Jacketstown

Area

132,963 m² (13.3 ha, 32.86 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 227 m².

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Jacketstown

Planning applications on this parcel

• 1 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of an extension to the existing Driving Ran

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211689

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 6 recorded monuments.

• WX042-020001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  References to Killiane date from 1470 when it was held by the Hay family and to the castle from 1543 by which time it had passed to the Cheevers by whom it was forfeited in 1654 (Jeffrey 1979, 23 4). According to the Civil Survey (1654-5) George Cheevers owned 200 acres at Killiane and had a share in 122 acres in Ballycullen (Simington 1953, 300), which is probably Ballykilliane. In the 1660s the castle appears to have been granted to Francis Harvey, a merchant from Wexford town, and it continued in the Harvey family into the late 19th century at least. The Harveys adapted it in the 18th century and built a three storey house that is still occupied onto the E side of the tower house. (Jeffrey 1979, 23-4) It is located on a level, low-lying landscape, with the W shore of the South Slob of Wexford harbour c. 550m to the E. This is a tower house (ext. dims 11.7m NE-SW; 8.45m NE-SW) of five storeys surviving complete to the crenellated battlements with corner lookout platforms. The walls are battered and have good quoins. The original entrance, now blocked, on the NE side towards the E angle is protected by a murder hole operated from the second floor, but there is no machicolation over the doorway. The entrance led through the lobby to the ground floor (int. dims 8.35m NE-SW; 5.7m NW-SE) which has two embrasures in each wall except the NE, each with a double splayed loop, where surviving. There is a secondary entrance at the NE end of the SE wall, and original access to a mural stairs at the N end of the NE wall is protected by a murder hole operated from the second floor. The stairs rise in the NE wall, giving access through a lintelled doorway to the first floor under a NE-SW barrel-vault, with seats at a modified window in the SW wall, and the floor was supported on corbels in the NW and SE walls. The stairs continue in the NE wall to the second floor over the vault, where the upper opening of the main entrance murder-hole is at the head of the stairs. The second floor (int. dims 8.47m NE-SW; 5.95m NW-SE) has five embrasures with secondary windows. The only original features are a fireplace with a flue projecting on the outside of the wall in the NW wall and a garderobe at the W angle, while a brick fireplace and flue were inserted in the S corner. An entrance at the N end of the NE wall leads to a mural stairs in the NE wall which give access to the third and fourth storeys. The third floor has windows with seats in the NW, SW and SE wall, the last with two ogee headed lights. There is a damaged garderobe at the W angle, a fireplace in the NW wall and an ante-chamber at the E angle under the stairs. The ceiling was supported on corbels in the NW and SE walls, but joists were also set into these walls, probably in the 18th century. The fourth floor has a blocked or remodelled window in the NW, SW and SE walls. The mural stairs continue in the NE wall and emerge at the wall walk at the E angle. Steps on the inner side of the stepped crenellations in the NE and SW walls lead to look-outs over the angles that are supported on pillars to allow passage on the wall-walk beneath. There is a face corbel and a bellcote on the E look-out platform. The tower house is at the W angle of a bawn (int. dims. 34m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE) whose walls survive only at the SW (max. H 6m) and SE (H 6.8m) sides. There is a round arched entrance gateway (Wth 2.17m) protected by machicolation on the SW wall, and a stairs on the inner side of this wall leads to the wall walk of the bawn. There is a corner towers rising from the battlements at the S angle. The top of the SE bawn wall is possibly re-built since it lacks crenellations, but it has three gun loops in the parapet. A stone with the inscription 'IHE ANNO DOMINI 1693' is built into the wall of the bawn and may commemorate a re-building, while another stone has the inscription ‘IHM 1730’ (Vigors 1895 97, vol. 3, 178). There is a circular tower at the E corner of the bawn (diam. c. 3.5m, H 8.3m). There was a chapel (WX043-001----) c. 100m to the E, and there is a holy well (WX042-020003-) c. 80m to the SE. (Adams 1904, 235 6) See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) 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: 28 May, 2013 Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

• WX042-020002 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. Helen’s Well. It is situated on a level, low-lying landscape c. 500m W of the South Slob of Wexford harbour. John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840 says that the pattern was abolished c. 1810, and even the date was not remembered. It is described locally as a spring that was filled in and piped into the local drainage. It was not venerated. Killiane castle (WX042-020001-) is c. 80m to the NW and the church (WX043-001----) is c. 45m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 May, 2013

• WX042-020003 Bawn
  Description

  The tower house (WX042-020001-) is at the W angle of a bawn (int. dims. 34m NE-SW; 25m NW- SE) whose walls survive only at the SW (max. H 6m) and SE (H 6.8m) sides. There is a round-arched entrance gateway (Wth 2.17m) protected by machicolation on the SW wall, and a stairs on the inner side of this wall leads to the wall-walk. There is a corner tower rising from the battlements at the S angle. The top of the SE bawn wall is possibly re-built since it lacks crenellations, but it has three gun-loops in the parapet. A stone with the inscription 'IHE ANNO DOMINI 1693' is built into the wall of the bawn and may commemorate a re-building, while another stone has the inscription ‘IHM 1730’ (Vigors 1895 97, vol. 3, 178). There is a circular tower at the E corner of the bawn (diam. c. 3.5m; H 8.3m). Archaeological testing (04E1554) just outside the N end of the NE wall of the bawn produced evidence of what might be a fosse (Wth 3m plus; D 0.8m plus) parallel with the wall (Noonan 2008, 10-12; excavations.ie 2007:1942). There was a chapel (WX043-001----) c. 80m to the E, and there is a holy well (WX042-020003-) c. 40m to the S. (Adams 1904, 235 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 May, 2013 Amended: 30 November 2020

• WX042-020004 Gateway
  Description

  There is a round arched entrance gateway (Wth 2.17m) protected by machicolation on the SW wall of the bawn (WX042-02003-) of Killiane castle (WX042-020001-), and a stairs on the inner side of this wall leads to the wall walk of the bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 May, 2103

• WX042-020005 Memorial stone
  Description

  A stone with the inscription 'IHE ANNO DOMINI 1693' is built into the wall of the bawn of Killiane castle (WX042-020001-) and may commemorate a re-building, while another stone has the inscription ‘IHM 1730’. (Vigors 1895-97) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 28 May, 2103

• WX043-001 Chapel
  Description

  Located on a flat, low-lying landscape c. 500m from the W edge of the South Slob of Wexford harbour. This is an estate chapel of Killiane Castle (WX042-020001-) which is c. 100m to the W. It is a rectangular structure (ext. dims. 7.55m E-W; 5.5m N-S) with the E and W walls surviving partially (max. H 3m) together with the base of the N wall (max. H 1 m), but the S wall is reduced to a collapsed spread of rubble (H 0.6m). A round-arched W doorway (Wth 0.74m; H 1.51m) of uncut stone and a rectangular E window (Wth 0.27m; H 0.7m) of four dressed limestone pieces are the only surviving features. There is no enclosure or any evidence of burial. The site of St Helen's Well (WX042-020002-) c. is 45m to the SW. 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: 31 May, 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3058 (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.

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