# Ferns Demesne, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ferns, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish Díméin Fhearna.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,604,021 m² (160.4 ha, 396.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,484 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ferns, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/ferns.md
- Barony: Scarawalsh
- Electoral division: Ferns, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ferns electoral division: 1,598 people in 608 households; 58% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/52486
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 241098
- Centre: latitude 52.595035, longitude -6.480655 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ferns Demesne, from 21 m² to 456,517 m² (45.65 ha, 112.81 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 407497: 456,517 m² (45.65 ha, 112.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407497.md
- Parcel 377719: 338,883 m² (33.89 ha, 83.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/377719.md
- Parcel 393080: 268,552 m² (26.86 ha, 66.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/393080.md
- Parcel 400220: 64,805 m² (6.48 ha, 16.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400220.md
- Parcel 5271157: 63,673 m² (6.37 ha, 15.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271157.md
- Parcel 387494: 63,114 m² (6.31 ha, 15.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/387494.md
- Parcel 392335: 58,490 m² (5.85 ha, 14.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392335.md
- Parcel 363579: 41,374 m² (4.14 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/363579.md
- Parcel 374005: 39,075 m² (3.91 ha, 9.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374005.md
- Parcel 382470: 36,992 m² (3.7 ha, 9.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/382470.md
- Parcel 389083: 30,474 m² (3.05 ha, 7.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/389083.md
- Parcel 395530: 28,541 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/395530.md
- Parcel 388345: 10,327 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388345.md
- Parcel 406584: 7,915 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/406584.md
- Parcel 423823: 7,471 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423823.md
- Parcel 371078: 5,639 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/371078.md
- Parcel 378640: 4,749 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/378640.md
- Parcel 413370: 4,460 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/413370.md
- Parcel 396890: 4,001 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/396890.md
- Parcel 399006: 3,818 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/399006.md
- Parcel 400565: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400565.md
- Parcel 3390142: 3,746 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3390142.md
- Parcel 4881810: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4881810.md
- Parcel 361191: 3,170 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361191.md
- Parcel 2746392: 2,939 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2746392.md
- Parcel 3194395: 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3194395.md
- Parcel 3441010: 2,265 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3441010.md
- Parcel 379977: 2,235 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/379977.md
- Parcel 407304: 2,210 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/407304.md
- Parcel 392630: 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/392630.md
- Parcel 5547914: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5547914.md
- Parcel 378493: 1,724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/378493.md
- Parcel 397832: 1,557 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/397832.md
- Parcel 404240: 1,351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/404240.md
- Parcel 403106: 1,288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/403106.md
- Parcel 400916: 1,070 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/400916.md
- Parcel 424413: 1,025 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/424413.md
- Parcel 363375: 900 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/363375.md
- Parcel 425517: 713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/425517.md
- Parcel 5056183: 414 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5056183.md
- Parcel 400486: 393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/400486.md
- Parcel 3173071: 134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3173071.md
- Parcel 393849: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/393849.md
- Parcel 5271158: 21 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271158.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ferns Demesne in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

9 applications, newest first.

- 1 May 2026, Wexford County Council 20211145: Refused. Extension of duration. permission for the constructionof a new replacement dwelling, detached ancillary. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/131094
- 26 Aug 2022, Wexford County Council 20221139: Granted (conditional). Permission, 2 homes. Permission to erect a dwelling house with services & domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/124088
- 7 Jun 2022, Wexford County Council 20220764: Granted (conditional). Permission, 2 homes. Permission to erect a dwelling house with services & domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123677
- 12 Apr 2022, Wexford County Council 20220474: Refused. Retention, 1 home. Permission for retention of existing building on site which consists of part. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123363
- 22 Mar 2022, Wexford County Council 20220369: N/a. Retention, 2 homes. Permission for retention of existing domestic garage as a change of position. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123253
