Danescastle

174 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Danescastle, from 7 m² to 316,511 m² (31.65 ha, 78.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 Danescastle 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.

• 7 Jul 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of alterations and extensions to an approved dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260890

• 30 Jun 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of changes to site boundaries and site layout and also

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20260849

• 5 May 2026Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage and a

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260550

• 2 Sept 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a fully serviced

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20251100

• 23 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a 3m extension to the existing 21m Monopole

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250079

• 21 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for a single storey extension to the side and rear of a preschool

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250064

• 17 Jan 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of changes to dwelling house as built

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250039

• 7 Nov 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwellinghouse, detached

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20241381

• 17 Oct 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of change of use

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241283

• 26 Sept 2024N/a

  Permission for retention of change of use of home office and workshop

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20241172

• 1 Aug 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention and completion of a domestic garage to the front

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240918

• 24 Jul 2024N/a

  Permission for retention and completion of a domestic garage to the front

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240883

• 11 Jul 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a 3m extension to the existing 18m monopole to

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240826

• 1 Jul 2024N/a

  Permission for the erection of a 3m extension to the existing 18m monopole

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240757

• 20 Jun 2024N/a

  Permission for the erection of a 3m extension to the existing 18m monopole

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240702

• 1 May 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of an extension and porch to existing dwelling,

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240483

• 17 Apr 2024N/a

  Retention for an extension and porch to existing dwelling and porch

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240415

• 28 Feb 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct front porch, elevational changes, side extension

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20240217

• 31 Jan 2024Refused

  Permission for the retention of change of use of home office and workshop to

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240085

• 5 Jan 2024N/a

  Permission for the retention of change of use of home office & workshop

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240008

• 30 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retention of a storage and amenity shed and a coal storage

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231434

• 12 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of 12no. residential units

  Permission, 12 homes · Wexford County Council, 20231215

• 7 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of extension to rear of existing dwelling built,

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230216

• 26 Jan 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the removal of 2 no. greenhouse tunnels & the erection of a

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230068

• 29 Nov 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention of rear/side extension to existing house

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221583

The 25 most recent of 51 applications.

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 Danescastle.

Recorded monuments

• WX045-021 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Said to have been built by Sir Reginald Ie Denne in 1290 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 201 2), references to the castle date with certainty from the 17th century when it was the property of Cheevers of Ballyhealy (WX052-022----) (Jeffrey 1979, 72; Butler 1985, 51). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Haimond Cheevers owned 210 acres and the castle at Danescastle in 1640 (Simington 1953, 154, 163). It is situated on a fairly level landscape with the headwaters of a small NE-SW stream c. 80m to the NW. This is a rectangular tower (ext. dims 8.3m N-S; 6.25m E-W) of five floors with a barrel-vault over the first floor, and it survives to the wall-walk with good quoins and a base-batter. There are 7-9 putlog-holes on each face below the vault but none above it. A pointed granite doorway (Wth 1.07m; H 1.86m) with undressed voussoirs towards the W end of the N wall is probably secondary, but this is not apparent in the stonework. Although this doorway is protected by machicolation at the parapet, it leads directly to the ground floor chamber (int. dims 4.9m N-S; 3.3m E-W), which has three embrasures, those on the W and S walls with double splayed loops while that on the E is blank. From the outside a pointed granite doorway (Wth 0.8m; H 1.8m) towards the N end of the E wall leads through a lobby protected by a murder-hole, to the ground floor. It may have been protected outside by machicolation, but the parapet above does not survive. From the lobby a mural stairs rises in the N wall and leads through a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.58m; H 1.53m) to the first floor under the N-S barrel-vault. This floor has a damaged rectangular window with chamfered edges in the S wall, and its floor was supported on corbels in the E and W walls. The mural stairs continue to the second floor over the vault, which is entered through a lintelled doorway at the centre of the N wall. From the head of the mural stairs a newel stairs rises in the centre of the N wall to the third and fourth floors. The second storey has rectangular windows with seats in the E, S (removed) and W walls, with a destroyed fireplace at the S end of the W wall, the flue of which is supported on corbels on the outer face of the wall. The window in the W wall is complete (Wth 0.25m; H 0.74m) with chamfered granite surrounds, and has a gun-loop beneath. There is a garderobe at the NW angle and a murder-hole over the upper reaches of mural stairs, commanded from a recess at the E end of the N wall, while the murder-hole over the lobby would be operated from the window embrasure towards the N end of the E wall (now obscured). The newel stairs at the centre of the N wall rises to the third floor which has a fireplace with a surviving granite mantle at the S end of the W wall, rectangular windows in the W and E walls, the former with seats, and a garderobe at the NW angle. Its floor was supported on corbels in the E and W walls. The newel stairs continues to the fourth floor, whose only features are simple rectangular windows in the E and W walls, and the floor was supported on corbels in the E and W walls. From the head of the newel stairs at the fourth floor, a stairs rises in the NW angle and emerge on the W wall-walk. to destroyed battlements. There was probably a lookout platform originally over the stairs housing that extended the length of the N wall. The crease-line of a pitched roof is visible in this wall. Externally, a building was added immediately to the E, and the crease-line of its pitched roof can be seen in the E facade. The castle is within an overgrown and neglected rectangular field (dims c. 70m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks and hedges, but there is no evidence of a bawn or original enclosure. 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: 23 July 2013

