Ballyvouskill

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvouskill, from 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 436,796 m² (43.68 ha, 107.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Ballyvouskill 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.

• 12 Jul 2007Conditional

  Construction of sheep dipping, penning and handling unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9516

• 6 Jun 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of sheep dipping, penning and handling unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8418

• 1 Aug 2006Conditional

  Demolition of existing shed and construction of new cow and calf housing unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9403

• 15 Sept 2004Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse with attached garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7018

• 13 Aug 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6229

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 Ballyvouskill.

Recorded monuments

• CO048-056 Stone circle - five-stone
  Description

  In cut-away bog, on saddle between two hills at NE end of Derrynasaggart Mountains. Probable axial stone and four prostrate slabs survive. Estimated main axis is aligned WNW-ESE. Circle is surrounded by fosse (D c. 0.3m; Wth 2m-2.5m), c. 12m diameter from outer rim to outer rim. Slight traces of external bank visible along E side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-057 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On high hilltop in blanket bog. Circular collapsed cairn (diam. 8.5m; H c.1m) with remains of revetment of low upright stones on W side. Locally known as "caisealinn". The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-059 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On steep hillside, on W bank of stream. Overgrown, irregular mound of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-061 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on hillside and on E side of stream. Burnt material visible in stream bank. Mound levelled c. 1980, according to local information. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in NE-facing slope. Circular area (22m E-W; 20m N-S), raised 1.2m on NE side to compensate for hillslope; defined by low, insubstantial, partially grass-covered stone wall (H 0.8m). Locally known as fort. Possible souterrain (8963) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope, at edge of sharp drop down to E. Circular area (29m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by earthen stone-faced bank (max. H 1.6m). Bank planted with trees; stone facing in ruinous condition; remains of limekiln cut into external face to NNE. Gaps in bank to N (Wth 2.5m) and SW (Wth 2m). Possible souterrain (8964) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-065 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture. Stone (H 1.2m; 0.7m x 0.5m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-066 Souterrain
  Description

  In possible ringfort (8651). According to local information, a stone-lined entrance to an underground chamber which was roofed with flags was discovered in recent times. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On small shelf of ground, high up on NE-facing slope of Ballyvouskill Mountain. Circular area (24m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) S->NE. Bank contains some large stones; gap (Wth 3.8m) in bank to NNW. Enclosure bounded on SE side by large drain running NE-SW; drain recently deepened during which time bank NE->S levelled. Large trench (Wth c. 6m; D 0.8m) inside bank N->NE dug by landowner for clay. Disused trackway skirts enclosure on W side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-132 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in steep NE-facing slope of Ballyvouskill Mountain. Slightly raised, subcircular area (diam. c. 20m) defined on NE side by steep-sided scarp. Possible souterrain (8962) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-134 Souterrain
  Description

  In possible ringfort (8650). Broker (1937, 44) recorded an 'underground chamber filled up'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO048-135 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (8071). Local tradition of underground passage noted by Broker (1937, 44). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Ballyvouskill.

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 high, 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 Ballyvouskill.

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

Name

Ballyvouskill · Baile Uascail

Area

1,997,544 m² (199.75 ha, 493.6 acres)

Civil parish

Drishane, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Coomlogane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Coomlogane electoral division: 995 people in 401 households; 72% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynatona, Caherdowney, Carrigacooleen, Cloghboola More, Curragh

Placenames

Ballyvouskill 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.