# Landscape, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Whitechurch, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Fearann na Scéimhe.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 651,773 m² (65.18 ha, 161.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,064 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Whitechurch, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/whitechurch.md
- Barony: Bantry
- Electoral division: Oldcourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 741 people lived in 243 households in the Oldcourt electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/53529
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 241573
- Centre: latitude 52.359109, longitude -6.962716 (WGS 84)

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

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Landscape, from 91 m² to 42,274 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5082955: 42,274 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5082955.md
- Parcel 5052204: 29,051 m² (2.91 ha, 7.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052204.md
- Parcel 5099646: 6,662 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099646.md
- Parcel 5186975: 4,031 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5186975.md
- Parcel 4858473: 4,026 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858473.md
- Parcel 404476: 3,046 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404476.md
- Parcel 417301: 2,711 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/417301.md
- Parcel 362689: 2,452 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/362689.md
- Parcel 4443613: 2,446 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4443613.md
- Parcel 2721008: 2,300 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721008.md
- Parcel 418436: 1,828 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/418436.md
- Parcel 408904: 1,146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/408904.md
- Parcel 405036: 1,090 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/405036.md
- Parcel 413632: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/413632.md
- Parcel 5082951: 634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5082951.md
- Parcel 4929296: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4929296.md
- Parcel 4935371: 448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4935371.md
- Parcel 4564393: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4564393.md
- Parcel 5099649: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099649.md
- Parcel 4443605: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4443605.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Landscape 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 16 Mar 2022, Wexford County Council 20220353: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission for the proposed erection of a fully serviced dwelling house and dome. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123233
- 8 Mar 2022, Wexford County Council 20161346: Refused. Extension of duration. PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE (REPLACE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123162

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Barrow River Estuary, site code 000698