• WX046-011 Font (present location)
  Description

  The highly decorated Romanesque font now in the Roman Catholic church at Carrick-on-Bannow originally came from Bannow church (WX045-045009-) (Tuomey 1850, 201). It is complete (H 0.87m) and was probably made from Dundry stone but is now painted white. It has a rectangular base (dims 0.6m x 0.61m; H 0.26m), a plain circular stem (diam. 0.48m), and the rectangular basin (dims 0.62m x 0.59m; H 0.4m) has banded decoration that is similar on two sides but different on the other two, and shows Anglo-Saxon influence. (Corlett 2012) 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: 19 August, 2013

• WX046-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. This is a D-shaped overgrown area (dims. c. 35m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.9m) with an outer fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.8m). The perimeter is truncated by a NW-SE road bank at SW. There is no visible entrance. Archaeological testing (04E0991) over an extensive area (dims c. 120-m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) to the NW produced no related material (Bates and Hurley 2004; excavations.ie 2004:1798). 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: 19 August, 2013

• WX046-095 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Situated on a low N-S ridge and within Carrick-on-Bannow village, c. 100m E of the N-S Main Street. Archaeological testing (04E0855) identified and partly excavated a limekiln. The kiln was circular (diam. 3.5m; D 1.65m) and lined with a clay and crushed Old Red Sandstone mix that had baked to a hard surface. It contained burnt limestone from its last firing. The flue (L 5.04m; Wth 1.35-4.35m; max. D 1.2m) was to the S and a perfectly preserved stoke-hole (Wth 0.63m; H 0.66m; T 0.51m) connected with the kiln. The few artefacts recovered and the context suggests an 18th century date. (Ó Drisceoil 2004-05; 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 August, 2013 Amended: 11 Dec. 2013

Architectural heritage

• Handball alley, 1875–1902 · Regional interest
  Description

  Handball alley, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan with cement rendered boundary wall to perimeter having lichen-spotted coping. Now disused. Road fronted with concrete footpath to front.

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 Danescastle, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Danescastle · Caisleán an Dinigh

Area

1,850,123 m² (185.01 ha, 457.18 acres)

Civil parish

Bannow, and its townlands

Barony

Bargy

Electoral division

Bannow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,310 people lived in 480 households in the Bannow electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balloughton, Ballygow, Barrystown, Carrick, Coolishal, Kiltra

Placenames

Danescastle 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.