Ramstown

261 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ramstown, from 31 m² to 258,473 m² (25.85 ha, 63.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ramstown 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.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  Permission for the erection of a sunroom to the front of house and all

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20261211

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage and a

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260746

• 24 Feb 2026Refused

  Permission for the proposed demolition of an existing dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260227

• 13 Aug 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a domestic garage and games room

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250990

• 14 Apr 2025Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the renovation and extension of an existing dwelling house to inc

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20250430

• 19 Mar 2024Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of an extension to the side of home

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20240291

• 13 Dec 2023Refused

  Permission for retention and completion and alterations to a partly built

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231497

• 29 Nov 2023N/a

  Permission for retention and completion and alterations to a partly built

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231424

• 31 Oct 2023Granted (conditional)

  Permission for retention for conservatory to the side of the existing dwelling

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20231304

• 20 Apr 2023Refused

  Permission for the retention and completion and alterations to a partly built

  Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230419

• 6 Sept 2022Refused

  Permission for the erection of a mobile home to the side of an existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20221188

• 15 Mar 2022Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the retention of alterations to building, namely new roof,

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220330

• 15 Feb 2022Refused

  Permission for development at a site that contains an existing two storey

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220192

• 31 Jan 2022N/a

  Permission for development at a site that contains an existing two storey dwell

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220103

• 14 Jan 2022N/a

  Permission for retention on external alterations to dwelling, namely new roof, d

  Retention, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20220025

• 20 Dec 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of a two storey extension to an existing

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20212018

• 27 Jul 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house, garage and all

  Permission, 2 homes · Wexford County Council, 20211200

• 4 Jun 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the construction of a garage/workshop to the rear of the existing

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20210873

• 12 Apr 2021Granted (conditional)

  Permission for construction of an extension to the front of an existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20210520

• 4 Dec 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an existin

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20201471

• 11 Nov 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a single storey dwelling house and garage with se

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201327

• 5 Oct 2020Granted (conditional)

  Permission for the erection of a fully serviced dwelling and associated site

  Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20201142

• 16 Jun 2020Refused

  Permission for the proposed erection of alterations and extensions to an existin

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200635

• 10 Feb 2020Refused

  PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF (A) DEMOLITION WORKS OF THE EXISTING

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20200145

• 29 Oct 2019Granted (conditional)

  PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF AN INDOOR SPORTS ARENA AND A SINGLE STOREY GYM

  Permission · Wexford County Council, 20191450

The 25 most recent of 33 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Bannow Bay SAC 000697
• Special Area of Conservation: Hook Head SAC 000764
• Special Protection Area: Bannow Bay SPA 004033
• Special Protection Area: Seas off Wexford cSPA 004237
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Hook Head 000764
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bannow Bay 000697

Recorded monuments

• WX050-015001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Located on a sea promontory (dims. 170m ENE-WSW; 14m N-S at E to 59m N-S at W) covered in rough grass that slopes down to the N and E. The promontory is defended at W by an earthen bank (L 53m; Wth 4m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.4m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3-4m) and an outer bank (L 91m; Wth 10-12m; ext. H 1.6m; H over the fosse 4m). There is an entrance through the outer bank (Wth 4.5m) and the inner bank (Wth 3m) with a causeway (Wth 3m) over the fosse. A raised rectangular feature (dims. 6.4m x 4.7m; H 0.3m) in the interior may be a hut site (Westropp 1906, 257 8). O’Conor (2003, 22-4) identifies the remains of two small ditches at the S end beyond the line of the defensive earthworks. They appear to be cut by the massive earthworks, which suggests to him that the large visible works are secondary and might have been re-fortified by Raymond le Gros in 1170 prior to an attack by the Ostmen of Waterford and their Irish allies (ibid. 24-5). The promontory fort is attached to a broader promontory (dims c. 400m ENE-WSW; c. 200m NNW-SSW) that is defended on the N (landward) side by the linear earthwork (WX050 015002-). 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: 12 February 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 192/1952).

• WX050-015002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Baginbun Head is a broad promontory (dims. c 400m ENE-WSW; c. 200m NNW-SSE; H c. 20m) with other promontories off it. Raymond le Gros encamped from May to August 1170 at a place called Dundunnolf, which was perhaps the name of the promontory fort (WX050-015001-) at the E end of the headland, and Orpen (1898) identified this as being at Baginbun Head. Raymond would then have erected the fortifications which run ENE-WSW across the headland enclosing c. 22 acres (c. 9 ha) in preparation for a large invading force. While waiting for the arrival of Strongbow he defeated a large force sent against him here from Waterford (Redmond 1900, 32-50; Orpen 1904, 430-1; 1904a), but O’Conor (2003, 24-5) suggests that this conflict occurred around the re-fortified promontory fort (WX050-015001-). The fortification consists of an overgrown earthen bank (L c. 240m; Wth 5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.2m) with a berm or slight fosse (Wth 5m) separating it from an outer, scrub-covered bank (Wth 6m; ext. H 2.2m; int. H 2.7m). The entrances at the E and W ends are probably modern and would certainly have been widened. The promontory fort (WX050-015001-) is attached to the E end of the headland and is within the area enclosed by the linear earthworks. A feature described as ‘Strongbow’s Cap’ (WX050-015003-) is within the headland, but a stone known as the 'Baginbun stone' (WX050-015004-) was found on a cliff-top c. 340m N of the linear earthworks (Orpen 1904, 261-70). It is now removed to a nearby house (WX050-018----). Archaeological testing (E004144) by Martin Byrne in 2010 immediately N of the W end of the earthwork produced no related material (See: excavations.ie 2011: 629). 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: 12 February 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 192/1952).

