Kilmacot
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyvaldon, barony of Ballaghkeen South, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cill Mochuda
- Area
- 27.6 ha
- 68 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 60,281 m² (6.03 ha, 14.9 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmacot, from 1,821 m² to 122,873 m² (12.29 ha, 30.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilmacot 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Kilmacot in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilmacot.
Recorded monuments
- WX027-034 Moated site
Description
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. This is a raised, rectangular and grass-covered area (dims 47m NW-SE; 45m NE-SW) with upturned corners, defined by external flat-bottomed and overgrown moats (Wth 6-7m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.8m). A leat from the S corner leads to a small pond. (Barry 1977, 222, WX 78) 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: 18 July 2012
- WX027-035001 Enclosure
Description
Depicted faintly as a rectangular area (dims. c. 20m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) and described as 'Church (site of)' in Gothic script on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope with a W-E stream c. 70m to the N. This is a raised rectangular, grass-covered but stony area (dims. 17.5m NE-SW; 16.5m NW-SE; H 0.7-1.3m). There is no evidence of a structure or of burial. 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/revision: 18 July 2012
- WX027-035002 Church
Description
Depicted faintly as a rectangular area (dims. c. 20m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) and described as 'Church (site of)' in Gothic script on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope with a W-E stream c. 70m to the N. This is a raised rectangular, grass-covered but stony area (dims. 17.5m NE-SW; 16.5m NW-SE; H 0.7-1.3m). There is no evidence of a structure or of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 18 July, 2012
- WX027-057 Cist
Description
Located on a slight rise towards the E end of a small NW-SE ridge. There is local information on the discovery in 1973 of a red pottery vessel with ashes beneath a stone (dims. 1m x 0.75m) which is still visible at the surface. The excavation was filled in again without being disturbed. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 451-2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 August, 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilmacot.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_3192 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilmacot with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmacot · Cill Mochuda
- Area
- 275,648 m² (27.56 ha, 68.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyvaldon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballaghkeen South
- Electoral division
- Ballyvaldon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyvaldon electoral division: 802 people in 282 households; 88% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvoodock, Ballyvoodrane, Garrymoyle, Knocknasilloge
- Placenames
- Kilmacot 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.