indicate the building and use of the structures in the 17th or 18th century. (Gregory 2003) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August, 2012

• WX006-040 Burial ground
  Description

  Described as ‘Brideswell Grave Yard’ on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as ‘Brideswell Burial Ground’ on the 1940 edition of the map. It is situated on a gentle NW-facing slope. This is a triangular graveyard (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW) with a blunt apex at NE defined by an earth and stone bank. It contains two 19th-century gravestones, and a fragment of a bullaun stone. This is a piece of granite (dims 0.35m x 0.3m; surviving H 0.05-0.15m) with the base of a basin (diam. 0.17m; D 0.04m). Archaeological testing (04E1353) c. 30m to the W failed to produce an related archaeological material (Wiggins 2007), and archaeological testing (17E0427) immediately to the E had a similar result (Shanahan 2017; excavations.ie 2017: 250). Archaeological testing (16E0514) by T. Breen immediately to the NE produced no archaeological material (excavations.ie 2016:815). Bride's Well (WX005-038001-) is c. 150m to the NW with the remains of the conjoined masonry circular huts (WX006-038002-) adjacent. 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 March 2012 Amended: 14 May, 2014; 19 September 2019; 23 October 2020

• WX006-040001 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A fragment of a granite bullaun stone (dims 0.35m x 0.3m; surviving H 0.05-0.15m) with the base of a basin (diam. 0.17m; D 0.04m) is kept at the graveyard (WX006-040----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 September 2019

• WX006-050 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked as a standing stone only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated just off the top of the NW-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. A stone with quartz lenses and a triangular cross-section (dims 0.75m x 0.3m; H 1.2m) is roughly oriented E-W. 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 March, 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 Brideswell Big, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brideswell Big.

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 Brideswell Big with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Brideswell Big · Tobar Bhríde Mór

Area

2,569,067 m² (256.91 ha, 634.83 acres)

Civil parish

Carnew, and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Ballyellis, the unit of the census

Census 2022

432 people lived in 150 households in the Ballyellis electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aska More, Brideswell Little, Castlewhite, Knocknamota, Money, Raheen, Shrule, Shrule

Placenames

Brideswell Big 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.