Ballintemple
Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile an Teampaill
Parcel 1319918
- Area
- 2,737 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 358 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballintemple
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 109.4 ha
- 270 acres
- Land parcels
- 116
- registered freehold, median 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintemple, from 100 m² to 166,572 m² (16.66 ha, 41.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballintemple 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
23 Jul 2025Conditional
EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561257
26 Jun 2025Conditional
INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561082
8 Apr 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560528
18 Nov 2024Conditional
COMPLETION OF SITE WORKS CONSISTING OF (1) RESURFACING OF ENTIRE LENGTH OF ACCESS ROAD FROM THE REGIONAL ROAD TO THE ROAD END, (2) INSTALLATION OF ROADSIDE GULLIES ALONG THE ROAD AND (3) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461859
19 Jun 2024Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460927
30 Aug 2022Conditional
INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251457
30 Aug 2022Conditional
INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251456
30 Aug 2022N/a
INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVICE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251458
16 Jun 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151195
9 Sept 2020Conditional
EXTENSION TO REAR OF DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO SIDE OF DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051262
12 Aug 2020Conditional
RETENTION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051108
16 Jul 2020N/a
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050944
24 Jun 2020N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM , WITH ALL OTHE ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050824
30 Oct 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951635
17 Sept 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951405
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 Ballintemple.
Recorded monuments
- DG025-040 Ritual site - holy well
Description
25 (Precise location not discovered) 85, (Ó Muirgheasa No. 56). Described in 1936 as 'St. Begley's Holy Well is near the graveyard of Tulach a Begley. There is no saint of this name in the martyrologies, but there is a St. Bigill of Tulach commemorated under 1st November. Further information regarding it I have none' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 153). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 02 November 2011
- DG025-041 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Description
This monument was demolished during the winter of 1978-9 when the orthostats were uprooted and dumped in a pit in the southern corner of the field in which it had stood. The plan published here was made in 1952 and revised on site in 1975. The tomb stood 1.2km SE of Falcarragh on fairly level ground and commanded a good outlook to the N over a large tract of land falling gently to the extensive sandy beach stretching eastward from Ballyness Bay, 3.7km distant. Muckish and Errigal mountains dominate the skyline to the S and SE. At the time of its destruction the monument consisted of the remains of a gallery, 6m long, divided into two chambers, and entered from the E. Approximately 1.5m in front of the gallery was a group of three stones of uncertain status. It has been suggested that the easternmost of these, a split boulder 0.5m high, may have been a courtstone (de Valera 1960). The northern one of the two stones beside this was 0.7m high, and the southern one was 0.3m high. A displaced stone, not on plan, lay to the W of and against the last two. Another displaced stone (not on plan) lay 1m N of the group of three stones. Some traces of a stony mound at the site were too ill defined to show on plan. A transversely set jamb, to the N, with an adjoining sillstone, stood at the E end of the gallery. The jamb was 0.4m high, and the sill was 0.2m high. These stood at the front of a chamber c. 2.6m long and up to 2.25m wide. Two orthostats stood at each side of the chamber. At the N the stone next to the entrance jamb was 0.15m high. The second orthostat here, a split boulder set with its flat face inward, was 0.5m high. The two stones at the S stood together toward the back of the chamber. The eastern one, 0.5m high, was a split boulder set with its flat face inward. The western stone was 0.3m high. The division between the chambers consisted of two longitudinally set jambs standing 0.85m apart. The northern one was 0.25m high, and the southern one 0.4m high. The outer face of the latter was partly overlapped by the adjoining sidestone of the front chamber. The rear chamber was c. 3m long. It appears to have narrowed toward the back. A single orthostat remained on the N side, and there were two on the S side. The more eastern of the last two, a flat-topped stone, was 0.2m high, and the stone next to it was 0.35m high. The lone orthostat at the N (added to the plan in 1975) was a flat-topped stone only 0.1m high. It overlapped the edge of the gable-shaped stone closing the back of the gallery, which was 0.85m high. Three loose boulders, up to 1.2m in maximum dimension, lay along the gallery. These are not shown on the plan. Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 15; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 25 (1847-9), 28; de Valera 1960, 105, DG. 7 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 16, no. 2 (plan); SMR 1987, 25:41; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 25:41. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
