Rathphaudin
Townland in the civil parish of Templeludigan, barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford; in Irish Ráth Pháidín
- Area
- 221.6 ha
- 548 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 8,324 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathphaudin, from 58 m² to 276,648 m² (27.66 ha, 68.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathphaudin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Jan 2026Granted (conditional)
Permission for the construction of a fully serviced two storey residential
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20260051
9 May 2025Granted (conditional)
Permission to construct a fully serviced dwelling house with all associated site
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20250536
30 Mar 2023Granted (conditional)
Permission for retention for the change of position on-site of the vehicular
Retention · Wexford County Council, 20230323
4 Jul 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190947
30 May 2019Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20190762
21 Nov 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED SINGLE STOREY RESIDENTIAL DW
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171517
13 Oct 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE SIDE ELEVATION
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171349
4 Sept 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL DWELL
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20171190
25 Jul 2017N/a
PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FULLY SERVICED TWO STOREY RESIDENTIAL
Permission, 1 home · Wexford County Council, 20170982
18 May 2017Granted (conditional)
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH SLATTED TANK & ALL ASSOCIATED
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170611
3 May 2017N/a
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH SLATTED TANK & ALL ASSOCIATED
Permission · Wexford County Council, 20170546
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathphaudin.
Recorded monuments
- WX024-022 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60-65m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular sunken area (diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1925 ed. It is located on a short NW-SE spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. It is not visible at ground level in a cereal crop. Archaeological testing (19E0678) c. 40m to the SW failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2019). 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: 25 June, 2012 Amended: 9 November 2020
- WX024-023 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 75m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the NE-facing slope of a W-E spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. It is not visible at ground level in a harvested cereal crop. Ringfort (WX024-024----) is c. 120m to the SE. 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: 25 June, 2012
- WX024-024 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 75m) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS-6 inch map and situated on the E-facing slope of a W-E spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. No trace of it is visible at ground level in pasture. Ringfort (WX024-023----) is c. 120m to the NW and rath (WX024-025----) is c. 160m to the SSW. The abpve 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: 25 June, 2012
- WX024-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a bivallate enclosure (ext. diam. c. 85-95m) on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and situated on the S-facing slope of a W-E spur in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. This is a circular dished area (diam. c. 40m) with an outer bank incorporated in a road bank SE SW (C 60m). It is known locally to have been a double banked enclosure that was removed c. 1970. The abpve 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: 25 June, 2012
- WX024-037 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 10m to the W, and close to its source. This is a circular, dished and grass-covered area (diam. 47.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2.2m) with an external fosse (Wth of top 6.5m; D 1.3m) NNW-ENE and an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; D 0.2m) SSE-W. The site of the bank is clearly visible as a vegetation change ENE-SSE. There is no visible entrance. The enclosure is truncated at NW by a NE-SW field bank. Rath (WX024-038----) is c. 40m to the SE. 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: 25 June, 2012
- WX024-038 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in the valley of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 80m to the SW. Only the western segment of the enclosure survives as a D-shaped overgrown area (dims. c. 38m NW-SE; c. 31m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2m) SW-NW (C c. 30m) with no visible fosse or entrance. The enclosure is truncated by a NW-SE lane at NE and by a NE-SW farm lane at SE. Rath (WX024-037----) is c. 40m to the NW. 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: 25 June, 2012
- WX024-039 Moated site
Description
Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located at the bottom of an E-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 80m to the E. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. 32m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by low scarps (H 0.2-0.5m) on every side, with the moat surviving as a field drain (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 1m) at W. (Barry 1977, 226, WX 105) 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 June, 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathphaudin.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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 Rathphaudin.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathphaudin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wexford.
The townland
- Name
- Rathphaudin · Ráth Pháidín
- Area
- 2,215,786 m² (221.58 ha, 547.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeludigan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Templeludigan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Templeludigan electoral division: 494 people in 156 households; 93% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Askinfarney, Ballindoney, Coolbawn Demesne, Forrestalstown, Killegney, Meelgarrow, Moneynamough
- Placenames
- Rathphaudin 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.