Dunsinane

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunsinane, from 16 m² to 366,743 m² (36.67 ha, 90.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Dunsinane 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.

• 16 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission for the erection of a storage shed with associated works

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20260779

• 10 Aug 2022Refused

  Permission for an Agri-Tourism Development comprising of (a) The erection of 189

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20221075

• 30 Jul 2020Granted (conditional)

  (1)Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to existing dwellin

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20200855

• 22 Jun 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180847

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 Dunsinane.

Recorded monuments

• WX019-038 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme, and set aside for resolution as Dunsinane 4 (Hardy et al. 2010, 131-2). It is located on a slight rise at the base of a low hill, the summit of which is c. 500m to the W. It was excavated (E4324) by D. Gallagher as a hearth (dims 0.65m x 0.48m; T 0.16m) with three stake-holes on its N edge. A subrectangular pit (dims 2.1m x 0.68-1.28m max. D 0.6m) was adjacent to the W and contained fills with heat-affected stones and burnt bone. Fourteen smaller pits (dims 0.56m x 0.3m; D 0.13m to 1.25m x 1.25m; D 0.61m) and ten post-holes extended over a wider area to the W (dims c. 18m E-W; c. 10m N-S), but no pattern was discernible. The Neolithic houses (WX019-039001-: WX019-039002-) are c. 150m to the S, but they might be wholly unconnected. (Hardy 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

• WX019-039001 House - Neolithic
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme, and set aside for resolution as a part of Dunsinane 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 130-1). It is located on a slight rise at the base of a low hill, the summit of which is c. 500m to the W and overlooking a slight dip just to the E with equally high ground c. 300m to the SE. It was excavated (E4325) by D. Gallagher when a well preserved Neolithic house came to light together with evidence suggestive of a second Neolithic house (WX019-039002-). At a later period metal-working (WX019-039003-) was conducted in the vicinity. This house is a rectangular area (int. dims 10m E-W; 5m N-S; ext. dims 11.5m E-W; 7m N-S ) defined by slot-trenches at W (Wth 1m; D 0.7m), N (Wth 0.64-2.64m; D 0.61m), E (Wth 0.95m; D 0.8m) and S (Wth 0.6-1.1,; D 1m) with stones in the fill suggesting packing to support planks. A distinct plank-trench within the E wall (L 1.25m) may represent a threshold. Two short trenches connected the long walls to two central posts c. 1.8m apart. This space was occupied by a central hearth (dims 0.87m x 0.56m; T 0.06m) with nine stake-holes around the perimeter. The W room was sub-divided by two small trenches extending from the W wall at S (L 2.2m; Wth 0.42m; D 0.14m) and N (L 2.23m; Wth 0.33m; D 0.13m), each ending in cross-trench (L 0.71m at S; 0.82m at N). This divides the W part of the W room into three areas, the central one (dims c. 2m x c. 2m) being the largest, and it is suggested that it may have supported a raised dais. The E room has two further roof-supports and two small hearths or areas of burning close to the E wall. There were some pits in the interior of the house, particularly in the area of the possible dais and in the E room. Externally, the N and S walls extend W (L 0.8-1.25m) and E (L 1.7m) like antae but a wall represented by a slot-trench (L 3.3m; Wth 0.35m; D 0.13m) almost closes it off the E antae as an annexe, leaving entrance gaps at S (Wth 0.8m) and N (1.75m). Apart from the four internal roof-supports already described 24 post-holes in the walls or within 1m of them externally may have had a role in supporting a pitched roof. About 16 pits (dims 0.34m x 0.23m; D 0.17m to 1.25m x 0.82m; D 0.7m), mostly to the N and E of the house, may be related, and some could have had a storage role. A natural depression (dims c. 14m NE-SW; 4-7m NW-SE) extended S of the house. The possible Neolithic house (WX019-039002-) is c. 4m to the N and the metal-working (WX019-039003-) is c. 20m to the W. The hearth and pits (WX019-038----) are c. 150m to the N, but they might be wholly unconnected. The Early Bronze Age houses (WX025-060001-; WX020-060002-) are c. 125 and c. 150m to the SSW respectively. (Gallagher et al. 2012, 5-26) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