• WX050-015003 Military camp
  Description

  Baginbun Head is a broad promontory (dims. c 400m ENE-WSW; c. 200m NNW-SSE; H c. 20m) with other promontories off it. Richard de Clare FitzGilber, also known as Strongbow, sent Raymond le Gros to Ireland with ten knights and seventy archers to prepare for his own arrival. Raymond encamped from May to August 1170 at a place called Dundunnolf (Dún Domhnail), which was perhaps the name of the promontory fort (WX050-015001-) at the E end of the headland, and Orpen (1898) identified this as being at Baginbun Head. Raymond could then have erected the linear fortifications (WX050-015001-) which run ENE-WSW across the headland enclosing about 22 acres (c. 9 ha) in preparation for a large invading force. While waiting for Strongbow Raymond defeated a large force sent against him here from Waterford (Redmond 1900, 32-50; Orpen 1904, 430-1; 1904a) and afterwards 70 leading citizens of Waterford were held captive at the camp for a time before being thrown into the sea. The linear fortification of two earthen banks encloses a large area and would have been a suitable camp for an invading force, but it was not used for this purpose. When Strongbow did arrive he had 200 knights and 1000 others with him and he landed at Crook in the estuary, from where he marched to Waterford and captured the city. A feature described in gothic lettering as ‘Strongbow’s Cap’ on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map is within the headland, but this is probably an error for ‘Strongbow’s Camp’. A stone known as the 'Baginbun stone' (WX050-015004-) was found on a cliff-top c. 340m N of the linear earthworks (Orpen 1904, 261-70). It is now removed to a nearby house (WX050-018----). Archaeological testing (E004144) by Martin Byrne in 2010 immediately N of the W end of the linear earthworks produced no related material (excavations.ie 2011: 629). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 12 February, 2014 Amended: 30 March 2021

• WX050-015004 Inscribed stone
  Description

  A stone came to light on a cliff-top at Lady Betty’s Pool. c. 1880, which is c. 340m N of the linear earthwork at Baginbun (WX050-015002-). It had an inscription that resembled those on a stone at Fethard Castle (WX050-011009-) c. 1.8km to the NNW and on a cross at Carew, in Pembrokeshire in Wales. Many interpretations of the inscription were attempted but it was generally accepted that it was Latin and recorded the name ‘Margit’ (Vigors 1897). Doubt was cast on the antiquity of the stone (Lynn 1904; 1905), but while Orpen (1904; 1905) regards the Fethard inscription as a 19th century copy of the Welsh stone he was inclined to accept the Baginbun stone as more ancient. Both stones are probably 19th century copies of the Welsh stone. The Baginbun stone is a sub-triangular stone (dims 1.58m x 1.08m; T 0.68m) that was moved c. 1980 for its own safety from its cliff-top position to a nearby house (WX050-018----). Only slight traces of the inscription remain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 12 February, 2014

• WX050-015005 Hut site
  Description

  The promontory fort (WX050-015001-) is located on a sea promontory at the E side of Baginbun Head. A raised rectangular feature (dims. 6.4m x 4.7m; H 0.3m) in the interior that is described as Strongbow’s Tent in gothic lettering on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map may be a hut site (Westropp 1906, 257-8). It is not recognisable now. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 February, 2014

• WX050-015006 Battlefield
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• WX050-018 Inscribed stone (present location)
  Description

  A stone came to light on a cliff-top at Lady Betty’s Pool. c. 1880, which is c. 340m N of the linear earthwork at Baginbun (WX050-015002-). It had an inscription that resembled those on a stone at Fethard Castle (WX050-011009-) c. 1.8km to the NNW and on a cross at Carew, in Pembrokeshire in Wales. Many interpretations of the inscription were attempted but it was generally accepted that it was Latin and recorded the name ‘Margit’ (Vigors 1897). Doubt was cast on the antiquity of the inscriptions (Lynn 1904; 1905), but while Orpen (1904, 1905) regards the Fethard inscription as a 19th century copy of the Welsh stone he was inclined to accept the Baginbun stone as more ancient. Both stones are probably 19th century copies of the Welsh stone. The Baginbun stone is a sub-triangular stone (dims 1.58m x 1.08m; T 0.68m) that was moved c. 1980 for its own safety from its cliff-top position to a nearby house where it is displayed in the front garden. Only slight traces of the inscription remain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 12 February, 2014

