# Ballyheen Middle, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilbrin, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Choinn Láir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 580,716 m² (58.07 ha, 143.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,165 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilbrin, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilbrin.md
- Barony: Duhallow
- Electoral division: Greenane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10634
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40524
- Centre: latitude 52.190052, longitude -8.843925 (WGS 84)

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

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyheen Middle, from 430 m² to 298,665 m² (29.87 ha, 73.8 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2211254: 298,665 m² (29.87 ha, 73.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2211254.md
- Parcel 2211255: 270,328 m² (27.03 ha, 66.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2211255.md
- Parcel 4976534: 3,401 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976534.md
- Parcel 2211253: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2211253.md
- Parcel 2278066: 2,165 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2278066.md
- Parcel 2278065: 765 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2278065.md
- Parcel 5200367: 740 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5200367.md
- Parcel 2211252: 684 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2211252.md
- Parcel 5050266: 430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050266.md

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

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.

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

10 applications, newest first.

- 11 May 2016, Cork County Council 16/5124: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted diary unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5124
- 31 Oct 2012, Cork County Council 12/6254: Conditional. Outline permission. Fully serviced dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/6254
- 27 Jun 2011, Cork County Council 11/5390: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/5390
- 14 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/8647: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted beef house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8647
- 5 Sept 2006, Cork County Council 06/10331: Conditional. Permission. One and half storey dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10331
- 1 Jun 2006, Cork County Council 06/7716: Conditional. Permission. Vehicular entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7716
- 26 Apr 2006, Cork County Council 06/6663: Incompleted application. Permission. Entrance to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/6663
- 13 Mar 2006, Cork County Council 06/5470: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5470
- 5 Oct 2005, Cork County Council 05/7235: Conditional. Permission. Extension to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/7235
- 18 Jan 2005, Cork County Council 05/146: Conditional. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/146

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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 Ballyheen Middle.

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

- CO023-091001: Gateway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-091001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-091002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-092----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-093----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-094001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-094002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-094003-. 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), https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO023-335----. 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

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)

- Ballyheen Piers, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1820, Regional interest, registry number 20902310, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20902310. 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.

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

- Radon: 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: 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, 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/cork/ballyheen-middle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyheen-middle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyheen-middle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

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

- Ballyheen North: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyheen-north.md
- Ballyheen South: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyheen-south.md
- Ballyphilibeen: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyphilibeen.md
- Knocknanuss: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocknanuss-43877.md
- Lackaleigh: https://everytownland.com/cork/lackaleigh.md
- Marybrook: https://everytownland.com/cork/marybrook.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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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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