Umrygar

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Umrygar, from 1,262 m² to 488,344 m² (48.83 ha, 120.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Umrygar 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 May 2018Conditional

  extension as constructed to side of dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 18519

• 10 May 2018Conditional

  agricultural shed with slatted tank, feed passages and link to existing shed along with all associated site works

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 18501

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 Umrygar.

Recorded monuments

• WI047-011 Burial mound
  Description

  Situated at the highest point of a ridge. Circular flat-topped sand and gravel mound (base diam. 27m; H 5-7m). It has been damaged at the SE by digging, and there is an oval hollow at the summit. The tumulus was apparently opened in the early 19th century and yielded an urn of coarse pottery containing bones and ashes (Waddell 1990, 166). 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. 151/1940).

• WI047-012 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on level ground in gently undulating terrain. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small enclosure (max. diam. c. 35m). 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

• WI047-013 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on level ground in pasture. Oval enclosure (dims. 45m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (max. H c. 0.2m; Wth 5m). 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

• WI047-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. About one-third of a circular enclosure (E portion) (original diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m;H 1.3m; L 32m). 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

• WI047-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an enclosure (max. diam. c. 35m). 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

• WI047-022 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on flat reclaimed grassland with Coves Brook marking townland boundary with Carnew immediately to N and NE. Enclosure (WI047-013----) 70m to NNW. The village of Carnew lies 600m to NE. Outline of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. int. diam. 49m N-S) defined by a fosse which is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. The monument is located on wet grassland that has been reclaimed with linear drainage channels clearly visible intersecting the enclosure at NW and SE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien with details kindly provided by Faith Bailey Date of upload: 14 February 2018

• WI047-027 Earthwork
  Description

  On a mixed scrub and rough-grazing rise in tillage, immediately S of the W-flowing ‘Coves Brook’. Named ‘Site of Moat’ on the first edition (1840) of the OS 6-inch map (‘Site of’ indicating a levelled monument and 'Moat' an earthwork, possibly a moated-site) and shown immediately E of a large, irregularly oval-shaped feature (L c. 90m NE-SW; Wth c. 48m NW-SE). Not recorded on the later OS 25-inch map (1909) which shows the location as scrub-covered, with a gravel pit to the NE. While apparently levelled, sub-surface archaeological features may survive intact. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 November 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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 Umrygar.

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

Name

Umrygar · An tIomaire Gearr

Area

2,320,636 m² (232.06 ha, 573.44 acres)

Civil parish

Carnew, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelagh

Electoral division

Carnew, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carnew electoral division: 1,873 people in 708 households; 63% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carnew, Cronyhorn Lower, Dunishal (Co. Wexford), Kiltillahan (Co. Wexford), Money (Co. Wexford), Tombreen

Placenames

Umrygar 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.