Kilmichaelhill
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnahue, barony of Gorey, Co. Wexford; in Irish Cnoc Chill Mhichíl
- Area
- 86.2 ha
- 213 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 221,100 m² (22.11 ha, 54.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmichaelhill, from 66,830 m² (6.68 ha, 16.51 acres) to 574,897 m² (57.49 ha, 142.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Kilmichaelhill 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 Kilmichaelhill 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 Kilmichaelhill.
Recorded monuments
- WX006-032 Fulacht fia
Description
Marked as a fulacht fia only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a fold on a SE-facing slope of Slievebaun Hill, with a WNW-ESE stream just to the N. It was described in 1939 as a circular mound of charred stones and black soil (diam. c. 10m; H 0.3-1m) with an indentation at NE (OSFM). Nothing was visible at ground level in 1987, but there was a collection of field stones at the location. Fulacht fia (WX006-080----) is c. 40m to the WNW along the stream and fulacht fia (WX006-079----) and standing stone (WX006-033----) are c. 100m to the SE. 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: 21 November 2012
- WX006-033 Standing stone
Description
Marked as a standing stone only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a fold on a SE-facing slope of Slievebaun Hill, with a WNW-ESE stream c. 50m to the NE. It was recorded in 1940 as a stone with a triangular cross-section (dims c. 0.9m x 0.1m at NE to 0.8m; H c. 1.05m) roughly aligned NE-SW (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in 1987, but a displaced stone (dims 0.2-0.3m; L 1m) nearby may the stone. Fulacht fia (WX006-079----) is c. 30m to the E and the possible fulacht fia (WX005-032----) is c. 100m to the NW. 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: 20 November 2012
- WX006-079 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated in the valley of a WNW-ESE stream, with the stream c. 20m to the N. This is a kidney-shaped, grass-covered mound of stones (L 5m; Wth 2.7m; H 0.3-0.5m). Fulacht fia (WX007-032----) is c. 90m to the WNW along the stream, and the standing stone (WX007-033----) is nearby. 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: 1 March, 2012
- WX006-080 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated in the valley of a WNW-ESE stream with the stream c. 20m to the N. This is an oval, grass-covered mound of stones (dims 7.5m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW; H 0.3m) with a hollow (dims. 4.5m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.2m) immediately to the N. Fulacht fia (WX007-032----) is c. 40m to the ESE along the stream. 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: 2 March, 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilmichaelhill.
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 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilmichaelhill.
- 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 Kilmichaelhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmichaelhill · Cnoc Chill Mhichíl
- Area
- 862,136 m² (86.21 ha, 213.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnahue, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gorey
- Electoral division
- Kilnahue, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilnahue electoral division: 488 people in 159 households; 91% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygullen, Kilmichael Upper, Lyrane, Mountnebo, Slievebaun
- Placenames
- Kilmichaelhill 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.