- 20 Jan 2022, Wexford County Council 20220057: Granted (conditional). Permission, 2 homes. Permission for the erection of a fully serviced detached part two storey, part o. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/122907
- 31 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210846: Granted (conditional). Retention, 1 home. Permission for Retention of alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelli. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121380
- 31 May 2021, Wexford County Council 20210847: Refused. Retention. Permission for Retention of the existing domestic garage as a change of position. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/121368
- 2 Nov 2020, Wexford County Council 20201276: Refused. Retention, 1 home. Permission for retention of convestion of permitted domestic store to. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/117750

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC, site code 000781, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000781

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- WX015-003004: Religious house - Augustinian canons, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003004-. Situated towards the bottom of an E-facing slope, and c. 50m S of the chapter house of Ferns cathedral (WX015-003003-). Dermot Mc Murrough founded St Mary's Abbey for Augustinian canons c. 1158-62, although it may have been earlier (O’Keeffe 1997, 63). It was burned in 1159 or 1166, but Dermot rebuilt it and he was buried there in 1171. The abbey was plundered and burnt again by Irish forces during the Bruce wars (c. 1317). The position of abbot was hotly disputed in the mid-15th century. William Doyle was the last abbot at its suppression in 1538 when it was described as a church and belfry, dormitory, chapter-house, hall and other buildings with c. 600 acres and other interests. In 1583 it was granted to Thomas Masterson. (Gwynne and Hadcock, 1970, 175-6) The N wall of the nave (ext. dims 16.4m E-W; c. 9m N-S) and chancel (ext. dims 6.35m E-W; 6.67m N-S) survive to the full height (c. 5m) with the foundations of the other walls. A round tower with a square base (Barrow 1979, 196) is attached to the W wall of the nave. It is entered from the nave and a newel stairs rises to a doorway overhead probably leading to a gallery. Above the roof level the tower is round and divided into two levels, the upper with four square lights (Anon. 1864-8, 132). A sacristy with a room overhead beneath an E-W barrel-vault is attached to the N of the chancel. There is ribbed vaulting in the chancel and round-headed recesses in the chancel and the sacristy. The original entrance was probably at the W where the base of a column with two orders is visible at the angle of the nave and tower. Two crude cross-bases are now within the nave. There is no evidence of an enclosure or burial but evidence of the cloister garth (dims c. 21.6m E–W; c. 19.75m N–S) was uncovered in the 19th century attached to the S (Anon. 1909–10, 4–5). A geophysical survey (15R052) comprising magnetic gradiometry and limited electrical resistance in an area of about 4 ha (c. 10 acres) around the remains produced evidence of the cloister and a field system (ME015-003034-) (Dowling 2015, 10). The abbey is built over the inner of two ditches recorded in the survey that form an ecclesiastical enclosure (wx015-003031-) around the early monastery (WX015-003002-) (ibid. 9). Just SE of the abbey the same survey recorded evidence of an enclosure (WX015-003032-) around a masonry structure (WX015-003033-). This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 133. 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. Cmpiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February, 2019
- WX015-003017: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003017-. The remnants of a crude cross-base in granite with a rectangular socket are now lying in the nave of the Augustinian churdh (WX015-003004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
- WX015-003018: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003018-. The remnants of a crude cross-base in granite with a circular socket are now lying in the chancel of the Augustinian churdh (WX015-003004-). It might be a fragment of an unfinished millwheel. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
- WX015-003022: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003022-. Archaeological monitoring (98E0132) of a sewage pipe recorded a pit or a fosse terminal (Wth of top 1m; D 0.2m) that contained medieval pottery in the S side of the trench. It is c. 80m S of St. Mary's Abbey (WX015-003004-). (Ryan 1998, 2-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore 30 April, 2012
- WX015-003028: Round tower, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003028-. A round tower with a square base (Anon. 1910-11, 3-4; Barrow 1979, 196) is attached to the W wall of the nave of St. Mary's Abbey (WX015-003004-). It is entererd from the nave and a newel stairs rises to a doorway overhead, probably leading to a gallery. From the roof level the tower is round and divided into two levels, the upper with four square lights (Anon. 1864-8, 132). It is a National monument. (Ffrench 1895, 403; Leask 1955, vol. 1, 163–4; Harbison 1975, 247; O'Keeffe 1997, 57-60) O’Keeffe, T. (1997) Diarmait Mac Murchada and Romanesque Leinster. JRSAI, vol. 127, 52-79. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 30 April, 2012
- WX015-003032: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003032-. Located on a gentle E and NE-facing slope c. 120m from a small NW-SE stream. St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (WX015-003004-) is built over the inner fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX015-003031-) around St. Aedan or Máedóg’s early monastery (WX015-003002-), which was identified in a magnetic gradiometry survey (15R042) (Dowling 2015, 9). Just SE of the abbey the same survey recorded a subcircular enclosure (int. dims c. 60m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by interrupted sections of a fosse (Wth c. 3-4m). It could have an entrance at SW leading to the open SW end of a double-aisled masonry structure (WX015-003033-) (ibid. 10). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 February 2019
