Ballymihil

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymihil, from 2,179 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 243,874 m² (24.39 ha, 60.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballymihil 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Ballymihil in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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

• CL005-160004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough elevated pasture on a S-facing ridge with sharply falling ground to the S and E, and commanding views from E to SW. Within a large field system (CL005-160001-). Indicated only on the 1916 OS 6-inch map as an enclosure. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A suboval cashel (33m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a poorly preserved stone wall (Wth 2m; H 1.5-2m), that has collapsed to form a spread to the NE (Wth 1.8-2.8m) and W (Wth 4m). A stretch of inner facing is present at the E (L 4m; H 0.6m). Outer facing survives intermittently from SSE to W (H 0.5-1.5m). The position of the entrance is unclear. The interior (24m N-S; 19m E-W) slopes down to the S. A large natural depression is present in the NE quadrant. A recent drystone wall overlies the cashel wall to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 22 August 2023

• CL005-160005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slightly raised area in rocky grassland with good views in all directions. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1999 this was found to be a circular enclosure (28m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a loosely built wall comprising irregular limestone blocks and apparently of modern construction. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 2 February 2016

• CL005-160008 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rocky spur in low-lying scrub with areas of cleared pasture to E and W, overlooked by higher ground on all sides with restricted views. Within a field system (CL005-160001-). Hachured on the 1839 OS 6-inch map. The site was noted by Westropp (1899, 373) ‘a small ring-wall lies on a projecting spur; its walls much gapped, and it only contains a modern sheep-fold’. A subcircular cashel (int. 22m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a heavily overgrown stone wall (H 0.8-1.9m; Wth c. 2m) only the outer face of which is visible. No inner wall-facing survives. The wall is composed of roughly coursed masonry with very large blocks present towards the base. The location of the entrance is unclear. The interior is flat and covered in blackthorn bushes. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 22 August 2023

• CL005-160009 Enclosure
  Description

  In elevated rocky pasture within with commanding views from E to N. Within a field system (CL005-160001-). Indicated on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular drystone enclosure (28m N-S; 24m E-W) with a flat interior and no visible entrance. A house site (CL005-309----) occupies the centre of the enclosure. A cashel (CL005-160015-) is located c. 80m to the ENE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 22 August 2023

• CL005-160010 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In elevated rocky pasture with clear views over lower ground to SW and W. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 edition. Listed as a rectangular enclosure in the RMP (1996). A rectangular cashel (30.7m E-W; 29.7m N-S) defined by a battered stone wall (Wth 0.9-1.2m; int. H 1-1.9m; ext. H 1.5-2.35m). The wall is highest at the NW reducing in height toward the SE. A gap (Wth 1.2m) at the N end of the E wall is probably the original entrance and there is a cattle gap in the S wall. The interior (28m E-W; 26m N-S) is uneven. A recent drystone animal pen abuts the interior of the N wall. A souterrain (CL005-160041-) is located close to the centre of the monument. A cashel (CL005-160015-) is located c. 95m to the SE.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160011 Cross
  Description

  In improved stony pasture immediately SE of a dwelling and farmyard and within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). This is the original location of one of two crosses named on the 1916 OS 6-inch map (see also CL005-160013-). Westropp (1899, 373) noted the crosses as follows: ‘in Ballymihil, is a craggy field, set with upraised slabs, small stone "piers," and heaps; a slab, rudely shaped like a cross, is set in one wall; another rude cross, of greater size, lies southward down the slope’. On inspection in 1998 neither of the crosses was visible. The cross ‘set in one wall’ as noted by Westropp was possibly located at an adjacent mass rock (CL005-160042-) named simply ‘Monument’ on the OS 1842 6-inch map.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160012 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In elevated pasture on a natural outcrop defined by a rocky ledge from S to W with commanding views from SSE to NW. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). Indicated on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure, possible’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular cashel (40.8m N-S; 40.3m E-W) defined by a grassed-over stone spread (Wth 1.5-2.45m; H 0.3-0.8m) with stretches of inner and outer wall-facing surviving intermittently. Internal wall-facing is present at the N (H 0.4m), E (H 1.4-1.6m), W to WNW (H 1m), and ENE. External facing is present from the E to SSE (H 0.7-1m). A later stone wall overlies the perimeter. A modern machine-made gap (Wth 2.6m) is at the SSW, with two partly blocked up gaps at the SE (Wth 1.1m) and SW (Wth 1.3m). A souterrain (CL005-160043-) lies within an oval area (c. 10m E-W) defined by a stone spread and abutting the interior of the cashel wall at N. Small pens in the SW interior and abutting the exterior at E are labelled ‘Sheepfolds’ on the 25-inch map.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160013 Cross
  Description

