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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcowan, barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford; in Irish An Droim Fada.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 276,296 m² (27.63 ha, 68.27 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 31,898 m² (3.19 ha, 7.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcowan, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/kilcowan.md
- Barony: Bargy
- Electoral division: Kilcowan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 525 people lived in 204 households in the Kilcowan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/53977
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 241605
- Centre: latitude 52.246522, longitude -6.579348 (WGS 84)

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

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longridge, from 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 132,690 m² (13.27 ha, 32.79 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 424204: 132,690 m² (13.27 ha, 32.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/424204.md
- Parcel 425296: 70,958 m² (7.1 ha, 17.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/425296.md
- Parcel 2425125: 54,785 m² (5.48 ha, 13.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425125.md
- Parcel 404271: 9,012 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404271.md
- Parcel 409236: 6,362 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/409236.md
- Parcel 375249: 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/375249.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Longridge 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 28 Aug 2019, Wexford County Council 20191210: Granted (conditional). Permission. PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/110800
- 26 Sept 2017, Wexford County Council 20171273: Granted (conditional). Retention. PERMISSION FOR RETENTION OF THE FOLLOWING: EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF HO. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/104703
- 17 Oct 2016, Wexford County Council 20161146: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION FOR THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/102561

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Longridge.

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

- WX047-006: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-006----. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Bride’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on the S bank of an E-W section of a small NE-SW stream and c. 40m W of Brideswell Bridge. It is also c. 180m S of the point where the boundaries of the medieval parishes of Kilmannan, Mularankin and Kilcowan meet. St Bride’s well on the land of Baldwinstown is the starting point for the description of the boundary of Kilmannan parish in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 135). There are no other descriptions of the well. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 16 October, 2013
- WX047-007: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-007----. Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Mochoaun’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is probably named after St. Cuan of Airbhe, the founder of Kilcowan church (WX046-042001-), which is c. 2 km to the SSW. Cuan was a contemporary of St. Munna of Taghmon (WX041-008003-) and he raised Ceallachán, the son of the king of the Fothairt (Forth barony) (Ó Riain 2011, 239). Cuan’s feastday was on the 10th July but, although the well is mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840, a pattern is not recorded (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 77). The well is situated on a slight S-facing slope in the valley of a N-S stream, which is c. 20m to the W. The well is an overgrown sunken area (dims c. 1.2m x c. 0.6m) with three stones visible at the base of a whitethorn tree. There is no evidence of veneration. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 October, 2013
- WX047-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-008----. Located on a slight W-facing slope. The cropmark of a subrectangular area (dims. c. 65m x c. 65m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AYK 15). It is also visible on aerial photographs (MM (30) 18-20; ASIAP (8) 20-23) where an entrance gap at E is visible. In addttion it is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2000). Nothing can be discerned at ground level in a cereal crop. Rath (WX047-159----) is c. 120m to the WSW. Archaeological testing (04E0497) on the site of new farm buildings 30-100m to the NW produced evidence of ditches or gullies (Wth c. 0.55-1.6m) which are likely to be related to post-medieval field boundaries (McLoughlin 2004, 2007). 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: 16 October, 2013
- WX047-009001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-009001-. Located on a fairly level landscape. It is marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as the site of a church and burial ground. It was recorded in 1940 that two masonry gate-piers (diam. c. 0.75m; H c. 1.3m) protruding through the road bank just to the S were thought locally to lead to the church (OSFM). There are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level in a cereal crop, but stone coffins were reputed to have been found nearby (ibid.). St Mochoaun's, or St. Cuan’s Well (WX047-007----) is located c. 350m to the NNW. 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: 16 October, 2013
- WX047-009002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-009002-. Located on a fairly level landscape. Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as the site of a church and burial ground. It was recorded in 1940 that two masonry gate-piers (diam. c. 0.75m; H c. 1.3m) protruding through the road bank just to the S were thought locally to lead to the church, and it was recalled that two stone coffins had been discovered nearby and re-buried in the road bank (OSFM). There are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level in a cereal crop. St Mochoaun's, or St. Cuan’s Well (WX047-007----) is located c. 350m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 16 October, 2013
- WX047-159: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX047-159----. Located on a fairly level landscape with a slight slope down to the W. The cropmark of a portion of a ditch feature creating a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 30m WNW-ESE; c. 15m NNE-SSW) is visible on the N side of a field bank on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AYK 15; ASIAP (8) 22, 23). Rath (WX047-008----) is c. 120m to the ENE. Archaeological testing (04E0497) c. 50m to the NE at the nearest point failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 16 October, 2013 Amended: 27 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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Longridge.

## 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 Longridge, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2919, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2919.zip (ZIP).
- 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/longridge.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/longridge.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/longridge.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Longridge 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)

- Baldwinstown: https://everytownland.com/wexford/baldwinstown.md
- Beckville: https://everytownland.com/wexford/beckville.md
- Brideswell: https://everytownland.com/wexford/brideswell.md
- Grascur Great: https://everytownland.com/wexford/grascur-great.md
- Newtown Big: https://everytownland.com/wexford/newtown-big.md
- Newtown Little: https://everytownland.com/wexford/newtown-little.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/longridge
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/longridge