# Balloor, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clondavaddog, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Baile Úr. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,767,948 m² (176.79 ha, 436.87 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 15,562 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clondavaddog, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clondavaddog.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Fanad North, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 540 people lived in 209 households in the Fanad North electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 42% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15777 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50150 - Centre: latitude 55.265658, longitude -7.646877 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balloor, from 136 m² to 165,872 m² (16.59 ha, 40.99 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1321842: 165,872 m² (16.59 ha, 40.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321842.md - Parcel 1380790: 95,521 m² (9.55 ha, 23.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380790.md - Parcel 1378908: 80,363 m² (8.04 ha, 19.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378908.md - Parcel 1329002: 79,546 m² (7.95 ha, 19.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329002.md - Parcel 1385078: 77,418 m² (7.74 ha, 19.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385078.md - Parcel 1315622: 73,407 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315622.md - Parcel 1406946: 68,610 m² (6.86 ha, 16.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406946.md - Parcel 6160471: 65,696 m² (6.57 ha, 16.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6160471.md - Parcel 1422450: 63,828 m² (6.38 ha, 15.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422450.md - Parcel 1375258: 63,790 m² (6.38 ha, 15.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375258.md - Parcel 1369974: 63,118 m² (6.31 ha, 15.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369974.md - Parcel 4770774: 60,785 m² (6.08 ha, 15.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4770774.md - Parcel 1377187: 57,592 m² (5.76 ha, 14.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377187.md - Parcel 1407187: 57,423 m² (5.74 ha, 14.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407187.md - Parcel 1372292: 53,973 m² (5.4 ha, 13.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372292.md - Parcel 1330779: 50,688 m² (5.07 ha, 12.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330779.md - Parcel 1424780: 50,516 m² (5.05 ha, 12.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424780.md - Parcel 1374456: 47,101 m² (4.71 ha, 11.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374456.md - Parcel 1417756: 44,021 m² (4.4 ha, 10.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417756.md - Parcel 1306277: 39,591 m² (3.96 ha, 9.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306277.md - Parcel 1415608: 33,714 m² (3.37 ha, 8.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1415608.md - Parcel 1400894: 33,166 m² (3.32 ha, 8.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400894.md - Parcel 1410962: 33,077 m² (3.31 ha, 8.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410962.md - Parcel 1369614: 29,343 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369614.md - Parcel 1391679: 25,601 m² (2.56 ha, 6.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391679.md - Parcel 1419381: 24,969 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419381.md - Parcel 1361481: 24,197 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361481.md - Parcel 1310195: 22,786 m² (2.28 ha, 5.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310195.md - Parcel 1357340: 21,251 m² (2.13 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357340.md - Parcel 6161327: 19,999 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6161327.md - Parcel 1330003: 19,917 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330003.md - Parcel 1387139: 17,799 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387139.md - Parcel 1382778: 16,075 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382778.md - Parcel 3661986: 15,048 m² (1.5 ha, 3.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661986.md - Parcel 1327240: 11,205 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327240.md - Parcel 4684200: 7,259 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684200.md - Parcel 1332605: 5,777 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332605.md - Parcel 1319349: 4,960 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319349.md - Parcel 1424349: 4,178 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424349.md - Parcel 1337565: 3,714 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337565.md - Parcel 4684231: 2,836 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684231.md - Parcel 1318853: 2,422 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318853.md - Parcel 1334372: 2,385 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334372.md - Parcel 1336166: 2,255 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336166.md - Parcel 1317938: 2,232 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317938.md - Parcel 4817954: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4817954.md - Parcel 4770707: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4770707.md - Parcel 1398633: 1,983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398633.md - Parcel 1319869: 1,959 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319869.md - Parcel 2390539: 1,799 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390539.md - Parcel 4944153: 1,697 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4944153.md - Parcel 1325738: 1,640 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325738.md - Parcel 5444814: 1,609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444814.md - Parcel 5267892: 1,451 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5267892.md - Parcel 1316997: 1,286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316997.md - Parcel 1338690: 966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338690.md - Parcel 1394859: 869 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394859.md - Parcel 1395795: 861 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395795.md - Parcel 4043014: 575 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4043014.md - Parcel 1408057: 564 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408057.md - Parcel 1343396: 500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343396.md - Parcel 6161334: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6161334.md - Parcel 6161104: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6161104.md - Parcel 6161281: 181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6161281.md - Parcel 6161239: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6161239.md - Parcel 6160476: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6160476.