- DG025-042 Church
Description
A subcircular, flat-topped mound, up to 3m in height and 45m N-S by 38m E-W, in use as a graveyard (DG025-042001-). A flat slab, almost obscured by vegetation lies beside the steps leading to the elevated top of the graveyard. The 'altars' (DG025-042002-) marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps are not visible now. Tullaghobegly Church (DG025-042) : In 1622 this parish church was in ruins (Royal Commission, 218). Built on a prominent rise in the graveyard only a section of the N wall and attached half of the E gable survive, 2.4m high; the former 7.65m long internally, is featureless. Built of rubble, part of the exterior face of the N wall has fallen away. The E gable preserves the N ingoings of a two-period window. The earlier, on the N, had a wide splay and round-headed, narrow ope, c. 1.15m high, the broken lintel for which is still in situ. Part of the rear-arch survives and the soffit preserves sections of a plaster coat. The rear-arch is composed of thin slabs. Only the lower courses of the secondary ingoing survive, .3m high, is roughly parallel to, and blocks the earlier ingoing. The site is overlooked by rising ground to the E and is located in grazing and tillage land. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 408.) The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavaton licence number 92E029: This excavation took place as part of a clean-up of Tullaghobegley church and graveyard between February and November 1992. The site is located less than one mile south south-east of Falcarragh, Co. Donegal with a panoramic view of the entire area from the Atlantic in the north-west to Errigal, Muckish and Aghla Mór to the south. The graveyard is situated on a mound which measures 45m north-south, 38m east-west and c. 4m high. It is enclosed by a rubble-built stone wall and contains over 200 marked burials dating from 1735 to 1983. The church, which is aligned north-east/south-west, is located in the centre and at the highest point of the graveyard. The first known reference to the church is from a Royal Commission report of 1622 when it is referred to as being ‘in ruins’, while the Civil Survey of 1654-56 (Simington, R. 1937) also refers to Tullaghobegley as ‘an old Ruined Church’. Prior to excavation the remains consisted of an 8.63m long section of the north wall (measuring 0.85m wide and 2.6m high) with an attached section of the east gable, measuring 3.35m long, 0.9m wide and 3.0m high. Both were in a poor state of repair. One feature survived; the northern embrasure of a two-headed window in the east gable. To the south-west of the upstanding remains was a large mound of stones, overgrown with grass and moss. At the south-west end of the surviving section of the north wall was another substantial mound of stones. The purpose of the excavation was to locate the full extent or ground plan of the church. All excavations were carried out by hand. The first trial trench, which measured 2.5m long, 1.5m wide and 1.0m deep was excavated c. 4.0m south-east of the north wall and c. 0.7m south-west of the line of the east gable, in an unsuccessful attempt to find the south wall. A second trench was then opened c. 3.75m south-west of the first trench, which measured 2.5m north-west/south-east and 1.5m wide. At 0.3m below the surface a section of wall, which measured 2.8-3.1m north-east/south-west and 0.8m wide, was revealed. It was then decided to continue to excavate along the line of the wall. Some 2.5m south-west of the first section another section of wall was revealed. It measured 1.17-1.22m long and 0.82m wide. Between the two sections of wall a number of burials and disarticulated bones were revealed. These two sections were all that remained of the south wall, while investigation along the line of the east gable revealed two more burials but no further evidence of the wall and the north wall was found to extend for 1.0m. The removal of the large mound of stones to the south-west revealed a further series of foundations which enclosed an almost square area measuring 4.2m north-west/south-east and 4.56m north-east/south-west. The walls were wider that those of the church at 1.15-1.25m. The enclosed area contained a number of burials and was much disturbed. The excavation of the church and clean-up of the graveyard produced 267 clay pipes, dating from the period 1870-1910; 110 bottles of 19th/20th century date; five coins, including a 1783 counterfeit halfpenny; three coffin attachments; five metal shoe tips; pottery sherds from the modern period and one example from the 18th century; two modern hone stones; two pieces of modern shoe leather; two modern chisels; a .303 bullet shell dating to c. 1939-45; a modern counterweight and an unidentified metal piece of possible medieval date. The church appeared to date to the 13th century with the excavations revealing the remains of a square tower, probably added to the south-west end of the church in the 15th century. The wider walls would certainly have borne the weight of such a structure. The excavation is published in the Donegal Annual No. 45, 1993. Richard Crumlish, 4 Lecka Grove, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Additional information uploaded: 26 November 2014