• WX019-039002 House - Neolithic
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme, and set aside for resolution as a part of Dunsinane 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 130-1). It is located on a slight rise at the base of a low hill, the summit of which is c. 500m to the W and overlooking a slight dip just to the E with equally high ground c. 300m to the SE. It was excavated (E4325) by D. Gallagher when a well preserved Neolithic house (WX019-039001-) came to light together with evidence suggestive of a second Neolithic house. At a later period metal-working (WX019-039003-) was conducted in the vicinity. This is a rectangular area (int. dims c. 10m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) defined by an uncertain line of post and stake-holes at SW and a double-line of post-holes or pits at SE, including a possible slot-trench (L 1.45m) with flanking post-holes for a threshold. The NE side is formed by four aligned pits, and two conjoined pits between these and the SW wall could be interpreted as central roof-supports. The NW side is completely open, but a large quantity of prehistoric pottery, much of it probably from Early Neolithic carinated bowls, and some struck flint was recovered from this area. The Neolithic house (WX019-039001-) is c. 4m to the S, and the unrelated iron-working pits (WX019-039003-)are c. 26m to the SW. The hearth and pits (WX019-038----) are c. 150m to the N, while the Bronze Age houses (WX019-060001-; WX019-060002-) are c. 120-150m to the S, but these features might be wholly unconnected to this site. (Gallagher et al. 2012, 26-9) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

• WX019-039003 Metalworking site
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme, and set aside for resolution as a part of Dunsinane 3 (Hardy et al. 2010, 130-1). It is located on a slight rise at the base of a low hill, the summit of which is c. 500m to the W and overlooking a slight dip just to the E with equally high ground c. 300m to the SE. It was excavated (E4325) by D. Gallagher when a well preserved Neolithic house (WX019-039001-) came to light together with evidence suggestive of a second Neolithic house (WX019-039002-). At a later period metal-working was conducted c. 20m W of the Neolithic houses. The metal-working is represented by three pits (dims 0.87m x 0.65m; D 0.08m: 0.48m x 0.48m; D 0.21m: 0.53m x 0.36m; D 0.1m) in close proximity with each other, which have fills that include large quantities of charcoal and metal slag. About 8m to the NE there is a possible oval structure (dims c. 8m NNW-SSE; c. 4m ENE-WSW) defined by pits, post or stake-holes on the N, E and S sides, but the W side is completely open, apart from one pit (dims 0.5m x 0.46m; D 0.08m) that contained flecks of charcoal, pieces of slag and prehistoric pottery. (Gallagher et al. 2012, 31-3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 November, 2013