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Balloor 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 6 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560712: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560712/0 - 29 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560666: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560666/0 - 3 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560292: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560292/0 - 13 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560015: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) RENOVATION WORKS AND MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560015/0 - 7 Dec 2023, Donegal County Council 2351888: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SEPTIC TANK/WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351888/0 - 25 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050668: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO NEW SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050668/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Ballyhoorisky Point to Fanad Head SAC, site code 001975, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001975 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyhoorisky Point To Fanad Head, site code 001975 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG008-001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-001----. A burial ground (DG008-001-), subrectangular in plan and measuring 26m E-W and 22m N-S, is enclosed by a barely traceable grassed-over bank on three sides and by a modern field wall on the W side. Three stones (DG008-001001/002/003-), referred to as O'Donnell's stones, stand along the bank: one is close to the NW corner and is 1.1m in height and 0.35m by .27m in plan; a second stands on the NE corner and is squarish in plan and 0.85m in height; the third is on the SE corner and measures .8m by .35m in plan and is 1.45m in height. A fourth stone, now incorporated in the field wall on the W side, may be a companion to the above three, but there is no certainty about this. In the interior there is a plain cross of relatively modern date. The site is on level ground in a light-soiled area. The sea is visible to the N. The above description was published in 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). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0571 It was proposed to realign part of the minor road from Fanad Head lighthouse to Ballynabrocky in County Donegal. The road is narrow and very twisty, and in certain places, where local conditions allow, it is being straightened. For the vast majority of the scheme, the road surface is simply being upgraded, with the existing verges being incorporated to make the carriageway as wide as possible. However, the section of works that passes close to SMR 8:1, Balloor burial-ground, will involve some greenfield take on the northern side of the present road. Mechanical stripping of the topsoil took place using a toothless bucket. The entire area of the road-take was stripped, revealing topsoil to be both remarkably deep and well developed, given the location. At the western end the topsoil, a maximum of 0.6m deep, was a dark brown, sandy loam, which rested on a dark yellow/brown, stony, sandy loam. Toward the centre of the stripped area, granite bedrock was close to the surface, with a consequent decrease in topsoil depth, to less than 0.15m. This depth increased to over 0.4m at the eastern end of the area. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted either within the over-deepened topsoil or cut into the natural below. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. - DG008-001001: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-001001-. A burial ground (DG008-001-), subrectangular in plan and measuring 26m E-W and 22m N-S, is enclosed by a barely traceable grassed-over bank on three sides and by a modern field wall on the W side. Three stones (DG008-001001/002/003-), referred to as O'Donnell's stones, stand along the bank: one is close to the NW corner and is 1.1m in height and 0.35m by .27m in plan; a second stands on the NE corner and is squarish in plan and 0.85m in height; the third is on the SE corner and measures .8m by .35m in plan and is 1.45m in height. A fourth stone (DG008-001004-), now incorporated in the field wall on the W side, may be a companion to the above three, but there is no certainty about this. In the interior there is a plain cross of relatively modern date. The site is on level ground in a light-soiled area. The sea is visible to the N. The above description was published in 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). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0571 It was proposed to realign part of the minor road from Fanad Head lighthouse to Ballynabrocky in County Donegal. The road is narrow and very twisty, and in certain places, where local conditions allow, it is being straightened. For the vast majority of the scheme, the road surface is simply being upgraded, with the existing verges being incorporated to make the carriageway as wide as possible. However, the section of works that passes close to SMR 8:1, Balloor burial-ground, will involve some greenfield take on the northern side of the present road. Mechanical stripping of the topsoil took place using a toothless bucket. The entire area of the road-take was stripped, revealing topsoil to be both remarkably deep and well developed, given the location. At the western end the topsoil, a maximum of 0.6m deep, was a dark brown, sandy loam, which rested on a dark yellow/brown, stony, sandy loam. Toward the centre of the stripped area, granite bedrock was close to the surface, with a consequent decrease in topsoil depth, to less than 0.15m. This depth increased to over 0.4m at the eastern end of the area. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted either within the over-deepened topsoil or cut into the natural below. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. - DG008-001002: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-001002-. A burial ground (DG008-001-), subrectangular in plan and measuring 26m E-W and 22m N-S, is enclosed by a barely traceable grassed-over bank on three sides and by a modern field wall on the W side. Three stones (DG008-001001/002/003-), referred to as O'Donnell's stones, stand along the bank: one is close to the NW corner and is 1.1m in height and 0.35m by .27m in plan; a second stands on the NE corner and is squarish in plan and 0.85m in height; the third is on the SE corner and measures .8m by .35m in plan and is 1.45m in height. A fourth stone(DG008-001004-), now incorporated in the field wall on the W side, may be a companion to the above three, but there is no certainty about this. In the interior there is a plain cross of relatively modern date. The site is on level ground in a light-soiled area. The sea is visible to the N. 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 Excavation licence number 02E0571 It was proposed to realign part of the minor road from Fanad Head lighthouse to Ballynabrocky in County Donegal. The road is narrow and very twisty, and in certain places, where local conditions allow, it is being straightened. For the vast majority of the scheme, the road surface is simply being upgraded, with the existing verges being incorporated to make the carriageway as wide as possible. However, the section of works that passes close to SMR 8:1, Balloor burial-ground, will involve some greenfield take on the northern side of the present road. Mechanical stripping of the topsoil took place using a toothless bucket. The entire area of the road-take was stripped, revealing topsoil to be both remarkably deep and well developed, given the location. At the western end the topsoil, a maximum of 0.6m deep, was a dark brown, sandy loam, which rested on a dark yellow/brown, stony, sandy loam. Toward the centre of the stripped area, granite bedrock was close to the surface, with a consequent decrease in topsoil depth, to less than 0.15m. This depth increased to over 0.4m at the eastern end of the area. