# Ballyhehan, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Abbey, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,990,247 m² (199.02 ha, 491.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 21,053 m² (2.11 ha, 5.2 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Abbey, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/abbey.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Oughtmama, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5843
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30189
- Centre: latitude 53.100668, longitude -9.086398 (WGS 84)

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

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhehan, from 1,801 m² to 434,487 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1513979: 434,487 m² (43.45 ha, 107.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513979.md
- Parcel 1514262: 376,373 m² (37.64 ha, 93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514262.md
- Parcel 1486318: 355,823 m² (35.58 ha, 87.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1486318.md
- Parcel 1491127: 295,484 m² (29.55 ha, 73.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491127.md
- Parcel 2751459: 235,261 m² (23.53 ha, 58.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751459.md
- Parcel 1433199: 142,722 m² (14.27 ha, 35.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433199.md
- Parcel 1513930: 79,329 m² (7.93 ha, 19.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513930.md
- Parcel 1474744: 29,541 m² (2.95 ha, 7.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1474744.md
- Parcel 1433508: 12,565 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433508.md
- Parcel 5391533: 6,941 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5391533.md
- Parcel 5621271: 6,091 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5621271.md
- Parcel 1495784: 5,955 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1495784.md
- Parcel 5548733: 3,573 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5548733.md
- Parcel 1505799: 2,761 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505799.md
- Parcel 1492963: 2,645 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492963.md
- Parcel 1464952: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1464952.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 20 Sept 2019, Clare County Council 19733: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19733/0
- 2 Feb 2018, Clare County Council 1870: N/a. Permission. for development which consists of the construction of a Slatted Unit and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1870/0
- 24 Nov 2017, Clare County Council 17911: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17911/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC, site code 000054, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000054
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain, site code 000054

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

- CL006-010002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-010002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-011----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-012----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-013----. 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

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 Ballyhehan.

## 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 Ballyhehan, 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: 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 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/clare/ballyhehan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyhehan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyhehan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyhehan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md

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

- Aillwee: https://everytownland.com/clare/aillwee.md
- Gortboyheen: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortboyheen.md
- Kilweelran: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilweelran.md
- Moneen: https://everytownland.com/clare/moneen-31879.md
- Sheshia: https://everytownland.com/clare/sheshia.md
- Turlough: https://everytownland.com/clare/turlough.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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