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

- WX034-085: Charcoal-making site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-085----. Located at the bottom of a N-facing slope just above the junction with the flood-plain of the N-S River Barrow/Nore, which is running E-W c. 600m to the N. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified a charcoal-making pit (dims 1.95m ENE-WSW; 1.35m NNW-SSE; D 0.2m) filled with a dark brown silty clay dug into oxidised subsoil (Doyle et al. 2010, 29). It was set aside for resolution as Landscape 1 and completely excavated (E4107) when a small pit (dims 0.84m x 0.5m; D 0.08-0.14m) was found in the vicinity. No artefacts were recovered. (Clark and Hession 2010; Hession 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 September, 2013
- WX034-086: Settlement cluster, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086----. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream with the stream c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. Centre-line testing (E4067) in advance of the N25 New Ross by-pass identified the settlement site (Doyle et al. 2010, vol. 1, 29), and it was fully excavated (E4108) as Landscape 2a by J. Hession in 2010 (Hession 2010; 2013). Six pits isolated at the SW of the excavated area (dims 60m ENE-WSW; 50m NNW-SSE) contained elements of burnt mound material and may be prehistoric in date and unconnected with the medieval settlement. The latter consisted of a rectangular area (dims 37m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a ditch (Wth 0.95-1.7m; D 0.25-0.4m) at the S with curved corners at SE and SW. Five structures are associated with the enclosure but the adjacent parts of the ditch on the E and W sides abut and post-date structure 2, while structures 1, 3 and 5 extend outside the line of the ditch at E and W. An E-W ditch or field drain (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) with a metalled surface on the S edge separates the settlement from wet, low-lying ground to the N. The ceramic assemblage of over1400 sherds that included four lamps of the single cresset form would suggest a 12th or 13th century date. The collection consisted mostly of south Leinster ware and coarse Wexford wares, and was distinctly lacking in late medieval wares, suggesting that the settlement was abandoned before the 15th century. House 1 (int. dims. 12m E-W; 6m N-S) at the W is defined by a slot-trench on all sides except the E, which may have been a byre with a S-N drain. This is separated from the W end by a short slot-trench attached to the S wall. There are 8 structural internal post-holes located c. 1m from the walls and two central post-holes. Two external post-holes support the S wall. Two sunken areas with numerous stake-holes may relate to occupation, the W one with two hearths, and the E one probably used by animals. Structure 2 is 1-2m S of 1 and is a U-shaped area (int. dims c. 5m E-W; c. 8m N-S open to the N and defined by a shallow ditch (Wth 1m; D 0.15-0.17m), and perhaps a clay wall. It has few internal features and is thought to have functioned as a barn or storage area. Structure 3 was 2-3m W of structures 1 and 2 and is an oval area (int. dims 5m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by two elliptical ditches (Wth 0.7-12m; D 0.25-0.45m) to the N and S (ext. dims c. 8m E-W; c. 7.5m N-S) with crude openings between the N and S ditches at E (Wth 0.5m) and W (Wth 0.5m). It may have been a stand for a hay-rick (?). House 4 is 10m E of Structure 1 and similar in size (int. dims 16m N-S; 5m E-W), although it has no hearth. It is identified as a sunken floor, which may have been divided into two or more sections. A U-shaped trench around the S end may have had sill-beams and six structural post-holes are placed c. 1m inside it. A doorway (Wth 0.75m) is indicated by two post-holes in the W wall, and lines of stake-holes suggest internal screens. An annexe (int. dims 4.4m E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by a U-shaped trench (Wth 0.7m; D 0.18m) is attached to the S and is contemporary with the house. Its rough entrance (Wth 1.1m) at the SW corner suggests its use by an animal. Structure 5 is 5m E of Structure 4 and is a rectangular area (dims c. 11m N-S; 8m E-W) defined by slot-trenches or gullies (Wth 0.3-0.4m; D 0.12-0.25m). It has few internal features and it may have functioned as a corral for animals. Three outlying excavation trenches produced isolated features, including pits some of which may be prehistoric or medieval and connected to the settlement, including one charcoal-prodition pit (WX034-086006-) c. 120m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date: 7 February, 2013
- WX034-086001: House - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086001-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where the stream joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. House 1 forms the social core of settlement (WX034-086----), and it was excavated by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass. The house (int. dims 12m E-W; 6m N-S) at the W edge of the settlement is defined by a slot-trench on all sides except the E, which may have been a byre with a S-N drain. This is separated from the W end by a short slot-trench attached to the S wall. There are 8 structural internal post-holes located c. 1m from the walls and two central post-holes. Two external post-holes support the S wall and the entrance is on the S wall. Two sunken areas with numerous stake-holes may relate to the occupation and use of the house, the W one with two hearths, while the E one probably housed animals. (Hession 2010, 11-31; 2013; Eogan and Kelly 2016, 224, Building 1) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload; 1 February, 2017
- WX034-086002: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086002-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. Structure 2 is within settlement (WX034-086----), which was excavated by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass scheme. Structure 2 is 1-2m S of House 1 (WX034-086001-) and is a U-shaped area (int. dims c. 5m E-W; c. 8m N-S) open to the N and defined by a shallow ditch (Wth 1m; D 0.15-0.17m) and perhaps a clay wall. It has few internal features and is thought to have functioned as a barn or storage area. (Hession 2010, 31-3; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 7 February, 2013
- WX034-086003: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086003-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. Structure 3 is within settlement (WX034-086----), which was excavated by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass scheme. Structure 3 is 2-3m W of structures 1 and 2 and is an oval area (int. dims 5m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by two elliptical ditches (Wth 0.7-12m; D 0.25-0.45m) to the N and S (ext. dims c. 8m E-W; c. 7.5m N-S) with crude openings between the N and S ditches at E (Wth 0.5m) and W (Wth 0.5m). It may have been a stand for a hay-rick (?). (Hession 2010, 33-4; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 February, 2013
