Ballycourcy More

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycourcy More, from 113 m² to 299,511 m² (29.95 ha, 74.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballycourcy More 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.

• 24 Oct 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct 1) calf house 2) an over ground slurry store & 3)

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221411

• 13 Apr 2022Granted (conditional)

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

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220485

• 16 Mar 2022N/a

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20220344

• 17 Aug 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house & a domestic garage all

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211319

• 14 Jun 2021Refused

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services & domestic garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20210934

• 14 Aug 2020Refused

  Permission to erect a Dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20200934

• 25 May 2020Refused

  Permission to erect a dwelling with services and domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200530

• 17 Feb 2020N/a

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200185

• 4 Nov 2019N/a

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING WITH SERVICES AND DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191478

• 24 Oct 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20161178

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 Ballycourcy More.

Recorded monuments

• WX026-007 Moated site
  Description

  Marked as a subrectangular feature (ext. dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located in a fold at the E edge of a plateau with a small S-N stream c. 300m to the E. This is a rectangular overgrown area (dims. 31m E-W; 19m N-S) with an original rectangular projection (dims. 20m E-W; 7m N-S) at the W end of N side. The perimeter is defined by a flat bottomed moat (Wth 6-9m; D 1.5-2m). There is an inner bank (at W: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m) on the W and N 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: 11 July 2012

• WX026-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight N-facing slope. The cropmark of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (12) 28-9; (57) 3-5). It is also visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005) and on Google Earth (14/07/2018). See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018) 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: 11 July 2012 Amended: 25 April, 2014

• WX026-057 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight NE-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by single fosses or moats that are parallel with mapped field banks is visible on aerial photographs (MM (12) 30-31). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018) 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 revision: 11 July 2012 Amended: 22 July 2021

• WX026-085 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballycourcy More 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 96). It is situated on a level landscape with a S-N stream c. 70m to the E. It was excavated (E4204) by D. Gallagher who recorded a rectangular, flat-bottomed trough (dims 3m NW-SE; 2.08m NE-SW; D 0.57m) with the remnants of slot-trenches for retaining planks at NW and SE, retained at the W corner by four large stones. The trough had three stake-holes in the S corner, and it slightly truncated a small pit (dims 0.71m x 0.54m; D 0.23m) on its SE side. A second rectangular, flat-bottomed trough (dims 2.12m NW-SE; 0.7m NE-SW; D 0.33m) with rounded ends was 4.46m to the E. A D-shaped pit (dims 1m x 0.75m; D 0.17m) was c. 4m S of the smaller trough and a second pit (dims 1.49m x 0.7m; D 0.38m) was c. 13m to the N. The troughs were filled with layers containing various amounts of burnt stone, and a small remnant of a burnt mound (dims 4.5m x 3.5m; T 0.04m) lay over the smaller trough. Some features extended outside the excavated area to the W. The burnt mound (WX026-086----) is c. 150m to the SSE. (Hardy 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX026-086 Burnt mound
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballycourcy More 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 95). It is situated on a slight E-facing slope with a small S-N stream c. 5m to the E. It was partially excavated (E4202) by D. Gallagher who uncovered three pits (dims 0,74m x 0.65m; D 0.15m: 0.7m x 0.65m; D 0.11m: 0.64m X 0.48m; D 0.15m) beneath four overlapping spreads of broken and burnt stone (dims 9m x 4.5m; T 0. 2m: 4.1-6.1m x 5m; T 0.05-0.21m: 1.4m x 0.6m; T 0.1m: 3.45m x 2.4m; T 0.09-0.24m). Some of the featues extended beyond the excavated area. The fulacht fia (WX026-085----) is c. 150m to the NNW. (McNamara and Hull 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX026-087 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballycourcy More 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 95-6). It is situated on a level landscape with a small S-N stream c. 15m to the E. It was partially excavated (E4267) by D. Gallagher who uncovered the remains of a severely truncated fulacht fia. It consisted of a subrectangular trough (dims 1.9mNW-SE; 1.3-1.45m NE-SW; D 0.33-0.47m) with nine stake-holes in the corners, suggesting it may have been wood-lined although no trace survived. Only slight traces of burnt mound material filled the trough, but the mound is probably outside the excavated area to the NE. There were three stake-holes just SE of the trough, and seven stake-holes and three post-holes were in an area (dims c. 2m x c. 2m) NW of the trough. Three pits were within 1m of the trough to the NE (dims 0.46m x 0.44m; D 0.16m), SE (dims 0.69m x 0.55m; D 0.22m), and SW (dims 0.45m x 0.3m; D 0.15m). A charcoal sample from a fill of the trough produced a C14 date of Cal. BC 1449-1316. The prehistoric habitation site (WX026-088----) is c. 145m to the SSW and the rectangular enclosure (WX026-057----) is c. 170m to the SW. (McNamara and Ruttle 2011; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX026-088 Habitation site
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Ballycourcy More 2 (Hardy et al. 2010, 95-7). It is situated on a level landscape with a small S-N stream c. 120m to the E. The site was excavated (E4268) by D. Gallagher who uncovered the complex remains of a prehistoric settlement represented by numerous post and stake-holes, pits, two hearths and three slot-trenches in a confined area (dims c. 15m N-S; c. 15m E-W). There were possible outlying structures, and the features were cut by post-medieval furrows and drains. Two subcircular hut-sites (dims 5m x 3-4m: 5m x 4m) are identified in clusters of stake-holes, which may represent the repeated replacement of temporary structures and which could be middle Neolithic in date. There is a possible rectangular structure (dims 8m x 7m) with a central hearth nearby, and two other possible rectangular structures are in the vicinity. The fulacht fia (WX026-087----) is c. 145m to the NNE and the rectangular enclosure (WX026-057----) is c. 80m to the W. (Rajic and Hardy 2013; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX026-105 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. It was first identified in archaeological testing (E004551) of land required for the M11 Motorway (Ruttle 2014, 13-15), and was subsequently completely excavated (E004564) as Ballycourcy More 5. Twenty eight features were recorded in a fairly limited area (dims c. 30m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW), but some of the features were truncated by medieval or post-medieval field ditches and furrows. Eleven pits and three post-holes were identified as prehistoric. The pits vary from small (0.57m x 0.54m; D 0.22m) to the largest (dims 1.64m x 0.62m; D 0.24m), which with its fills of silty sands with charcoal could be a hearth, and it produced 17 sherds of prehistoric pottery. A second possible hearth (dims 1.12m x 0.94m; D 0.47m) c. 5m to the NW had a similar red silty sand fill with some charcoal and produced prehistoric pottery, flints and a fragment of a possible quernstone. Five of the pits (dims 1.907-1.22m x 0.6-0./75m; D 0.15-024m) have similar fills of grey to brown silty sand with occasional stones and flecks of charcoal. One pit contained a large quantity of worked flint, including cores and debitage. Another group of three pits with similar fills of brown silty clay at the NW extent produced six sherds of pottery and a rubbing or hammer-stone. Two of the smallest pits could be interpreted was post-holes, and three definite post-holes are present but no pattern is discernible and no stake-holes are recorded. (Ruttle 2015) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November 2020

