Mountfin Upper

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountfin Upper, from 126 m² to 989,572 m² (98.96 ha, 244.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Mountfin Upper 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.

• 28 Nov 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct an agricultural shed with all associated site works

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20231414

• 22 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for change of use of Parish Hall to Preschool & Afterschool service

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20230289

• 10 May 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct an extension to the side of dwelling house with all asso

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220613

• 29 Nov 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct an agricultural shed & to relocate existing farmyard en

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20211860

• 31 Mar 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house & garage with associated

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20200402

• 19 Dec 2019Refused

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE & GARAGE WITH ASSOCIATED

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191700

• 2 Sept 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20191223

• 5 Dec 2017Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A STEEL FRAMED SHED TO CONTAIN A STRAW BEDDED HOUSING &

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20171596

• 31 May 2016Refused

  ERECT A DOMESTIC GARAGE & STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE ALTERATIONS AND DEVELOPM

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20160597

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• WX014-016001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, with a NW-SE stream c. 100m to the S. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on the oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYJ 88). No feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The ring-ditch (WX014-016002-) lies c. 90m to the WNW. 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: 26 April, 2012 Amended: 9, May, 2014

• WX014-016002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, with a NW-SE stream c. 100m to the S. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a continuous fosse feature is visible on the oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYJ 88). No feature is visible at ground level. The rath (WX014-016001-) is c. 90m the the ESE. 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: 26 April, 2012

• WX014-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-S spur. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30-35m) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.6m) with an external fosse (at E: Wth of top 4m; D 0.3m). The entrance (Wth 4m) is at SW. 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: 26 April, 2012

Architectural heritage

• All Saints' Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1840, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1978-9, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof behind parapet with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate or stone flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners; gritdashed roughcast surface finish to entrance (west) front on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners supporting cut-granite stepped coping to parapet centred on cut-granite bellcote framing cast-bronze bell. Lancet window openings in pointed arch recessed with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Remodelled square-headed door opening to entrance (west) front with concrete threshold, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having sidelights below overlight. Lancet window opening in tripartite arrangement to gable, rendered "bas-relief" surrounds with hood moulding over on nail head-detailed fluted consoles framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Lancet flanking window openings, rendered "bas-relief" surrounds with hood mouldings over on label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having lattice glazing bars. Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; full-height interior with carpeted aisles between timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between frosted glass windows, carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1978-9, with reclaimed cut-veined grey marble panelled altar, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site.

• Post box, 1907–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1907-10, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in roughcast wall.

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 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 Mountfin Upper.

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 Mountfin Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.

Name

Mountfin Upper · Móin Fhinn

Area

1,471,730 m² (147.17 ha, 363.67 acres)

Civil parish

Ballycarney, and its townlands

Barony

Scarawalsh

Electoral division

Castledockrell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castledockrell electoral division: 502 people in 173 households; 87% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyduff, Carranroe, Mountfin Lower or Ballinturner, Tomanoole, Tomgarrow

Placenames

Mountfin Upper 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.