Killabeg

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killabeg, from 402 m² to 678,006 m² (67.8 ha, 167.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Killabeg 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.

• 20 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to erect a fully serviced dwelling house and domestic garage

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20212006

• 12 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning references

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211112

• 18 Sept 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the development of grid connection infrastructure to connect the

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201080

• 29 Jun 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning references

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200691

• 24 Sept 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, U

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191311

• 4 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO AMEND THE DESIGN OF THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF: 201711

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190440

• 4 Apr 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO AMEND THE DESIGN OF THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF: 201716

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20190441

• 19 Feb 2018Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF THE FOLLOWING; (A) ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS OF DWEL

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20180195

• 19 Dec 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TEMPORARY (27 YEARS) GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171680

• 22 Aug 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TEMPORARY (27 YEARS) GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171127

• 8 Aug 2017N/a

  PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A TEMPORARY (27 YEARS) GROUND - MOUNTED SOLAR PHOT

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171056

• 20 Mar 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR A FOREST ROAD ENTRANCE

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170328

• 2 Mar 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTUR

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170240

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slaney River Valley 000781

Recorded monuments

• WX020-002001 Standing stone
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope in the valley of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 100m to the W and c. 600m from its confluence with the NW-SE River Slaney. It is oriented NW–SE with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.75m x 0.57m; H 1.9m). It is suggested that it had an ogham inscription and that a cross was incised on one face (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 49–50), but this cannot be confirmed. The mound barrow (WX020-002002-) is c. 10m to the E, and the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) is c. 300m to the NW on the other side of the River Bann. 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: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-002002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope in the valley of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 100m to the W and c. 600m from its confluence with the NW-SE River Slaney. This is an overgrown earth and stone mound (diam. 15m; H 1.5–2m) with traces of a kerb protruding through the mound from W–N. The standing stone (WX020-002001-) is c. 10m to W, and the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) is c. 300m to the NW on the other side of the River Bann. 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: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-003 Moated site
  Description

  Located in a slight col with higher ground c. 350m to the W and c. 550m to the E, and on a slight N-facing slope. This is an overgrown rectangular area (dims. 43m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.6-0.9m) and raised at corners with external flat-bottomed moats (Wth 5.5-6.5m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 0.5-0.7m). There is an entrance gap and causeway (Wth 5m) on the W side. The burnt mound (WX020-060----) is c. 40m to the S. (Barry 1977, 222, WX 75) 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: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-004001 Church
  Description

  Described as the site of a church within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 90-100m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the site of a church on the 1940 ed. of the map. It is situated at the crest of a gentle S-facing slope. The remains of the church (int. dims. 15m E–W; 6m N–S) appear as grass-covered walls (Wth c. 1.5m; H 0.5-0.8m) on the S side of an E-W field bank. The bank (Wth 6–8m; H 0.3m) of a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. 83m E-W) survives SW–N–E forming a D-shaped enclosure (dim. 59m N-S) on the N side of the field bank. There is a record from the 1940s of one visible headstone (SMR file) but there is no evidence of burial in the 1980s. There is local knowledge that what is called a font was taken to the County Wexford Museum in Enniscorthy. 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: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-004002 Graveyard
  Description

  Described as the site of a church within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 90-100m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the site of a church on the 1924 ed. of the map. There is a record from the 1940s of one visible headstone (SMR file) but there is no evidence of burial in the 1980s. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-004003 Font
  Description

  There is local knowledge that what is called a font from Killabeg church (WX020-004001-) that was taken to the County Wexford Museum in Enniscorthy (WX020-031015-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-004004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Described as the site of a church within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 90-100m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the site of a church on the 1924 ed. of the map. It is situated at the crest of a gentle S-facing slope. The remains of the church (WX020-004001-) are on the S side of an E-W field bank. The bank (Wth 6–8m; H 0.3m) of a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. 83m E-W) survives SW–N–E forming a D-shaped enclosure (dim. 59m N-S) on the N side of the field bank. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-012001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a plateau at the SE base of a low hill, and on the NE side of the NW-SE River Slaney with the river c. 350m to the SW. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5-10m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGF 33). It appears to be abutted by the ditch feature forming the boundary of a narrow woodland adjacent to a NW-SE road that is c. 10m SW of the site. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Ring-ditch (WX020-012002-) is c. 80m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-012002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a plateau at the SE base of a low hill, and on the NE side of the NW-SE River Slaney with the river c. 350m to the SW. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5-10m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGF 33). It is cut by the ditch feature forming the boundary of a narrow woodland adjacent to a NW-SE road that is c. 10m SW of the site. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Ring-ditch (WX020-012002-) is c. 80m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May, 2012

