Ballyheen South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbrin, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile Choinn Theas
- Area
- 65.6 ha
- 162 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 2,581 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyheen South, from 440 m² to 274,742 m² (27.47 ha, 67.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyheen South 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Aug 2017Conditional
Importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6051
26 Nov 2013Conditional
Construction of ground floor and first floor dormer style extension to existing single storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6234
4 Nov 2013Incompleted application
Extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6088
25 Jun 2008Conditional
Storey and a half dwelling, treatment unit & ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7471
26 Oct 2005Conditional
Construction of extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7847
30 Jun 2005Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4613
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyheen South.
Recorded monuments
- CO023-095 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO023-096 Quarry
Description
Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014
- CO023-097 Castle - unclassified
Description
On rock outcrop overlooking Awbeg River c. 80m to SE, with flat low-lying ground on other sides; only scatter of stones marks site of castle. To SE of site subcircular area (diam. c. 38m) defined by low earthen bank (H c. 0.25m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 2m) may be associated with castle. According to owner of Rockfield House (c. 400m to NE), 'all the old arches and large stones...here [in farmyard] belonged to the old castle' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 213). Traces of raised causeway survive, approaching site from W; according to Grove White (ibid. vol. 4, 168) this once incorporated 'a very ancient arched bridge', which Bowman (1934, 409) noted had been replaced by wooden bridge 'about 50 years ago.' 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
- CO023-098 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO023-099 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO023-295 Road - road/trackway
Description
This road/trackway is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 508) under the entry (no. 14283) for an unclassified castle (CO023-097----). The reference to the road is as follows: Traces of raised causeway survive, approaching site from W; according to Grove White (ibid. vol. 4, 168) this once incorporated 'a very ancient arched bridge', which Bowman (1934, 409) noted had been replaced by wooden bridge 'about 50 years ago.' The following information was also included in the summary field for this record in the database: In pasture. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map and 1905 OS 6-inch map as roadway (c. 90m E-W) leading to site of Ballyheen Castle (CO023-097---); stream flowing along N side of W end, passes under roadway near centre flowing S wards. E half of road removed by 1937 OS 6-inch map. Short section of grass-covered causeway (long axis E-W c. 30m; N-S c. 4m) survives; hydraulic ram on top of causeway. Stream flows along N side of causeway and turns S near E end passing under road. Mid/late nineteenth century slightly raised tree lined roadway (Wth 3m) at W end. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 4, 168) 'under a causeway leading to it [Ballyheen Castle] there was until quite recently a very ancient arched bridge over a stream'. Also mentioned by Bowman (1934, 409), who noted that stone bridge had been replaced by wooden bridge and that it ran over 'an old road, about 20ft wide'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-317 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Two parallel linear cropmarks cross E half of interior on N-S axis and then turn at right angle to E immediately outside fosse. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyheen South.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 South.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyheen South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyheen South · Baile Choinn Theas
- Area
- 655,955 m² (65.6 ha, 162.09 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
- Ballintober, Ballyheen Middle, Ballyphilibeen, Lackaleigh, Rathmaher, Springville
- Placenames
- Ballyheen South 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.