• WX050-027 Martello tower
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• WX050-027001 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated on an area of level terrain that rises gently to the NW and to the WSW, c. 275m WSW of the tip of Baginbun Point, c. 2.1kms SSE of the town of Fethard, and c. 52m NNW of the coastline at its closest point (OD c. 27m). The local area consists of a mixture of arable and pastureland defined by linear field boundaries with some rough ground located c. 80m to the N adjacent to the coastline, and with low rocky sea cliffs at the coastline adjacent to the S, and to the W and E of site. The site has unobstructed views in all directions. The adjacent signal stations were located at Hook Head Lighthouse (WX054-010001-), located c. 8.87kms to the SW\SSW, where the signal station was accommodated at the existing lighthouse (WX054-010----), which is visible in good weather, and at Crossfarnoge (WX051-011----), located c. 16.275kms to the E and just to the SW of the village of Kilmore Quay, now demolished. The site of this signal station at Baginbun Point is located adjacent (c. 275m) to the WSW of a coastal promontory fort (WX050-015001-) located at the tip of Baginbun Point, c. 240m ESE\SE of impressive linear earthworks (WX050-015002-) erected by the Anglo-Norman in 1170, and c. 2.25kms SSW of St. Mogue’s Church (WX050-011001-) located in the town of Fethard. The signal station at Baginbun was located at Baginbun Martello tower (WX050-027----), which was under construction in 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 276). The signal crew were accommodated within the tower complex, and the signal mast, erected by 1805, was likely the only thing specifically constructed for the signal station (Kerrigan 1995, 161, 276). The NIAH entry (Reg. No. 15705009) describes the Martello tower as a ‘freestanding single-bay two-stage Martello tower.’ Two single-storey, flat-roof additions have been built against the exterior wall of the tower, one on the E, the other on the W. These additions are not shown on any of the first three editions of the Ordnance Survey maps, surveyed 1839-40, 1902-5 and 1921 respectively. The additions must therefore have been constructed after 1921, possibly after 1947 when the Martello Tower was sold to a private owner and converted into a residence (Clements 2013, 76). The Martello tower is located to the centre of the SSE end of a sub-rectangular-plan enclosure (ext. dims c. 130m WSW-ENE x c. 110ms NNW-SSE), defined by an earthen bank and ditch that is open to the coastal end to the SSE. The signal station was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Malin Head in Donegal to Dublin Bay. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the treat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 04/10/22

• WX050-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 46m N-S) defined by a continuous fosse is visible on iMAPs (2022). It is also partially visible on MapGenie (2013-18), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from iMAPs (2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 June 2023

Architectural heritage

• Ingard House, house, 1775–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, built 1780, on a T-shaped plan with pair of single-bay (two-bay deep) full-height central returns (east). In occasional use, 1911. Sold, 1968. Renovated, ----, with replacement single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting glazed porch added to ground floor. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roofs (east), clay ridge tiles terminating in red brick Running bond chimney stacks on red brick cushion courses on rendered bases having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on creeper- or ivy-covered eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth; slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening into house. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes (ground floor) or casement windows (half-dormer attic). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road.

• Boathouse, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey gable-fronted lifeboat house or lifeboat station, dated 1885; opened 1886, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1914. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-spotted concrete or rendered coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on exposed timber rafters. Part creeper- or ivy-covered cut-"Old Red Sandstone" banded tuck pointed snecked "Old Red Sandstone" walls with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" flush quoins to corners. Square-headed opening between rope twist-detailed terracotta panels ("RNLBI";"1885") with mass concrete infill. Square-headed stepped window opening in tripartite arrangement to gable with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" lintels framing fixed-pane timber fittings having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" lintels framing remains of louvered timber fittings behind wrought iron bars. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Baginbun Martello Tower, martello tower, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage Martello tower, built 1804-6, on a circular plan. Modified, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Roof not visible behind parapet. Part repointed tuck pointed granite ashlar battered walls with cut-granite stringcourse supporting parapet having cut-granite coping centred on cut-granite "machicolations" on cut-granite ogee corbels. Set in relandscaped grounds on headland.

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

At the centre of the townland of Ramstown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ramstown.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Ramstown, Fethard on sea12 sales

Name

Ramstown · Baile Ram

Area

2,112,950 m² (211.3 ha, 522.12 acres)

Civil parish

Fethard, and its townlands

Barony

Shelburne

Electoral division

Fethard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

972 people lived in 387 households in the Fethard electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fethard, Lambstown

Placenames

Ramstown 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.