Ballyhimock

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhimock, from 22,907 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres) to 586,318 m² (58.63 ha, 144.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Ballyhimock 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.

• 21 Sept 2020Conditional

  An agricultural shed for use as machinery and hay/straw store and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6047

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construction of slatted unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4792

• 24 Jan 2017Conditional

  Slatted unit, silage base and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4127

• 1 Mar 2013Conditional

  Retention of dormer type building used for domestic storage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4335

• 15 Feb 2013Incompleted application

  Retention of dormer type building

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4252

• 1 Feb 2013Incompleted application

  Retention of garage to side of dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4167

• 4 May 2010Conditional

  Retention of existing sheep house, domestic carport, domestic garage, timber shed and ancillary works as constructed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5051

• 23 Apr 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of existing sheep house, domestic carport, domestic garage, timber shed & ancillary works as constructed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4975

• 2 Feb 2010Conditional

  Construction of a sheep housing shed, a farm machinery storage shed, an uncovered silage slab, an uncovered dungstead, an underground effluent storage tank, a hard surface passageway and entrance for agricultural purposes and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4171

• 27 Mar 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5702

• 9 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of loose cattle shed, silage slab, concrete aprons and effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4916

• 22 Dec 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of loose cattle shed, silage slab, concrete aprons and effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13842

• 22 Dec 2005Refused

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9719

• 23 Nov 2005Conditional

  Loose house and underground effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12625

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 Ballyhimock.

Recorded monuments

• CO026-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) with bank incorporated into townland boundary W->NNE on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; dump-constructed stone bank survives in field fence system NW->NNE; levelled bank NNE->NW visible as shadow site in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R522). 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

• CO026-048 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular area (11.4m E-W; 14m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse with low external bank (int. H 0.18m; ext. H 0.5m); entire site (22.4m E-W; 26.4m N-S) raised slightly above field level (H 0.5m). 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

• CO026-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on crest of S-facing slope. Circular area (32m N-S) defined by low rise (H 0.4m). Circular enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) as cropmark of fosse with entrance to E. Within field system (CO026-193---); circular enclosure (CO026-151---) c. 260m to NW. 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

• CO026-050 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, to N of spring. Spread of burnt material noted. 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

• CO026-051 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Spread of burnt material noted. 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

• CO026-151 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Ringfort (12111) c. 260m to SE; field system (12007) to N and E. 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

• CO026-152001 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); entrance to E. Site overlaps NE quadrant of enclosure (13718). Joined by field system (12006) to N and SE. 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

• CO026-152002 Enclosure
  Description

  Incomplete cropmark of fosse of enclosure (c. 30m E-W; c. 50m N-S) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); linear W side and slightly curved N and E sides visible; S side not visible as cropmark, possibly obscured by or incorporated into field fence. Enclosure overlaps SW quadrant of circular enclosure (13464). Field system (12006) to N and NE. 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

• CO026-152003 Field system
  Description

  Regular system of rectangular fields covering area of c. 8ha, visible as cropmarks in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989). Largest complete field measures c. 200m x c. 150m. Circular enclosure (CO026-15201-) and enclosure (CO026-15202-) at SW end of system; two of the field boundaries extend out to N and SE from perimeter of circular enclosure. 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

• CO026-153 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). 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

• CO026-193 Field system
  Description

  Regular pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks cover area of c. 12ha and indicate relict field system on different axis from present system. One large rectangular field (dims. 125m x 125m) noted. Ringfort (CO026-049---), circular enclosure (CO026-151---) and fulachta fiadh (CO025-050---; CO026-051---) skirt edges of field system. 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

• CO026-197 Mass-house
  Description

  In farmyard, on S side of road. One-storey gable-ended farm building with slated roof; interior empty. According to local tradition, used as 'Mass House' in Penal times. Across small yard to N is vacant 2-storey gable-ended farmhouse with slated roof. Both structures of late-18th/early 19th-century appearance. 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

• CO026-203 Burnt mound
  Description

  A spread (c. 10m x 10m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil extends from the S side of a pond. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Ballyhimock.

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

Name

Ballyhimock · Baile Shéamac

Area

1,418,819 m² (141.88 ha, 350.6 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownroche, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Castletownroche, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castletownroche electoral division: 925 people in 373 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annesgrove, Castletownroche, Knockacappul, Loughquin, Naglesborough, Skenakilla

Placenames

Ballyhimock 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.