  In improved stony pasture immediately SE of a dwelling and farmyard and within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). This is the original location of one of two crosses named on the 1916 OS 6-inch map (see also CL005-160011-). Westropp (1899, 373) noted the crosses as follows: ‘in Ballymihil, is a craggy field, set with upraised slabs, small stone "piers," and heaps; a slab, rudely shaped like a cross, is set in one wall; another rude cross, of greater size, lies southward down the slope’. On inspection in 1998 neither of the crosses was visible. A mass rock (CL005-160042-) lies c. 50m NW of the mapped location of this cross.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160014 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In elevated pasture overlooking a deep ravine to the NW, with commanding views, especially to the W. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). A fulacht fia comprising an irregularly shaped mound of burnt stone orientated NNE-SSW (L 17m; Wth 10m; H 1-1.7m) and decreasing in height from S to N. The stone-lined trough sits within a slight hollow in the SW of the mound. The trough (L 2m; Wth 1.8m) is orientated NNE-SSW and consists of four slabs (max. H 0.15m). A later field wall overlies the E part of the monument.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160015 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In elevated rocky pasture with clear views across a deep ravine to the W. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 edition. A subcircular cashel (27.3m ENE-WSW; 25.7m NNW-SSE) defined by a stone wall (Wth 0.7-1m) composed of medium-sized and large thin flags with some vertically set stones. The wall is tallest in sections from the NW to NNW (ext. H 1.5m) and S to WSW (ext. H 1.6m). Most of the outer wall-facing is intact and is surmounted by a later field wall from NE to SE. There is no trace of an original entrance. The interior (24.3m ENE-WSW; 24m NNW-SSE) is generally flat and possible house foundations (CL005-309----) abut the inside of the perimeter at N. A subrectangular cashel (CL005-160010-) is located c. 90m to the NW, and an enclosure (CL005-160009-) is located c. 95m to the SW.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-160016 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In elevated rocky pasture on a SW-facing slope with clear views to the W from Poulawack to Cappanawalla and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). Indicated and named ‘Cromlech’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Described by Westropp (1899, 373) as a ‘fallen cromlech’ and classified by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1962, 13) as a ‘wedge-shaped gallery grave’. The details that follow are from de Valera and Ó Nualláin.   A collapsed wedge tomb orientated ESE-WNW set centrally within a low oval mound. The monument comprises a roughly trapezoidal capstone, widest at WNW and narrowing to ESE (L 3.45m; Wth 1.8-2.3m; T 0.15-0.2m), lying on top of the fallen sidestones. The sidestones are represented by four large broken slabs, three lie on the N side of the capstone, with one to the S. Only two of the N slabs are clearly visible (W stone Wth 1.8m; T 0.1-0.15m; E stone Wth 1.5m; T 0.1-0.15m), concealing a third fallen slab beneath. A single slab (L 1.55m; T 0.1-0.15m) is visible to the S. A low upright stone at the W end of the chamber (Wth 1.2m; H 0.3m) may be the base of a doorstone.    The mound (8.5m E-W; 6.6m N-S; H 0.75m) is grassed over with poorly defined edges. Five protruding upright stones suggest the presence of kerbing and/or internal walling in the mound. Two stones, one to the SW (Wth 0.8m; H 0.15m; T 0.1m) and one to the SE (Wth 0.35m; H 0.1m; T 0.07m), appear to represent an inner wall. Three stones to the NW, SW (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m; T 0.15m) and SE (Wth 1.2m; H 0.45m; T 0.15m) appear to represent an outer wall or kerb.    A cross has been incised with a small hollow (L 0.15m; Wth 0.07m) on the centre of the capstone suggesting the reuse of the tomb as altar or mass-rock (CL005-310----). Westropp (1899, 373) and de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 13) noted the presence of a small stack of stones on the top of the capstone holding an upright slab shaped like a ‘round-headed cross’ or ‘a rude human figure’. On inspection in 1998 the stack of stones remained, but the upright slab was not present.    The N edge of the mound is overlain by the drystone wall of a subrectangular enclosure. The wedge tomb and mound were incorporated into a mound wall aligned ENE-WSW and coaxial with a rectangular cashel (CL005-160010-) located c. 70m to the SW.   See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961). Date of upload: 24 December 2011