• WX020-057 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. An area of dark earth and burnt stone is known locally to be visible when ploughed. However, it is not visible on Bing images (2011) where the area is ploughed. 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: 7 June, 2012 Amended: 29 April, 2014

• WX020-058 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on a slight SW-facing slope. An area of dark earth and burnt stone is known locally to be visible when ploughed. 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: 7 June, 2012

• WX020-059 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope of a slight NE-SW ridge. An oval area (dims. 22m N–S; 8m E–W) of burnt and cracked stones is visible when the field is ploughed. 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: 7 June, 2012

• WX020-060001 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located on a slight N-facing slope in a slight col. An area of dark earth and burnt stone (diam. c. 10m) is visible when the area is ploughed. There is a pit in the section of nearby drain (Wth 1.45m; D 0.9m) with a burnt stone fill. It is described locally as a mound (H c. 0.9m) that was removed c. 1984 when a saddle quern and rubber, and a fragment of a disc quern were found. These are kept at a nearby house. 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: 7 June, 2012

• WX020-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a NW-facing slope in the valley of a small SE-NW stream and c. 140m SE of where it joins the NE-SW River Bann. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (MM (52) 7, 8). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 June, 2012 Amended: 1 May, 2014

• WX020-123 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope and on the demesne land of Killabeg House, but it is not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 17m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature (Wth 2-3m) is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2019). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 September 2019

• WX020-124 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 32m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a fosse SW-N-SE is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018) but its line SE-SW abuts a broad curve in an E-W stream. There is an outer enclosure (dim. c. 65m E-W) defined an outer fosse placed c. 10m outside the inner that is visible W-N-E and the fosses are connected by three channels. It was first reported by Simon Dowling. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth: Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 March 2020

• WX020-145 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape on the demesne of Killabeg House. An upright stone (dims of base 1.54m NE-SW; 0.55m NW-SE) that is probably a local shale narrows from 0.55m above the ground to a point at the top (H 1.77m). The stone may have been damaged on the NE side, perhaps in an ancient attempt to remove it. It was first reported by Ivor Kenny. See the attached views courtesy of Iror Kenny Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 April, 2021

• WX020-146 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located in a slight basin on a fairly level landscape and on what was once the demesne of Killabeg House which is c. 300m to the NE. The outline of a small circular area (diam. c. 10m) defined by a continuous ditch is visible only on iMAPs (2022). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 6 June 2023

Architectural heritage

• Bann Bridge, bridge, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1840. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to pyramidal capping with rubble stone soldier course coping to parapets. Series of three arches with lichen-spotted voussoirs. Sited spanning Bann River with unkempt banks to river.

• Riversdale, farm house, 1842–1853 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1853, on a square plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1924. Resold, 1939. Resold, 1944. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourses below capping supporting louvered terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, doorcase with engaged columns on plinths supporting shallow cornice on blind frieze on entablature, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Killabeg House, farm house, 1700–1793 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three- or five-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1793, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey central return with half-dormer attic (east). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Reroofed, ----. Now disused. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof (east) including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, slightly sproketed eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Hipped elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening with timber mullions on cut-granite padstones supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having fanlight. Paired square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Bridge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over railway line, opened 1863. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed coursed or snecked rock faced walls between tuck pointed coursed or snecked rock faced battered abutment walls with lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered stringcourses supporting parapets having cut-granite chamfered coping. Single segmental arch with margined rock faced granite ashlar voussoirs centred on margined rock faced cut-granite keystones. Sited spanning railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.

• Solsborough Bridge, bridge, 1700–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over stream, extant 1840. Sited spanning stream with unkempt banks to stream.

• Bridge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch railway bridge over stream, opened 1863. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed coursed or snecked rock faced granite walls with cut-granite chamfered stringcourses supporting replacement mild steel railings on cut-granite chamfered plinths. Single round or segmental arch with margined rock faced granite ashlar voussoirs centred on margined rock faced cut-granite keystones. Sited spanning stream with unkempt banks to stream.

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 10 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_2948 (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 Killabeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Killabeg · An Choill Bheag

Area

3,248,445 m² (324.84 ha, 802.71 acres)

Civil parish

Clone, and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Tinnacross, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tinnacross electoral division: 1,037 people in 350 households; 86% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylough, Ballynahallin, Clone, Crane, Scarawalsh, Solsborough, Tomsallagh

Placenames

Killabeg 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.