Architectural heritage

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

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1840, on an L-shaped plan with four-bay (south) or single-bay (north) two-storey side elevations centred on single-bay (three-bay deep) full-height return (west). "Improved", pre-1903, producing present composition. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1930. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on hipped slate roof (west) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below cornice capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls; limewashed rendered surface finish (west). Round-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-granite steps, timber doorcase with reeded engaged colonettes supporting shallow cornice on dentilated frieze, and moulded rendered surround having concave reveals framing glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. 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) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled reveals or shutters, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Ballycourcy House, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan with two-bay single-storey rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast battered walls over red brick English bond construction with concealed red brick flush quoins to corners. Paired square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing cast-iron pivot fittings having square glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Ballycourcy House.

• Annefield Cottage, farm house, 1912–1922 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1922, on a rectangular plan with single-bay two-storey side elevations; three-bay single-storey lean-to return with half-dormer attic (east). Sold, 1978. Resold, 1990. Resold, 1992. Hipped slate roof extending into lean-to slate roof (east) centred on gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic, perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles extending into terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered "wallhead" chimney stacks to rear (east) elevation having concrete capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, central rooflight to rear (east) pitch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with timber mullions on cut-granite padstones supporting "Cavetto" cornice, and concealed dressings having concave reveals framing timber panelled door having sidelight below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, timber panelled staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in turned timber newel, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; dining room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds with cast-iron chamfered piers to perimeter having finial-topped capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

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 Ballycourcy More, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2952 (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 Ballycourcy More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Ballycourcy More · Baile an Chúrsaigh Mór

Area

1,818,440 m² (181.84 ha, 449.35 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyhuskard, and its townlands

Barony

Ballaghkeen South

Electoral division

Enniscorthy Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

10,897 people lived in 4,009 households in the Enniscorthy Rural electoral division. 56% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughnagalley, Ballybanoge, Ballycourcy Beg, Brownswood, Cooladine, Crefoge, Drumgold, Knockrathkyle

Placenames

Ballycourcy More 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.