• CL005-160041 Souterrain
  Description

  In the centre of a cashel (CL005-160010-) in elevated rocky pasture with clear views over lower ground to SW and W. Within a multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A souterrain aligned N-S, comprising a passage, visible as a linear hollow (L 2.3m; Wth 0.9m; D 0.6m), leading S to a circular depression (diam. 3m; D 0.5m) representing the remains of a collapsed chamber. The N section (L 1.4m) of the passage is roofed by single stone lintel.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 7 October 2025

• CL005-160042 Mass-rock
  Description

  In improved stony pasture immediately E of a dwelling and farmyard and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). Named ‘Monument’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and the 1897 25-inch map. Indicated but not named on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A drystone structure locally known as a mass-rock ‘where mass was celebrated in penal times’. The monument is defined by a U-shaped drystone enclosure (int. H 1.3m; L 1.2m; Wth 0.7m) appended to the S side of a drystone field wall. A small stone on the ground within the enclosure has a natural water-filled hollow reminiscent of a bullaun stone.  In the vicinity of two crosses (CL005-160011-; CL005-160013-) marked on the 1916 OS 6-inch map.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 7 October 2025

• CL005-160043 Souterrain
  Description

  Inside the N perimeter wall of a cashel (CL005-160012-) located in elevated pasture on a natural outcrop with commanding views from SSE to NW. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A souterrain set within an oval enclosed area abutting the interior N perimeter of the cashel. The entrance to the souterrain is visible as an exposed stone lintel with a narrow rubble-filled opening beneath (Wth 0.2m; H 0.5m) that extends N for at least 1.5m.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 7 October 2025

• CL005-309 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the N interior of a cashel (CL005-160015-). Foundations of a possible house defined by grassed-over foundations (c. 7m N-S; c. 6m E-W) abut the inside of the cashel wall at N.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney   Date of upload: 23 September 2025

• CL005-310 Mass-rock
  Description

  In elevated rocky pasture on a SW-facing slope with clear views to the W from Poulawack to Cappanawalla and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 13) noted a small cross on the fallen capstone of a wedge tomb (CL005-160016-). Westropp (1899, 373) and de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 13) noted the presence of a small stack of stones on the top of the capstone holding an upright slab shaped like a ‘round-headed cross’ or ‘a rude human figure’. On inspection in 1998 the stack of stones remained, but the upright slab did not survive. The small cross was noted as incised within a small hollow (L 0.15m; Wth 0.07m) in the centre of the capstone. This monument may have been reused as a Mass-rock. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 29 September 2025

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballymihil, 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 Ballymihil.

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 Ballymihil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballymihil

Area

617,803 m² (61.78 ha, 152.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcorney, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Noughaval, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cragballyconoal, Faherlaghroe, Poulbaun, Poulgorm

Placenames

Ballymihil 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.