• WX025-060001 Hut site
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as the N part of Dunsinane 2 (Hardy et al. 2010, 127-9). It is situated in a slight col between a low rise to the E and a hill c. 700m to the NW. Dunsinane 2 was completely excavated (E4170) when two concentrations of post and stake-holes from two structures were recorded. The north structure is a semi-circular arc (C c. 9m SW-NW-NE) defined by 26 stake-holes with other stake and post-holes occupying the interior. Nine post-holes could complete the perimeter NE-SE-SW, with a possible entrance at SE marked by larger post-holes. Hut-site (WX025-060002-) is c. 35m to the SSE and the Neolithic houses (WX019-039001-; WX019-039002-) are c. 125m to the NNE. (Hardy and Rajic 2012; Gallagher 2013, 242) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX025-060002 Hut site
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as the S part of Dunsinane 2 (Hardy et al. 2010, 127-9). It is situated in a slight col between a rise to the E and a hill c. 700m to the NW. Dunsinane 2 was completely excavated (E4170) by D. Gallagher when two concentrations of post and stake-holes from two structures were recorded. The south structure is a subcircular area (diam. 7.5-8m) defined by 111 stake-holes in two rows placed 0.5m apart. The entrance (Wth 1m) at E is marked by two rows of three post-holes (L 1.75m) that extend inside the inner row of stake-holes on the perimeter. The post of a central post-hole had been burnt, unlike all the others, and two N-S slot-trenches (L 0.98m; 0.79m) partly screened the central post from the entrance. There was a hearth (dims 0.8m x 0.75m; T 0.1m) in the NW quadrant, and an oval pit (dims 2.58m x 0.86m; D 0.35m) in the SE contained a saddle quern and rubbing stone. There was an E-W line (L c. 10m) of 19 post-holes just S of the structure. The hut-site (WX025-060001-) is c. 35m to the NNW, and the Neolithic houses (WX019-039001-; WX019-039002-) are c. 150m to the N. The pits and post-holes (WX025-061----) are c. 40m to the S. (Hardy and Rajic 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upoad: 29 November, 2013

• WX025-061 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Dunsinane 1 (Hardy et al. 2010, 126-7). It is situated on an undulating landscape sloping down slightly to the E and was completely excavated (E4161) by D. Gallagher when eight pits and some post and stake-holes were recorded in a concentrated area (dims c. 20m x c. 20m). There was no pattern amongst the pits (dims c. 0.5m x 0.5m; D 0.13m to 2.6m x 1m; D 0.3m) which produced no artefacts, although 17 sherds, representing four Beaker vessels, were recovered from a single post-hole, which also provided a C14 date of 2464-2214 cal. BC. The hut-site (WX025-060002-) is c. 40m to the N, and the unrelated charcoal-production pit (WX025-062----) is c. 130m to the SSW. (Hardy and Taylor 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

• WX025-062 Charcoal-making site
  Description

  Identified in centre-line testing (E4110) in advance of the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy road scheme and set aside for resolution as Dunsinane 5 (Hardy et al. 2010, 132-3). It is situated on a fairly level landscape and was completely excavated (E4196) by D. Gallagher when a rectangular, flat-bottomed and fire-reddened pit (dims 4.73m N-S; 0.76m E-W; D 0.18m) was recorded with a primary fill of charcoal. Two oval pits (dims 0.76m x 0.56m; D 0.34m: 0.64m x 0.44m; D 0.18m) were c. 7m to the WNW and c. 5m to the NW respectively, and a concentration of four post-holes were c. 3-5m to the SE. Charcoal from the pit produced a C14 date of Cal. AD 671-775. The unrelated pits and post-holes (WX025-061----) are c. 130m to the NNE and the equally unconnected fulacht fia (WX025-063----) is c. 140m to the S in Templescoby townland. (Hardy and McNamara 2012; Gallagher 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 November, 2013

Architectural heritage

• Dunsinane House, farm house, 1760–1812 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1812, on a U-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on an engaged half-octagonal plan; pair of single-bay (five-bay deep) single-storey returns (east). Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1918. Reroofed, ----. Replacement hipped gabled fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on half-octagonal fibre-cement slate roof; pitched slate roofs (east), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having rendered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, slightly sprocketed eaves, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered "Cavetto" cornice. Roughcast walls with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners. Elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening with granite flagged threshold, and moulded rendered archivolt centred on fluted keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, engaged colonette mullions, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-nine timber sash windows without horns having three-over-three sidelights. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or one-over-one (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Set in landscaped grounds.

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_2851 (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 Dunsinane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Dunsinane · Dún Soinneán

Area

900,922 m² (90.09 ha, 222.62 acres)

Civil parish

Templescoby, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

The Leap, the unit of the census

Census 2022

The Leap electoral division: 1,029 people in 355 households; 86% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clohass, Jamestown, Templescoby

Placenames

Dunsinane 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.