# Barnacoyle Big, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killiskey, barony of Newcastle, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Bearna Choill Mhór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 896,331 m² (89.63 ha, 221.49 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killiskey, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/killiskey.md
- Barony: Newcastle
- Electoral division: Newcastle Lower, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Newcastle Lower electoral division: 2,472 people in 797 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/55613
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250349
- Centre: latitude 53.043631, longitude -6.069915 (WGS 84)

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

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnacoyle Big, from 40 m² to 219,700 m² (21.97 ha, 54.29 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1285282: 219,700 m² (21.97 ha, 54.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285282.md
- Parcel 1299914: 203,521 m² (20.35 ha, 50.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1299914.md
- Parcel 5356985: 127,372 m² (12.74 ha, 31.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5356985.md
- Parcel 1274017: 90,761 m² (9.08 ha, 22.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274017.md
- Parcel 1280711: 70,424 m² (7.04 ha, 17.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1280711.md
- Parcel 1294529: 61,180 m² (6.12 ha, 15.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1294529.md
- Parcel 1273344: 47,553 m² (4.76 ha, 11.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1273344.md
- Parcel 1274949: 20,906 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1274949.md
- Parcel 6075318: 19,266 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075318.md
- Parcel 1281923: 11,198 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1281923.md
- Parcel 1268163: 5,039 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268163.md
- Parcel 1278908: 2,982 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278908.md
- Parcel 6084708: 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6084708.md
- Parcel 6084705: 2,464 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6084705.md
- Parcel 6075320: 2,328 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075320.md
- Parcel 1262277: 2,072 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1262277.md
- Parcel 1297626: 1,832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1297626.md
- Parcel 6075330: 1,468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6075330.md
- Parcel 1255446: 1,152 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255446.md
- Parcel 1277400: 950 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1277400.md
- Parcel 1255445: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1255445.md
- Parcel 4420131: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4420131.md
- Parcel 4382719: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4382719.md
- Parcel 4420134: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4420134.md
- Parcel 6026528: 40 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6026528.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Barnacoyle Big 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 14 Jul 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660629: Refused. Permission, 1 home. mobile home for her personal use, effluent treatment unit and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660629/0
- 18 Jun 2026, Wicklow County Council 2660552: N/a. Permission. mobile home for personal use, effluent treatment unit and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660552/0
- 16 Apr 2025, Wicklow County Council 2560286: Conditional. Permission. construction of a new farm entrance and fence onto the R761, access road and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560286/0
- 12 Sept 2022, Wicklow County Council 22985: Refused. Permission. new roadside entrance to access farm along with all associated ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/22985/0
- 6 Apr 2021, Wicklow County Council 21373: Conditional. Permission. construction of a new 230 square metre farm building and hard standing, for agricultural use as a sheep shed, together with all necessary ancillary works, drainage and fencing. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21373/0
- 2 Mar 2021, Wicklow County Council 21214: N/a. Permission. construction of a new 230 square metre farm building and hard standing, for agricultural use as a sheep shed, together with all necessary ancillary works, drainage and fencing. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/21214/0

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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 Barnacoyle Big.

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

- WI019-046: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI019-046----. The RMP (1995) map for Co. Wicklow has an x marked at this location and is annotated 'Fulacht fiadh' suggesting that such a monument is located where the X is marked on the map. The site of the fulacht fiadh has not been visited. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 November 2012
- WI019-047: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI019-047----. A small prehistoric pit, located on the south-west flank of a low hill, in tillage, was archaeologically excavated (Licence No. 01E0434). The pit measured 2.1m north-south by 0.9-1.07m, with a depth of 0.5m. Two possible post-holes were present at the northern end. The cut was generally U-shaped in profile, with straight sides on the north, south, south-west, west and north-west, but with more gradually sloping sides on the north-east, east and south-east. The lower fill of the pit cut consisted of a moderately compact brown, yellow-mottled, clay sand which contained occasional fragments of charcoal and small stones. This fill was present throughout the cut and measured 2.1m north-south by 1.07m, with a depth of approximately 0.05m. At the sides it blended into the natural subsoil. The upper fill of the cut produced 34 sherds of decorated prehistoric pottery. This latter fill was a moderately compact dark brown clay sand with occasional inclusions of small stones and charcoal fragments, 0.28-0.14m deep. Analysis of the pottery by Anna Brindley suggested that a single vessel was represented by the sherds, and that it is likely to date from the early Bronze Age. Elements of the decoration point to the Vase tradition, but the form of the rim and cordons points to the Cordoned Urn tradition (Bennett 2003, 412). Date of upload: 29 September 2012
- WI019-048: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI019-048----. Part of a fulacht fiadh was archaeologically excavated (Licence No. 01E0822). The site had been detected as a spread of burnt materialduring the monitoring of topsoil-stripping for the Hollybrook-Wicklow Bord Gáis Éireann pipeline. A small area, which measured approximately 6.5m north-south by 6m, was opened for excavation by hand. This corresponded with the western area of the pipeline driving track at the point where it met an east-west-aligned third-class road which links the N11 and the R761 regional road. A small stream flows east-west parallel to the road. The present channel of the stream appears to be modern. The base mapping used by BGE for the pipeline construction project indicates a small unnamed stream in this location. A loop can clearly be seen to the west of the Barnacoyle Big II site. Conversation with the landowner revealed that the stream was only placed into the current channel during the 1960s. The archaeological features were revealed because a larger area of topsoil was stripped owing to the need for storage and parking at a road crossing. The earliest activity revealed by excavation related to the bed of the since-diverted stream. Some five deposits of riverine origin were revealed in the former streambed. These sat in a depression in the northern part of the excavated area. The lowermost deposit encountered consisted of a waterlogged layer of friable grey sand with charcoal flecking. This was present throughout the area of the streambed examined, measuring approximately 6m east-west by 2.1-1.8m. The depth of this deposit was unknown as it was only partly excavated. A sherd of Bronze Age coarse ware was recovered from the portion of the deposit which was removed. A series of sterile river gravels sealed this deposit. A series of large water-worn limestone boulders were also present in the centre of the former streambed. The feature which initially attracted attention was a spread of heat-shattered stone and charcoal sitting at the point where the river gravels met natural boulder clay. This layer consisted of a moderately compact black clay and stone deposit with inclusions of heat-shattered limestone and sandstone fragments ranging in size from 40mm to 100mm. Inclusions of charcoal were also present in the spread; a particular concentration was noted in the eastern extremity of the part exposed. This deposit measured approximately 6.06m east-west by 1.6-0.96m as exposed, with a depth of 0.1-0.26m. No trough was encountered during the excavations. It is likely that the spread of heat-shattered stone and charcoal is representative of wider activity along the bank of the former stream (Bennett 2003, 412). Date of upload: 29 Septmber 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)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 5 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3386, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3386.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/wicklow/barnacoyle-big.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barnacoyle-big.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barnacoyle-big.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Barnacoyle Big with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow: https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Barnacoyle Little: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/barnacoyle-little.md
- Castlegrange: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/castlegrange.md
- Grange North: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/grange-north.md
- Grange South: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/grange-south.md
- Killoughter: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/killoughter.md
- Kilmartin: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilmartin.md
- Tiglin: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/tiglin-251291.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.

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