# Mountfin Upper, Co. Wexford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballycarney, barony of Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford; in Irish Móin Fhinn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,471,730 m² (147.17 ha, 363.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballycarney, https://everytownland.com/wexford/parish/ballycarney.md - Barony: Scarawalsh - Electoral division: Castledockrell, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 502 people lived in 173 households in the Castledockrell electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Wexford, https://everytownland.com/wexford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/52370 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 241738 - Centre: latitude 52.584061, longitude -6.600567 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountfin Upper, from 126 m² to 989,572 m² (98.96 ha, 244.53 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4699238: 989,572 m² (98.96 ha, 244.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4699238.md - Parcel 364564: 155,745 m² (15.57 ha, 38.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/364564.md - Parcel 404173: 68,138 m² (6.81 ha, 16.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404173.md - Parcel 377118: 44,340 m² (4.43 ha, 10.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/377118.md - Parcel 5168824: 37,317 m² (3.73 ha, 9.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5168824.md - Parcel 2682224: 34,265 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2682224.md - Parcel 363046: 33,719 m² (3.37 ha, 8.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/363046.md - Parcel 400632: 8,766 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400632.md - Parcel 376955: 5,971 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/376955.md - Parcel 369559: 5,251 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/369559.md - Parcel 374593: 4,632 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/374593.md - Parcel 418626: 4,598 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/418626.md - Parcel 400037: 4,560 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/400037.md - Parcel 416655: 4,296 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/416655.md - Parcel 5619955: 4,203 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5619955.md - Parcel 419738: 4,019 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/419738.md - Parcel 2712494: 3,839 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712494.md - Parcel 362715: 3,205 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/362715.md - Parcel 404024: 3,176 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/404024.md - Parcel 423850: 3,110 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/423850.md - Parcel 386485: 2,962 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/386485.md - Parcel 372682: 2,677 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372682.md - Parcel 2712352: 2,490 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712352.md - Parcel 367251: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/367251.md - Parcel 2415932: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2415932.md - Parcel 372565: 2,317 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372565.md - Parcel 4699139: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4699139.md - Parcel 361468: 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361468.md - Parcel 388161: 2,182 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/388161.md - Parcel 421343: 2,174 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/421343.md - Parcel 379290: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/379290.md - Parcel 372566: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/372566.md - Parcel 404705: 1,931 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/404705.md - Parcel 5152943: 1,885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5152943.md - Parcel 2712554: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712554.md - Parcel 379507: 1,740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/379507.md - Parcel 420126: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/420126.md - Parcel 390295: 1,675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/390295.md - Parcel 423085: 1,572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/423085.md - Parcel 423333: 1,445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/423333.md - Parcel 423569: 1,182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/423569.md - Parcel 2712544: 987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2712544.md - Parcel 366005: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/366005.md - Parcel 411008: 414 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/411008.md - Parcel 2415594: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2415594.md - Parcel 2744675: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2744675.md - Parcel 390035: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/390035.md - Parcel 5518836: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518836.md - Parcel 389041: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/389041.md - Parcel 423291: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/423291.md - Parcel 2445268: 300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2445268.md - Parcel 3649123: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3649123.md - Parcel 376956: 258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/376956.md - Parcel 408426: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/408426.md - Parcel 5619919: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5619919.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 28 Nov 2023, Wexford County Council 20231414: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to construct an agricultural shed with all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/126325 - 22 Mar 2023, Wexford County Council 20230289: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission for change of use of Parish Hall to Preschool & Afterschool service. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/125066 - 10 May 2022, Wexford County Council 20220613: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct an extension to the side of dwelling house with all asso. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/123516 - 29 Nov 2021, Wexford County Council 20211860: Granted (conditional). Permission. Permission to construct an agricultural shed & to relocate existing farmyard en. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/122624 - 31 Mar 2020, Wexford County Council 20200402: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house & garage with associated. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/115181 - 19 Dec 2019, Wexford County Council 20191700: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE & GARAGE WITH ASSOCIATED. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/112427 - 2 Sept 2019, Wexford County Council 20191223: Granted (conditional). Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO ERECT A FULLY SERVICED DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/110835 - 5 Dec 2017, Wexford County Council 20171596: Granted (conditional). Permission. PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A STEEL FRAMED SHED TO CONTAIN A STRAW BEDDED HOUSING &. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/105139 - 31 May 2016, Wexford County Council 20160597: Refused. Permission. ERECT A DOMESTIC GARAGE & STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE ALTERATIONS AND DEVELOPM. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/wexford/application-details/101688 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Mountfin Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WX014-016001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX014-016001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX014-016002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX014-017----. 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 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) - All Saints' Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845, Regional interest, registry number 15701428, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15701428. 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, registry number 15701430, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX®no=15701430. Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1907-10, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in roughcast wall. ## 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 Mountfin Upper, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - 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, 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/mountfin-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wexford/mountfin-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wexford/mountfin-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) 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: https://everytownland.com/wexford.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyduff: https://everytownland.com/wexford/ballyduff-240250.md - Carranroe: https://everytownland.com/wexford/carranroe.md - Mountfin Lower or Ballinturner: https://everytownland.com/wexford/mountfin-lower-or-ballinturner.md - Tomanoole: https://everytownland.com/wexford/tomanoole.md - Tomgarrow: https://everytownland.com/wexford/tomgarrow-242225.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. --- 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/mountfin-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wexford/mountfin-upper