# Ballyhugh, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drumlane, barony of Loughtee Lower, Co. Cavan; in Irish Bealach Aodha.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,242,628 m² (124.26 ha, 307.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,444 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drumlane, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/drumlane.md
- Barony: Loughtee Lower
- Electoral division: Ardue, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 897 people lived in 278 households in the Ardue electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4314
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20127
- Centre: latitude 54.082598, longitude -7.537906 (WGS 84)

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

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhugh, from 1,179 m² to 185,419 m² (18.54 ha, 45.82 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 458812: 185,419 m² (18.54 ha, 45.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458812.md
- Parcel 4862146: 171,642 m² (17.16 ha, 42.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4862146.md
- Parcel 444478: 152,944 m² (15.29 ha, 37.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444478.md
- Parcel 492348: 137,275 m² (13.73 ha, 33.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/492348.md
- Parcel 467163: 133,383 m² (13.34 ha, 32.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/467163.md
- Parcel 5159632: 30,371 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5159632.md
- Parcel 4976139: 22,724 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976139.md
- Parcel 442960: 12,463 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442960.md
- Parcel 472338: 7,429 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472338.md
- Parcel 3013145: 6,774 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013145.md
- Parcel 491023: 6,672 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491023.md
- Parcel 491106: 6,606 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491106.md
- Parcel 470587: 5,444 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470587.md
- Parcel 5962486: 4,570 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5962486.md
- Parcel 471491: 4,328 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471491.md
- Parcel 472088: 4,301 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472088.md
- Parcel 489251: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489251.md
- Parcel 466664: 4,160 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/466664.md
- Parcel 461678: 3,965 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461678.md
- Parcel 444056: 3,906 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444056.md
- Parcel 492608: 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/492608.md
- Parcel 491193: 1,648 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/491193.md
- Parcel 5079883: 1,300 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5079883.md
- Parcel 483943: 1,240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/483943.md
- Parcel 490130: 1,179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490130.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhugh 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 20 Mar 2026, Cavan County Council 2660124: Conditional. Permission. to refurbish 2 No. existing Free Range Poultry houses to provide for the installation of a modern aviary housing system and a revision to stock numbers together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660124/0
- 20 May 2024, Cavan County Council 2460216: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain alterations to as built development previously approved under planning reference 98655 which includes change of house type to as built mirrored version of previously approved house type, alterations to site boundaries and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460216/0

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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 Ballyhugh.

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

- CV014-005: Promontory fort - inland, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV014-005----. Oval-shaped promontory (dims. 71.1m N-S; 62.5m E-W) surrounded by Dungummin Lough from SSW-N-SE and elsewhere enclosed by a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse and substantial earthen bank. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at SSW represents original entrance. Within the enclosed area at NE is a small approximately circular depression (D 0.88m; dims. 4.6m ENE-WSW; 4.2m NNW-SSE) which may be the remains of a hut site, although Davies (ITA Survey 1942) suggested that it might represent the remains of a limekiln. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV014-006: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV014-006----. Situated just S of Dungummin Lough in pasture. The monument, a dual court tomb, is well preserved but overgrown. It is aligned roughly N-S and consists of two galleries, each divided by jambs into two chambers, set 1.1m apart in a long oval mound. A single facade-stone is visible at the N end of the mound. A broad open court gives entry to the northern gallery. The front chamber here is 4m long and 1.5m to 1.7m wide. The rear chamber is 3.5m long and narrows towards the backstone. Only two stones, which also serve as entrance jambs, remain of the southern court. The front chamber here was about 4m long but its outer end is now missing. The rear chamber is 3.5m long and also narrows towards the back, (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 117-8, No. 17) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
- CV014-007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV014-007----. Marked 'Fort' and depicted as a large oval enclosure on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. An earlier report 1969) described a raised circular area (int. dims.30.5m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a shallow fosse. Original entrance may have been at ENE. Site has been levelled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV014-058: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV014-058----. 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.
- CV014-063: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV014-063----. Located on an undulating shelf towards the bottom of a W-facing slope where the ground slopes down generally to the S and W. This is an oval, grass-covered area (dims 59m NNE-SSW; c. 49m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (H 1m at SW to 1.5m at W) S-W-NNE, with an outer berm (Wth c. 3m; ext. H 0.8m) NNW-N that morphs into a fosse (Wth of top 7.6m; Wth of base 2.5m; int. D 0.6m; ext. H 0.3m) N-NNE, but the perimeter cannot be traced NE-S. There are slight traces of an inner bank represented by a slight scarp (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.1m) about 15m inside the perimeter SW-SW. It is visible on Bing images (c. 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 September, 2015

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 Ballyhugh.

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyhugh, about 1 in 10 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyhugh.
- 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/cavan/ballyhugh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ballyhugh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ballyhugh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Ballyhugh, Ballyconnell: 7 sales, https://everytownland.com/cavan/ballyhugh-ballyconnell.md

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

- Carn: https://everytownland.com/cavan/carn-20235.md
- Clonamullig: https://everytownland.com/cavan/clonamullig.md
- Greaghrahan: https://everytownland.com/cavan/greaghrahan.md
- Kilnacross: https://everytownland.com/cavan/kilnacross-21349.md
- Mullaghboy: https://everytownland.com/cavan/mullaghboy-21634.md
- Ture: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ture-21966.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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