Ambrosetown

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ambrosetown, from 26 m² to 289,234 m² (28.92 ha, 71.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ambrosetown 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.

• 8 Apr 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of site layout, site boundaries and waste water

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20220458

• 1 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the alterations to the site boundary and for planning permission

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20211868

• 21 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of changes to existing dwelling including elevational a

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20211169

• 10 Apr 2017N/a

  PERMISSION FOR ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING TWO STOREY FARM HOUSE TO

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170427

• 16 Jun 2016Refused

  PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED PARTIAL INFILLING OF A DORMANT QUARRY BY THE IMPORTA

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160675

• 15 Apr 2016N/a

  PROPOSED REHABILITATION OF A DORMANT QUARRY BY THE IMPORTATION OF INERT SOILS A

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160378

• 3 Feb 2016Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH AN EXISTING SUNROOM AND TO ERECT A REPLACEMENT TO THE SID

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160088

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 Ambrosetown.

Recorded monuments

• WX046-018001 Church
  Description

  Situated at the W edge of a slight W-facing slope, at the point where the slope increases. This is the parish church of Ambrosetown within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 35m E-W; c. 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with an outer masonry wall, although the perimeter at W has been robbed by a quarry. It was presumed to be dedicated to St Ambrose, a well-connected Roman of the 4th century who became bishop of Milan in AD 374, but John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 thought that the dedication was most unlikely (Herity 2014, 140). Support is given to O’Donovan’s view in a document of 1408 where Thomas Founreys, rector of Rathmore, Co. Meath (ME024-017001-), is also described as the chaplain of ‘the Blessed Mary of [Am]brosetoun, diocese of Ferns’ (Pers. Com. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, 05/05/2021). According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 William Underwood, a student was the rector, Henry Reigh was the curate, and the church and chancel were in repair (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 269). This is an undivided nave and chancel church (ext. dims 17.6m E-W plus; 6.9m N-S), of which only the E gable (surviving H 4.6m) with a granite lancet window (Wth 0.35m; H 1.37m) that had glazing bars survives together with the grass covered foundations of the N and S walls, but the W end of the church cannot be traced. A report of a rectangular granite font within the church (Moore 1996, 119) is erroneous, the result of confusion with other churches. The site of St Ambrose's Well, where patterns were held on an unknown date according to John O’Donovan is c. 30m to the NW, in an area that has been quarried and no trace of the well remains. 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: 19 August, 2013 Amended: 6 May, 2021

• WX046-018002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a steep W-facing slope and c. 30m NW of the graveyard (WX046-018003-) in an area that has been quarried. A pattern was held at the well on an unknown date according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (Herity 2014, 140), although he thought the dedication unlikely. St. Ambrose was a well-connected Roman of the 4th century who became bishop of Milan in AD 374, and was renowned for his anti-Arian views. Support is given to O'Donovan's view in a document of 1408 where Thomas Fourneys, rector of Rathmore, Co. Meath (ME024-017001-), is also described as the chaplain of ‘the Blessed Mary of [Am]brosetoun, diocese of Ferns’ (Pers. Com. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, 05/05/2021). The church and well were probably dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. No trace of the well remains. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 August, 2013 Amended: 6 May 2021

• WX046-018003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated at the W edge of a slight W-facing slope, at the point where the slope increases. The parish church of Ambrosetown (WX046-018001-) is within a subcircular graveyard (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 34m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with an outer masonry wall, although the perimeter at W has been robbed by a quarry. A report of a rectangular granite font within the church (Moore 1996, 119) is erroneous, the result of confusion with other churches. The site of St Ambrose's Well (WX046-018002-) is c. 30m to the NW, in an area that has been quarried. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 19 August, 2013

• WX046-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight SE-facing slope with a NNE-SSW stream c. 80m to the E. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45-50m) defined by a fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (9) 25-9). An outer slighter fosse feature is visible S-W-N on aerial photograph (ASIAP (436) 20) (ext. diam. c. 80m). 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: 16 August, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1842–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan with single-bay two-storey side elevations. Reroofed, ----. For sale, 2007. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three moss-covered steps with concealed dressings having splayed reveals framing replacement uPVC panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered cylindrical piers to perimeter having shallow conical capping supporting barley twist-detailed flat iron "farm gate".

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 Ambrosetown, 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

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

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.

• Ambrosetown, Duncormick5 sales

Name

Ambrosetown · Baile Ambróis

Area

1,120,207 m² (112.02 ha, 276.81 acres)

Civil parish

Ambrosetown, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Duncormick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

642 people lived in 238 households in the Duncormick electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fannystown, Gibletstown, Gortins, Gurlins, Holmanhill, Johnstown, Maxboley, Scurlogebush, Woodgraigue

Placenames

Ambrosetown 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.