- WX034-086004: House - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086004-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. This house is within settlement (WX034-086----), and it was excavated as House 4 by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass scheme. House 4 is 10m E of Structure 1 and similar in size (int. dims 13.5m N-S; 5.6m E-W), although it has no hearth. It is identified as a sunken floor, which may have been divided into two or more sections. A U-shaped trench around the S end may have had sill-beams and six structural post-holes are placed c. 1m inside it. A gap (Wth 0.75m) indicated by two post-holes in the W wall proves to be later disturbance while the original doorway is thought to be a small opening towards the S end of the E wall. Lines of stake-holes in the interior suggest internal screens, but shallow depressions just inside the lines of the walls may have been dust-baths and nesting-sites for fowl situated beneath fixtures like tables where they would not be disturbed. An annexe (int. dims 4.4m E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by a U-shaped trench (Wth 0.7m; D 0.18m) is attached to the S and is contemporary with the house. Its rough entrance (Wth 1.1m) at the SW corner suggests its use by an animal. Two calibrated C14 dates of 1270-1400 and 1260-1390 are recorded from the house. (Hession 2010, 34-43; 2013; Eogan and Kelly 2016, 224-6, Building 2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload; 1 February, 2017
- WX034-086005: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086005-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream which is c. 80m to the N, and c. 670m SSE of where it joins the N-S River Barrow/Nore. Structure 5 is at the E edge of settlement (WX034-086----), which was excavated by J. Hession in 2010 as part of the N25 New Ross bypass scheme. Structure 5 is 5m E of Structure 4 and is a rectangular area (dims c. 11m N-S; 8m E-W) defined by slot-trenches or gullies (Wth 0.3-0.4m; D 0.12-0.25m). It has few internal features and it may have functioned as a corral for animals. (Hession 2010, 46-8; 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 7 February, 2013
- WX034-086006: Charcoal-making site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-086006-. Located in the valley of a SE-NW stream, which is c. 120m to the N, and the medieval settlement (WX034-086----) is c. 120m to the ENE. It was excavated (E4108) by J. Hession in 2010 as part of Landscape Site 2d of the N25 New Ross bypass (Hession 2010, 55-6). A shallow pit (dims 1.5m x 1.2m; D 0.25m) had two fills, the lower of which was exclusively of charcoal fragments (T 2cm), and it is interpreted as an unemptied charcoal-production pit. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 February, 2013
- WX034-102: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX034-102----. Located in the valley of a small SE-NW stream, which is c. 10m to the NE. Monitoring of topsoil removal (E004661) during the construction of the N25 New Ross by-pass in July 2017 identified a spread of burnt stone, which was subsequently fully excavated (E004891) in August 2017 as Landscape 3 (excavations.ie 2017:201). It consisted of a burnt mound covering a rectangular trough (dims 2.16m x 1.36m; D 0.56m) with rounded corners. Three layers of sandy clay just to the W are probably the upcast from the trough. A layer of moss (T 0.03m) was laid in the base of the trough, above which a lining of five pieces of oak (dims 1.62m x 0.6m; T 0.4m) was laid. This was sealed by a layer of grey clay and gravel (T 0.04m) beneath a black silty sand with quartz and charcoal flecks (T 0.08m). This was beneath the main fill of the trough which was grey sand with some large stones, but nowhere was there evidence of broken and burnt stone in the trough. There were further layers of sand with iron-panning beneath peat deposits and three layers of burnt mound material in succession (dims 4.6m x 2.8m; T 0.16m: 1.86m x 1.52m; T 0.16m; 8.2m x 2.5m; T 0.16m), but all these are stratigraphically much later than the trough. The final spread was cut by a small pit (dims 1.1m x 0.66m; D 0.38m). No artefacts were recovered. (Whitty and Kavanagh 2018) See the attached plan from Whitty and Kavanagh (2018, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 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)

- Landscape House, farm house, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 15703408, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15703408. Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, extant 1840, on a rectangular plan; five-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Vacant, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Hipped slate roof with chevron- or saw tooth-crested clay ridge tiles extending into clay ridge ties, paired cement rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated quoins to corners. Hipped elliptical- or segmental-headed central door opening in elliptical- or segmental-headed recess with cut-granite step threshold supporting cast-iron bootscrapers, chamfered timber mullions supporting shallow cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (basement), nine-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.
- School, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 15703409, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15703409. Detached five-bay two-storey school house, endowed 1810; opened 1831, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bays. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Pitched slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, rooflights, perforated timber bargeboards to gables with timber finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on decorative timber eaves boards on rendered eaves. Rendered walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with step threshold, and concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber boarded half-door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (end bays) with cut-granite sills, timber cruciform mullions, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds.

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Landscape, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Landscape.
- 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/landscape.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/landscape.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/landscape.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Landscape 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)

- Camlin: https://everytownland.com/wexford/camlin.md
- Oldcourt: https://everytownland.com/wexford/oldcourt-241831.md
- Stokestown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/stokestown.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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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.

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