Mongnacool Lower

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mongnacool Lower, from 3,543 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres) to 656,063 m² (65.61 ha, 162.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Mongnacool Lower 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.

• 15 Apr 2025Refused

  short term retention of unauthorised log cabin to allow for family farmhouse, garage and waste water effluent treatment unit to current EPA standards, bored well and pump house and all associated site works. To be completed. Granted under PP 21/346

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2587

• 9 Dec 2021N/a

  reclamation of land through the importation of c53,000 tonnes of clean, inert soil and stone over c2.75 hectares for the purposes of land improvement for agricultural end use. The application includes formation of site entrance, compound for temporary storage and inspection, waste skip, site office, canteen/welfare unit and wheel washing together with ancillary development works and services

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211474

• 30 Mar 2021Conditional

  replace existing unauthorised log cabin with Family Farm house , garage and waste water effluent treatment unit to current EPA standards, bored well and pump house and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21346

• 22 Dec 2020Refused

  proposal to replace existing unauthorised log cabin with farm house, garage & waste water effluent treatment unit to current EPA standards, bored well and pump house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201320

• 7 Dec 2020N/a

  proposal to replace existing unauthorised log cabin with farm house, garage & waste water effluent treatment unit to current EPA standards, bored well and pump house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 201248

• 26 Mar 2018Conditional

  landfill facility consisting of the importation and depositing of inert subsoil / topsoil for land profiling and contouring of agricultural land and also improvements to access roadway and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18309

• 14 Jul 2017Refused

  landfill facility consisting of the importation and depositing of inert subsoil / topsoil for land profiling and contouring of agricultural land and also improvements to access roadway and associated works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17851

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 Mongnacool Lower.

Recorded monuments

• WI035-022 Rock art
  Description

  Described by Kinahan (1884, 230 (stone B)) as 'a large roundish mass of granite, its more conspicuous face sloping nearly due south, and on it are five cups more or less obliterated by weathering.' The location indicated by Kinahan (1884, 231) was inspected by ASI in 1990, however this stone was not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013

• WI035-022001 Rock art
  Description

  Described by Kinahan (1884, 230-1 (stone C)) as 'squarish in form, lying flat, and seems to be either a quartz-rock (greissen) or quartzose-granite. The markings on its surface have not a very ancient look. They are shallow and indistinct, and may be ancient. The cup to the east is unsymmetrical, being 1.5 deep near its N.E. edge, while the hole to the S.W. is of a rectangular form, undercut to the S.W., and 1.5 inches deep. It is possible that the eastern cup is an ancient one subsequently modified in shape.' The location indicated by Kinahan (1884, 231) was inspected by ASI in 1990, however this stone was not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013

• WI035-022002 Rock art
  Description

  Described by Kinahan (1884, 231-2 (stone D)) as 'having its surface very much weathered, so that all the markings except a cup to the east are very indistinct. Besides this cup there are two very indistinct cups and two carvings that seem to be combinations of cups and gashes. There is also to the northward what may be a gash, but it is so indistinct that possibly it is only due to weathering.' The location indicated by Kinahan (1884, 231) was inspected by ASI in 1990, however this stone was not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013

• WI035-022003 Rock art
  Description

  Described by Kinahan (1884, 232 (E)) as 'three blocks ......, on which there are oval depressions which look somewhat like those on D' (WI035-022002-). The location indicated by Kinahan (1884, 231) was inspected by ASI in 1990, however this stone was not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013

• WI035-023 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in a small area of scrubby ground with outcropping rock beside a stream (10m W of the tomb). A rectangular chamber (dims. 1.3m x 4.55m) aligned NE-SW, which is largely intact, defined by five sidestones at the N, two to the S, an inset backstone at the E end, and some earthfast boulders. A possible forecourt at the SW end is defined by a vertical slab with the same alignment as the chamber. There is some outer walling on the W side including a small cist-like structure. A raised area (Wth 7.7m; L 7.8m) surrounding the chamber marks the location of the cairn. A single capstone towards the SW entrance survives in situ. Structural stones are of granite and greywacke, and there is a suitable greywacke outcrop 20m to the NE. The tomb is not marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It was investigated by Kinahan in or shortly before 1879, who found a few fragments of charcoal scattered about the gallery and a 'small heap of charcoal' at the E end (Kinahan 1880, 253-7). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 142/1940).

• WI035-025 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture on the W side of a small gently sloping NE-SW valley. Marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 35m), truncated at the SE by field boundaries. Not visible at ground level The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mongnacool Lower.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Mongnacool Lower.

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 Mongnacool Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Mongnacool Lower

Area

1,274,098 m² (127.41 ha, 314.84 acres)

Civil parish

Ballykine, and its townlands

Barony

Ballinacor South

Electoral division

Ballinaclash, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballinaclash electoral division: 696 people in 237 households; 81% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloneen, Crone More, Cronesallagh, Mongnacool Upper, Raheenavine, Threewells

Placenames

Mongnacool Lower 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.