Ballyheen Middle

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyheen Middle, from 430 m² to 298,665 m² (29.87 ha, 73.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Ballyheen Middle 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.

• 11 May 2016Conditional

  Construction of slatted diary unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5124

• 31 Oct 2012Conditional

  Fully serviced dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/6254

• 27 Jun 2011Conditional

  Demolition of existing derelict sheds, alterations to existing dwelling including demolition of existing extension, raising roof and construction of a one and a half storey extension, replace existing septic tank serving existing dwelling with a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5390

• 14 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construction of slatted beef house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8647

• 5 Sept 2006Conditional

  One and half storey dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10331

• 1 Jun 2006Conditional

  Vehicular entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7716

• 26 Apr 2006Incompleted application

  Entrance to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6663

• 13 Mar 2006Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5470

• 5 Oct 2005Conditional

  Extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7235

• 18 Jan 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/146

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 Ballyheen Middle.

Recorded monuments

• CO023-091001 Gateway
  Description

  Pair of matching gate piers on S side of road. Tall (H c. 5m) coursed ashlar limestone piers, c. 80m apart, topped with cornice; ball survives atop W pier. According to OS Field Books of 1840, intended as outer piers of entrance gate to Rockfield House (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 214) which is centrally positioned c. 700m to SE. Named 'White Piers' on 1842 OS 6-inch map with 2 long avenues on either side (c. 600m apart) which radiate out from Rockfield House to SE. WNW avenue still in use, gate lodge indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map at end no longer survives. Rockfield House is 2-storey structure, entrance front (NW) of three bays with hipped roof; rebuilt in mid-19th century. Associated farm buildings said to have used stones from Ballyheen Castle (14283). Grove White (ibid., 213) was informed of local tradition that piers were built by English to celebrate victory at Knocknanuss (14694); Mananaan Mac Lir (Grove White ibid.) suggested they were entrance piers to the Fair Green of Ballyheen. Piers removed as part of conservation programme by Cork County Council c. 1997. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-091002 Gateway
  Description

  Pair of matching gate piers on S side of road. Tall (H c. 5m) coursed ashlar limestone piers, c. 80m apart, topped with cornice; ball survives atop W pier. According to OS Field Books of 1840, intended as outer piers of entrance gate to Rockfield House (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 214) which is centrally positioned c. 700m to SE. Named 'White Piers' on 1842 OS 6-inch map with 2 long avenues on either side (c. 600m apart) which radiate out from Rockfield House to SE. WNW avenue still in use, gate lodge indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map at end no longer survives. Rockfield House is 2-storey structure, entrance front (NW) of three bays with hipped roof; rebuilt in mid-19th century. Associated farm buildings said to have used stones from Ballyheen Castle (14283). Grove White (ibid., 213) was informed of local tradition that piers were built by English to celebrate victory at Knocknanuss (14694); Mananaan Mac Lir (Grove White ibid.) suggested they were entrance piers to the Fair Green of Ballyheen. Piers removed as part of conservation programme by Cork County Council c. 1997. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-092 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. Removed; site now occupied by farm buildings. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 408) as measuring '2ft 5in high, 14ft 6in in girth', long axis N-S; one of two stones (9898) which landed in position after a pitched battle between two giants (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-093 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 90m W of stream. According to local information, spread of burnt material visible when field was ploughed. No visible surface trace The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-094001 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed c. 1977; now lying beside field fence c. 30m to S (CO023-335----). Stone (L 1.5m) is quartzite and irregular in shape. According to Bowman (1934, 408), one of two stones (9897) which landed in position after a pitched battle between two giants. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 15 December 2009

• CO023-094002 Burial ground
  Description

  Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as roughly square area (c. 25m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) defined by dotted line; shown on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by dotted line and marked 'Disused'. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Levelled; now evident as low raised oval area (c. 25m NE-SW); site of church (14460) to N of centre. Two blackthorn trees c. 10m to S regarded locally as marking site of burial ground. According to Bowman (1934, 406), field known locally as 'The Keel'. He adds that 'about one sixth of the surrounding fence may still be seen'; apparently some of the slain buried here after Battle of Knocknanuss in 1647 (14694) and many skeletons found here were reinterred in Buttevant Abbey (14382). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-094003 Church
  Description

  Bowman (1934, 406) recorded 'Early church site' on N side of burial ground (14067); 'an irregular mound on the N side indicates the site of the church'. No visible surface trace remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO023-335 Standing stone (present location)
  Description

  Not marked on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed from original location (CO023-094001-) c. 1977; now lying beside field fence c. 30m to S. Stone (L 1.5m) is quartzite and irregular in shape. According to Bowman (1934, 408), one of two stones (9897) which landed in position after a pitched battle between two giants. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC. Date of upload: 20 January 2010

Architectural heritage

• Ballyheen Piers, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers, built c. 1810, having moulded string courses, ornately-carved caps with ball finials, and cut limestone plinths with chamfered roll mouldings.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Ballyheen Middle.

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 Ballyheen Middle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballyheen Middle · Baile Choinn Láir

Area

580,716 m² (58.07 ha, 143.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbrin, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Greenane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Greenane electoral division: 1,440 people in 555 households; 75% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyheen North, Ballyheen South, Ballyphilibeen, Knocknanuss, Lackaleigh, Marybrook

Placenames

Ballyheen Middle 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.