# Ballybotemple, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilteevoge, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Bó an Teampaill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 554,031 m² (55.4 ha, 136.9 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 88,185 m² (8.82 ha, 21.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilteevoge, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilteevoge.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Cloghan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Cloghan electoral division: 935 people in 318 households; 86% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16151 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50179 - Centre: latitude 54.827305, longitude -7.920333 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybotemple, from 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 147,483 m² (14.75 ha, 36.44 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1428552: 147,483 m² (14.75 ha, 36.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428552.md - Parcel 1410236: 125,955 m² (12.6 ha, 31.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410236.md - Parcel 1408588: 98,934 m² (9.89 ha, 24.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408588.md - Parcel 1376159: 91,619 m² (9.16 ha, 22.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376159.md - Parcel 1408387: 84,752 m² (8.48 ha, 20.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408387.md - Parcel 1410260: 50,458 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410260.md - Parcel 1328395: 40,910 m² (4.09 ha, 10.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328395.md - Parcel 1332442: 2,196 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332442.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballybotemple 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) No planning application touches the townland of Ballybotemple in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC, site code 002301, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002301 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG068-017: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-017----. There is no trace of the 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on good land with extensive views along Glenfinn and Glenreelin. 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 - DG068-018: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-018----. A standing stone c. 1.7m high × 0.8m wide at base × 0.4m thick. Situated on high, level, rough pasture land with extensive views. 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 - DG068-024: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-024----. There is now no trace of the 'Fort' shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A local tradition records the existence of 'Tunnels' (DG068-024001-) at this site. It was situated on a knoll on the side of Glenfinn valley in good land with good views. 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 - DG068-024001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-024001-. There is now no trace of the 'Fort' (DG068-024) shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A local tradition records the existence of 'Tunnels' at this site. It was situated on a knoll on the side of Glenfinn valley in good land with good views. 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 Ballybotemple. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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 Ballybotemple. - 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/ballybotemple.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybotemple.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybotemple.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballybotemple 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) - Ballybobaneen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybobaneen.md - Cloghan More: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cloghan-more.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glebe-51309.md - Gortiness: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortiness.md - Kiltyfergal: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kiltyfergal.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/ballybotemple - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballybotemple