Ballyhehan

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhehan, from 1,801 m² to 434,487 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhehan 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.

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  The development consists of the construction of a new two storey dwelling house and garage, with proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter along with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19733

• 2 Feb 2018N/a

  for development which consists of the construction of a Slatted Unit and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1870

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct a single storey detached dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary walls, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works at this location

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17911

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC 000054
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain 000054

Recorded monuments

• CL006-010002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On low-lying level improved pastureland. The castle originally stood surrounded by poor rocky land which has since been reclaimed. Indicated and named ‘Castle Mael (in ruins)’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. The castle is recorded as being in O’Loughlin possession in 1574 and as being conveyed to Turlough O’Brien in 1584 (Ua Cróinín and Breen 2014). In 1641 the Hogans were in residence and in 1664 Redmond Magner, both as tenants of the Earl of Inchiquin (ibid.). In 1706, the then Earl William O’Brien mortgaged it to Sir Donough O’Brien of Dromoland and in 1711 it appeared in a list of his land, but the occupiers were not noted. By 1839 it was in ruins (ibid.). Not visible at ground level. The following item has been attached: Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

• CL006-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope just off the crest of a low rise in improved and otherwise extensively cleared pastureland. Hachured on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. A large circular rath (int. dims. 37.7m N–S, face to face; 36.3m E–W crest to crest) defined by a generally narrow round-topped earthen bank (Wth at base 4.6–9.3m; Wth of top 0.8–3.6m; int. H 0.5–1m; ext. H from base of fosse 1.6–1.8m) with internal and external stone facing (max. H 0.4m) and an outer fosse. The outer fosse is wide but shallow (Wth from base of inner bank to ext. crest 2.9m; D 0.4m) and survives from W to SSE. Between SSE, S and W its external limits are denuded by tractor passage. A gap at SE (Wth 4.3m) may be an enlarged original entrance but tractor passage has denuded any trace of a corresponding causeway. A second gap at SW (Wth 3.8m) appears to be later and may be associated with a later building (int. dims. 4m N–S; 2m E–W) and drain which are dug into the enclosing bank at S. This building is defined by a grassed-over stone wall (Wth 0.7m; H 0.6m) on its W, N and E sides and uses the ringfort bank on the S. A gap (Wth 0.6m) at its NW corner is probably its original entrance. The drain (Wth 1.2m; D 0.6m) runs W from the building with spoil thrown up on its N side. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

• CL006-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low knoll from which the ground falls moderately steeply on all sides, with good views in all directions. The surrounding land is improved and extensively cleared pastureland. Hachured on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A poorly preserved rath of which only an arc, from NE–SE, of bank survives (L 35m; Wth at base 7.3m; int. H 0.5m; Ext H 1.1m). The site now contains a badger set. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

• CL006-013 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in improved and extensively cleared pastureland with rock and rough grazing to the W. Not marked on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but hachured on the 1915 ed. Not visible at ground level. A rath (CL006-166----) is located c.150m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyhehan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyhehan.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyhehan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballyhehan

Area

1,990,247 m² (199.02 ha, 491.8 acres)

Civil parish

Abbey, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Oughtmama, the unit of the census

Census 2022

152 people lived in 59 households in the Oughtmama electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aillwee, Gortboyheen, Kilweelran, Moneen, Sheshia, Turlough

Placenames

Ballyhehan 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.