- DG025-042001 Graveyard
Description
A subcircular, flat-topped mound, up to 3m in height and 45m N-S by 38m E-W, in use as a graveyard (DG025-042001-). A flat slab, almost obscured by vegetation lies beside the steps leading to the elevated top of the graveyard. The 'altars' (DG025-042002-) marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps are not visible now. Tullaghobegly Church (DG025-042) : In 1622 this parish church was in ruins (Royal Commission, 218). Built on a prominent rise in the graveyard only a section of the N wall and attached half of the E gable survive, 2.4m high; the former 7.65m long internally, is featureless. Built of rubble, part of the exterior face of the N wall has fallen away. The E gable preserves the N ingoings of a two-period window. The earlier, on the N, had a wide splay and round-headed, narrow ope, c. 1.15m high, the broken lintel for which is still in situ. Part of the rear-arch survives and the soffit preserves sections of a plaster coat. The rear-arch is composed of thin slabs. Only the lower courses of the secondary ingoing survive, .3m high, is roughly parallel to, and blocks the earlier ingoing. The site is overlooked by rising ground to the E and is located in grazing and tillage land. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 408.) The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavaton licence number 92E029: This excavation took place as part of a clean-up of Tullaghobegley church and graveyard between February and November 1992. The site is located less than one mile south south-east of Falcarragh, Co. Donegal with a panoramic view of the entire area from the Atlantic in the north-west to Errigal, Muckish and Aghla Mór to the south. The graveyard is situated on a mound which measures 45m north-south, 38m east-west and c. 4m high. It is enclosed by a rubble-built stone wall and contains over 200 marked burials dating from 1735 to 1983. The church, which is aligned north-east/south-west, is located in the centre and at the highest point of the graveyard. The first known reference to the church is from a Royal Commission report of 1622 when it is referred to as being ‘in ruins’, while the Civil Survey of 1654-56 (Simington, R. 1937) also refers to Tullaghobegley as ‘an old Ruined Church’. Prior to excavation the remains consisted of an 8.63m long section of the north wall (measuring 0.85m wide and 2.6m high) with an attached section of the east gable, measuring 3.35m long, 0.9m wide and 3.0m high. Both were in a poor state of repair. One feature survived; the northern embrasure of a two-headed window in the east gable. To the south-west of the upstanding remains was a large mound of stones, overgrown with grass and moss. At the south-west end of the surviving section of the north wall was another substantial mound of stones. The purpose of the excavation was to locate the full extent or ground plan of the church. All excavations were carried out by hand. The first trial trench, which measured 2.5m long, 1.5m wide and 1.0m deep was excavated c. 4.0m south-east of the north wall and c. 0.7m south-west of the line of the east gable, in an unsuccessful attempt to find the south wall. A second trench was then opened c. 3.75m south-west of the first trench, which measured 2.5m north-west/south-east and 1.5m wide. At 0.3m below the surface a section of wall, which measured 2.8-3.1m north-east/south-west and 0.8m wide, was revealed. It was then decided to continue to excavate along the line of the wall. Some 2.5m south-west of the first section another section of wall was revealed. It measured 1.17-1.22m long and 0.82m wide. Between the two sections of wall a number of burials and disarticulated bones were revealed. These two sections were all that remained of the south wall, while investigation along the line of the east gable revealed two more burials but no further evidence of the wall and the north wall was found to extend for 1.0m. The removal of the large mound of stones to the south-west revealed a further series of foundations which enclosed an almost square area measuring 4.2m north-west/south-east and 4.56m north-east/south-west. The walls were wider that those of the church at 1.15-1.25m. The enclosed area contained a number of burials and was much disturbed. The excavation of the church and clean-up of the graveyard produced 267 clay pipes, dating from the period 1870-1910; 110 bottles of 19th/20th century date; five coins, including a 1783 counterfeit halfpenny; three coffin attachments; five metal shoe tips; pottery sherds from the modern period and one example from the 18th century; two modern hone stones; two pieces of modern shoe leather; two modern chisels; a .303 bullet shell dating to c. 1939-45; a modern counterweight and an unidentified metal piece of possible medieval date. The church appeared to date to the 13th century with the