- WX015-003033: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003033-. Located on a gentle E and NE-facing slope c. 120m from a small NW-SE stream. A magnetic gradiometry survey (15R042) recorded a subcircular enclosure (WX015-003032-) just SE of St Mary’s abbey (WX015-003004-). Within the enclosure magnetic gradiometry and resistivity surveys identified a rectangular masonry structure (max. dims c. 12m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls (Wth c. 1m) with a NE-SW diving wall, but no SW wall (Dowling 2015, 9). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 February 2019
- WX015-003034: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003034-. Located on either side of a NW-SE stream, on land that slopes down gently into its valley. A magnetic gradiometer survey (15R042) of about 4 ha (c. 10 acres) around St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (WX015-003004-) recorded some small enclosure (dims c. 30m x c. 20m) defined by single ditch features which might be animal pounds associated with the early monastery (WX015-003002-) of St Aidan (Dowling 2015, 9), while other linear ditch features probably represent a post-medieval field system of rectangular fields. A NW-SE roadway (Wth c. 7m; L 100m plus) defined by parallel ditches running outside the NE edge of the graveyard around the Cathedral (WX015-003003-) might be associated with these (ibid. 10). This field system can be extended to the area NE of the stream by ditch features recorded by a drone-mounted camera operated by Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey in July 2018, so this system covers a known area of about 8 ha (c. 20 acres), and more than one period of field formation is probably represented. A gradiometer survey (21R0297) by G. Dowling (2021, 18, Nos 3, 4) identified ditches relating to this field system also extending into the large triangular field (dims c. 365m NW-SE; c. 100m NE-SW at S) N of the N11. Included in this area is a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 12m E-W) defined by a single ditch that has a curved W edge and is open at E. This ditch produces strong magnetic responses indicating the presence of burnt or fired material in its fill. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 February 2019 Amended: 7 December 2021
- WX015-003035: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003035-. Located on a gentle E and NE-facing slope on the SW side of a small NW-SE stream and its valley. A magnetic gradiometry survey (15R042) of about 4 ha (c. 10 acres) around St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (WX015-003004-) recorded elements of a post-medieval field system (WX015-003034-). A NW-SE roadway (Wth c. 7m; L 100m plus) defined by parallel ditches running outside the NE edge of the graveyard around the Cathedral (WX015-003003-) might be associated with these. (Dowling 2015, 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 February 2019
- WX015-003039: Water mill - horizontal-wheeled, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003039-. Situated at the bottom of a gentle NE-facing slope and c. 120m NE of the cathedral which is the probable site of St Maodhóg’s early church (WX015-003002-). Archaeological testing (E004633) during 2019 and 2020 by Kate Taylor in advance of the installation of a W-E waste water pipe from the R772 road (N11) to the NW-SE stream identified numerous archaeological features along the extent of the trench (L 120m). There were seven phases of activity, none closely dated as yet, but largely early medieval and medieval in date. Towards the E end of the trench a mill was recorded and is preserved in situ. This was on the E bank of a S-N watercourse that was recorded in a gradiometer survey (15R0042) conducted by The Discovery Programme (Dowling 2015). The stream (L c. 160m) originates just E of St Mary’s Abbey (WX015-003004-) and appears to be wider over most of its length than the fosses of the ecclesiastical enclosure and other man-made features recorded in the gradiometer survey. This is probably a natural stream and may have been deeply culverted where it meets the possible NW-SE road (WX015-003035-) as it isn’t visible here on the gradiometer survey. Features probably pre-dating the mill are a pit (diam. 1.71m; D 0.58m plus), two postholes, stakeholes, and a gully at the centre of the trench. Further W a layer of silt, a pit, and a gully are sealed beneath the up-cast of medieval ditches, but no artefacts were recovered at either location (Taylor and Hurley 2021, 14-7). Two pits and two ditches, both of which were re-cut, together with some gullies are probably early medieval in date because of the lack of pottery associated with them. One ditch (Wth 0.95m; D 0.32m) aligned NE-SW was cut by a second ditch (Wth 1.25m; D 0.23m) at its W edge, but E of these features was a larger N-S V-shaped ditch (Wth 2m; D 1.05m). This was also cut on its W edge by a smaller ditch (Wth 1.05m; D 0.48m), and several gullies were also related to this phase (ibid. 17-21). The fosse of the inner ecclesiastical enclosure (WX015-003021-) is also in the section (ibid. 21-1, 33-4). At the waterlogged E end of the water-pipe trench, and just E of the line of the stream, the remains of a wooden water mill were preserved. It consists of the wheel-pit inserted into a cut (dims 4.42m E-W; 2.16m plus N-S), and its tail-race. The wheel-pit itself (dims 2.1m E-W; 1.3m N-S) is formed by three large oak timbers and is too small to have accommodated a vertical wheel so, although no evidence of the wheel was present, it was probably laid horizontally. The S timber extends W, continuing under the E wall of the stone-walled mill that replaced the wooden one. The mill structures are preserved in situ and were not fully excavated. The tail race (Wth 3m; D 0.29-0.9m) starts at the wheel-pit and extends E towards a point where the surface stream steps E, and it was sampled, although it is largely outside the trench to the N. The original tail race is cut through clay and had two fills of silty or sandy