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted either within the over-deepened topsoil or cut into the natural below. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. - DG008-001003: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-001003-. A burial ground (DG008-001-), subrectangular in plan and measuring 26m E-W and 22m N-S, is enclosed by a barely traceable grassed-over bank on three sides and by a modern field wall on the W side. Three stones (DG008-001001/002/003-), referred to as O'Donnell's stones, stand along the bank: one is close to the NW corner and is 1.1m in height and 0.35m by .27m in plan; a second stands on the NE corner and is squarish in plan and 0.85m in height; the third is on the SE corner and measures .8m by .35m in plan and is 1.45m in height. A fourth stone(DG008-001004-), now incorporated in the field wall on the W side, may be a companion to the above three, but there is no certainty about this. In the interior there is a plain cross of relatively modern date. The site is on level ground in a light-soiled area. The sea is visible to the N. The above description was published in 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). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0571 It was proposed to realign part of the minor road from Fanad Head lighthouse to Ballynabrocky in County Donegal. The road is narrow and very twisty, and in certain places, where local conditions allow, it is being straightened. For the vast majority of the scheme, the road surface is simply being upgraded, with the existing verges being incorporated to make the carriageway as wide as possible. However, the section of works that passes close to SMR 8:1, Balloor burial-ground, will involve some greenfield take on the northern side of the present road. Mechanical stripping of the topsoil took place using a toothless bucket. The entire area of the road-take was stripped, revealing topsoil to be both remarkably deep and well developed, given the location. At the western end the topsoil, a maximum of 0.6m deep, was a dark brown, sandy loam, which rested on a dark yellow/brown, stony, sandy loam. Toward the centre of the stripped area, granite bedrock was close to the surface, with a consequent decrease in topsoil depth, to less than 0.15m. This depth increased to over 0.4m at the eastern end of the area. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted either within the over-deepened topsoil or cut into the natural below. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. - DG008-001004: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-001004-. A burial ground (DG008-001-), subrectangular in plan and measuring 26m E-W and 22m N-S, is enclosed by a barely traceable grassed-over bank on three sides and by a modern field wall on the W side. Three stones (DG008-001001/002/003-), referred to as O'Donnell's stones, stand along the bank: one is close to the NW corner and is 1.1m in height and 0.35m by .27m in plan; a second stands on the NE corner and is squarish in plan and 0.85m in height; the third is on the SE corner and measures .8m by .35m in plan and is 1.45m in height. A fourth stone (DG008-001004-), now incorporated in the field wall on the W side, may be a companion to the above three, but there is no certainty about this. In the interior there is a plain cross of relatively modern date. The site is on level ground in a light-soiled area. The sea is visible to the N. The above description was published in 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). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0571 It was proposed to realign part of the minor road from Fanad Head lighthouse to Ballynabrocky in County Donegal. The road is narrow and very twisty, and in certain places, where local conditions allow, it is being straightened. For the vast majority of the scheme, the road surface is simply being upgraded, with the existing verges being incorporated to make the carriageway as wide as possible. However, the section of works that passes close to SMR 8:1, Balloor burial-ground, will involve some greenfield take on the northern side of the present road. Mechanical stripping of the topsoil took place using a toothless bucket. The entire area of the road-take was stripped, revealing topsoil to be both remarkably deep and well developed, given the location. At the western end the topsoil, a maximum of 0.6m deep, was a dark brown, sandy loam, which rested on a dark yellow/brown, stony, sandy loam. Toward the centre of the stripped area, granite bedrock was close to the surface, with a consequent decrease in topsoil depth, to less than 0.15m. This depth increased to over 0.4m at the eastern end of the area. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted either within the over-deepened topsoil or cut into the natural below. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. - DG008-002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-002----. Marked as a 'Calluragh' on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The site is a small semi-circular enclosure bounded by a stone wall. It is on level ground in an area where some rock outcrop occurs. There is good grazing available. 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 - DG008-003: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-003----. This well, dedicated to St. Patrick, is a small artificial opening in the steep face of a hillslope. It is partly overlain by a flat slab. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 68) Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'Tobar Phadraig or St. Patrick's Well, near Ballymichael N. School, in Fanad, and another St. Patrick's Well in Ballylar. Stations are still made on 17th March' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 154). 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 - DG008-004: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG008-004----. Internal diam. 20m-22m. A subcircular area enclosed by a much defaced and grassed-over stone wall. Some large stones are visible on edge and in places rock outcrop is utilized in the wall. On the E a modern stone wall runs along the ruined cashel wall. The W half of the interior is level but the E half slopes upwards from W to E due to the occurrence of rock outcrop. The cashel is on a prominent circular knoll of rock in undulating coun-tryside marked by similar knolls. There is good graz-ing in the vicinity. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Balloor. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Balloor, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Balloor. - 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/donegal/balloor.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/balloor.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/balloor.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Balloor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Arryheernabin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/arryheernabin.md - Ballymichael: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballymichael.md - Ballynalost: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynalost.md - Pollet: https://everytownland.com/donegal/pollet.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/balloor - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/balloor