excavations revealing the remains of a square tower, probably added to the south-west end of the church in the 15th century. The wider walls would certainly have borne the weight of such a structure. The excavation is published in the Donegal Annual No. 45, 1993. Richard Crumlish, 4 Lecka Grove, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Excavation licence number 02E0909: Testing was carried out on 24 June 2002 in compliance with a condition of planning permission for the construction of eight houses. The site lies partly within the constraint area of SMR 25:40, an unlocated holy well, and close to SMR 25:39, a ringfort. Another ringfort (SMR 25:43), the ruined Tullaghobegley Church (SMR 25:42) and the site of a removed court tomb (SMR 25:41) are nearby. Before testing, a well-preserved limekiln was observed in the southern part of the site, but this will not be affected by the proposed development. Seventeen trenches were opened, all revealing a similar stratigraphy. Topsoil and sod consistently overlay blue/grey boulder clay, which in turn overlay an iron-rich, yellow/brown clay with fragments of schist bedrock. Nothing of archaeological significance was recorded in any of the trenches. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Tom Rogers, Moore Ltd, Unit 6, Riveroaks, Claregalway, Co. Galway. Additional information uploaded: 26 November 2014
- DG025-042002 Penal Mass station
Description
A subcircular, flat-topped mound, up to 3m in height and 45m N-S by 38m E-W, in use as a graveyard (DG025-042001-). A flat slab, almost obscured by vegetation lies beside the steps leading to the elevated top of the graveyard. The 'altar' (DG025-042002-) marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps are not visible now. Described in the early 1980's as 'The OS 6-inch map records an 'Altar' in Tullaghobegly graveyard. Two small rectangles are marked on the 6-inch map in the NE of the graveyard. These are two steps at right angles to each other . The SW corner of one joins the NE corner of the other. In the angle to the SE formed by the junction of the two steps is a flat rectangular space measuring c. 2m by 1m. There is nothing here now which could be described as an altar nor is there local knowledge of one. The Altar which the maps suggests was here might have been a penal altar but it is more likely to have been one on which coffins were placed before the burial' (Donegal Survey Fieldnotes). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG025-042003 Penitential station
Description
A subcircular, flat-topped mound, up to 3m in height and 45m N-S by 38m E-W, in use as a graveyard (DG025-042001-). A flat slab, almost obscured by vegetation lies beside the steps leading to the elevated top of the graveyard. The 'altars' (DG025-042002-) marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps are not visible now. Tullaghobegly Church (DG025-042) : In 1622 this parish church was in ruins (Royal Commission, 218). Built on a prominent rise in the graveyard only a section of the N wall and attached half of the E gable survive, 2.4m high; the former 7.65m long internally, is featureless. Built of rubble, part of the exterior face of the N wall has fallen away. The E gable preserves the N ingoings of a two-period window. The earlier, on the N, had a wide splay and round-headed, narrow ope, c. 1.15m high, the broken lintel for which is still in situ. Part of the rear-arch survives and the soffit preserves sections of a plaster coat. The rear-arch is composed of thin slabs. Only the lower courses of the secondary ingoing survive, .3m high, is roughly parallel to, and blocks the earlier ingoing. The site is overlooked by rising ground to the E and is located in grazing and tillage land. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 408.) The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG025-043 Burial ground
Description
Internal Dimensions c. 29m W-E, c. 22m N-S The site consists of an area, pear-shaped in plan narrowing to 7m across at its E end. The E end of the monument is almost level with the outside ground, but it has been raised to a maximum height of almost 3m at its W end. There are short stretches of insubstantial earthen bank (DG025-043001-) along the perimeter on the S and NW sides .3m in height and a field boundary crosses the site to the E. A scarp of varying width encloses the site on the N, W and S sides, creating a rectangular frame with the field boundary to the E. The site is located on an exposed slope overlooking ground to the S and W and the Atlantic to the N. There is good grazing and limited tillage. The site is known locally as An Reilig Beag (the small graveyard). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballintemple.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ballintemple, Falcarragh11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballintemple · Baile an Teampaill
- Area
- 1,093,668 m² (109.37 ha, 270.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghobegly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Cross Roads, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellina, Clonbara, Craigtown, Dunmore, Falcarragh, Tullaghobegly Scotch
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ballintemple on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.