Bessmount

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bessmount, from 117 m² to 89,184 m² (8.92 ha, 22.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Bessmount 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 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  RED III Application

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260820

• 2 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission for the construction of an enlarged Solar PV energy development,

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260708

• 18 Mar 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for proposed single-storey sauna building (48m2), and single-storey

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260332

• 22 Aug 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for 1) relocation of dwelling house granted under

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241006

• 27 Jun 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for alterations and extension (21 m2) to existing hotel to form

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240746

• 24 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of Solar PV energy development to the west

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220383

• 9 Mar 2022N/a

  Permission for the construction of solar PV energy development to the west of

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20220291

• 1 Dec 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND PROVISION

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171575

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 Bessmount.

Recorded monuments

• WX019-037 Hearth
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme, and set aside for resolution as Bessmount 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 123-4). It is situated towards the top of a NE-facing slope. Full excavation (E4220) by Y. Whitty recorded a hearth (dims 1.67m E-W; 1m N-S; T 0.24m) with fire-reddened material extending outside it, and similar material was recovered 10m to the NE. The upper fill of the hearth produced a C14 date of cal. BC 1500-1412. Nineteen sherds of the medieval Leinster cooking ware, a post-medieval coin or token and copious slag from metal-production was recovered from the topsoil. (Hull and Ruttle 2012; Whitty 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

• WX019-046 Pit
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope. This was identified in archaeological testing (E004863) by T. Coughlin of a large area (dims c. 250m NNE-SSW; c. 75-130m WNW-ESE) required for the works associated with the M11 Enniscorthy bypass (excavations.ie 2017:692). It is a single pit (dims 1.75m E-W; 1.2m N-S), and although the open area was expanded no other features were present. The pit, which has an oxidised base, was sampled and was filled with a single charcoal-rich layer that had some stones. As it was not directly affected by the works it was recommended for preservation in situ. (Coughlan and Elder 2019) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 November 2020

Architectural heritage

• Monart, country house, 1730–1745 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three- or five-bay three-storey over part raised basement country house, begun 1733; completed 1740, on a neo-Palladian plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront; three- or five-bay full-height rear (west) elevation; pair of single-bay single-storey "pavilions" on square plans. Occupied, 1901. Leased, 1911. Sold, 2002. Restored, 2004-6, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched slate roof behind parapet with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes; pyramidal slate roofs ("pavilions"), ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered repointed coursed rubble stone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners centred on rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners (breakfront) supporting lead-covered "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice below lead-covered parapet; slate hung (south) or rendered (north) surface finish (side elevations). Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of seven cut-granite steps between cast-iron railings, cut-granite block-and-start surround with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on pulvinated frieze framing timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite lugged surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. "Venetian Window" (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and cut-granite surround with pilasters supporting archivolt centred on fluted keystone framing timber casement window having overlight with fixed-pane timber sidelights. "Diocletian Window" (top floor) with cut-granite sill, cut-granite monolithic mullions, and cut-granite archivolt centred on keystone framing timber casement window having one-over-one timber sash sidelights. Paired square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite lugged surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed central door opening to rear (west) elevation with cut-granite lugged surround. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing three-over-six timber sash window having fanlight. "Diocletian Window" (top floor) with cut-granite sill, monolithic mullions, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing three-over-six timber sash window having one-over-one sidelights. Paired square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one (ground floor), six-over-six (first floor) or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows without horns. Paired square-headed window openings ("pavilions") with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite monolithic surrounds framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and dentilated plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose; drawing room (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-veined white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; library (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "bas-relief" plasterwork ceiling rose; 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 relandscaped grounds.

• Monart, gates/railings/walls, 1842–1903 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1903, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of tuck pointed Running bond piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornices below capping supporting wrought iron double gates with paired tuck pointed Running bond outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornices below capping framing wrought iron gates. Road fronted on a corner site at entrance to grounds of Monart.

• Post box, 1881–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, extant 1903, with "VR [Victoria Regina]" royal cipher. Set in boundary wall.

• Mill (water), 1886–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey mill with half-attic, extant 1901, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1985. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement hipped gabled artificial slate roof on collared timber construction with ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods surviving on slightly overhanging slate or stone flagged eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners centred on cast-iron "Pattress" tie plates. Pair of square-headed door openings with rough hewn granite lintels framing timber boarded half-doors. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, and rough hewn granite lintels framing timber casement windows having vertical glazing bars. Interior including timber boarded floors on timber joists on timber beams on timber posts. Set in shared grounds.

• Bridge, 1818–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over mill race, extant 1840. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with rubble stone soldier course coping to parapets. Single segmental arch with part creeper- or ivy-covered voussoirs. Sited spanning mill race with grass banks to mill race.

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_2882 (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.

No address of the register names Bessmount with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Bessmount · Bessmount

Area

1,054,259 m² (105.43 ha, 260.51 acres)

Civil parish

Monart, and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Killoughrum, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killoughrum electoral division: 848 people in 255 households; 89% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrannis, Forgelands or Fairfield, Milehouse, Monart East, Templescoby

Placenames

Bessmount 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.