clays. Three large pits (Wth 2.08; D 0.48m: Wth 2.72m; D 0.61m: Wth 0.72m plus; D 0.44m plus) were in the S section of the trench further E and are probably contemporary with the first mill (ibid. 24-7). The tail race was re-cut, and sherds of pottery, iron objects including a nail, fragments of two coins and of a conglomerate millstone as well as worked wood were recovered from it, although the tail race lies largely outside the trench to the N (ibid. 36-9). Just W of the timbers of the wooden wheel-pit is a clay floor (Wth 2.9m E-W; 1.5m plus N-S) bounded by what were clay-bonded stone walls to the W (Wth 0.4m; H 0.8m) where it forms the E edge of the upper fill of the stream and E (Wth 0.72m; H 0.35m). The floor has beam-slots inserted into it forming a rough ‘H’ pattern in plan like the surviving beams of the earlier mill, and two postholes are also set in this surface. Immediately W of the millhouse was the stream, visible in the section as a cut (Wth of top 3.7m; Wth of base 1.4m; max. D 1.9m) aligned NE-SW, with a stepped W side and a straighter E side where it is retained by the stone wall from the later millhouse. It retained water at the bottom and was filled with varying qualities of silt, from which some artefacts including sherds of pottery, leather shoes and a possible fragment of a millstone were recovered. (ibid. 35-6) See the attached: _1 plan of the mill from Taylor and Hurley 2021, Fig. 9 _1 S-facing section f the stream with the stone mill wall on right from Taylor and Hurely 2021, Fig. 49 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 February 2021
- WX015-057: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-057----. Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a single fosse or (Wth c. 4m) is visible on aerial photographs (MM (15) 29–31) and on images from a drone-mounted camera operated by Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey in 2018. An entrance is not visible. See the attached view looking W courtesy of Dinny Kinsella and Barry Lacey 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. Date of upload: 2 May, 2012 Amended: 23 August, 2018
- WX015-058: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-058----. Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in the valley of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 110m to the SE. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 100, 0-2). 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 Mooe Date of upload/revision: 2 May, 2012
- WX015-063: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-063----. Situated on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a fosse feature (Wth c. 3m) is visible on aerial photograph (MM (52) 16). It is also faintly visible on Google Earth (21/06/2010). See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2010) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 2 May, 2012 Amended: 23 July 2021
- WX015-083: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-083----. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2014). It was first reported by Barry Lacey and it was also noted by Simon Dowling. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October, 2019 Amended: 3 March 2020

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Saint Edan's, farmyard complex, 1785–1840, Regional interest, registry number 15612004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15612004. Farmyard complex, extant 1840, on a quadrangular plan including (north): Attached nine-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic on a symmetrical plan centred on three-bay full-height pedimented breakfront. In alternative use, 1939-57. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed rubble stone wall (breakfront) on cut-granite chamfered plinth with repointed flush quoins to corners supporting lichen-spotted monolithic pediment; replacement roughcast surface finish (remainder) with replacement cement rendered surface finish to courtyard (south) elevation. Round-headed central carriageway with repointed red brick voussoirs framing timber boarded double doors. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement casement windows retaining some one-over-one timber sash windows; (south): Attached seven-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding with half-attic on a symmetrical plan. In alternative use, 1939-57. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond eaves. Lime rendered wall to courtyard (north) elevation; red brick Flemish bond surface finish to rear (south) elevation. Series of seven elliptical-headed carriageways with granite ashlar voussoirs centred on cut-granite keystones framing concrete block infill. Square-headed window openings (half-attic) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing part concrete block infill. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Saint Edan's.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ferns Demesne.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-demesne.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-demesne.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-demesne.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ferns Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballynakill: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballynakill-240431.md
- Bayland: https://everytownland.com/wexford/bayland.md
- Castleland: https://everytownland.com/wexford/castleland-240738.md
- Coolpuck: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolpuck.md
- Coolroe: https://everytownland.com/wexford/coolroe-240908.md
- Ferns: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns.md
- Ferns Lower: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-lower.md
- Ferns Upper: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-upper.md
- Kilbora: https://everytownland.com/wexford/kilbora.md
- Milltown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/milltown-241660.md
- Rosemaryhill: https://everytownland.com/wexford/rosemaryhill.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ferns-demesne
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/ferns-demesne