Ballymagrorty Scotch

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymagrorty Scotch, from 64 m² to 123,256 m² (12.33 ha, 30.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 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 Ballymagrorty Scotch 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.

• 3 Jun 2025Conditional

  (1) CAR SALES YARD INCORPORATING VEHICLE DISPLAY AREA IN LIEU OF PERMITTED CAR HOLDING AREA PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/51229, (2) 3 NO. STORAGE CONTAINERS AND 1 NO. WC CUBICLE CONNECTED INTO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND (3) ANCILLARY SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560914

• 7 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO INCLUDE NEW CALF LAYBACK AREA AND PROPOSAL TO ROOF OVER EXISTING YARD AREA TO REAR OF SHED WITH PROVISION OF CONCRETE APRON AT EXISTING SILAGE PIT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560514

• 20 Jun 2023Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW REAR EXTENSION AND (B) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350874

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350354

• 1 Mar 2023Conditional

  REMOVAL OF EXISTING ORANGE HALL AND ERECTION OF NEW ORANGE HALL, INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE WORKS INCLUDING CAR PARK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350247

• 19 Dec 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A RECORDING STUDIO FOR ANCILLARY USE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2252024

• 9 Feb 2022N/a

  PROPOSED REMOVAL OF EXISTING ORANGE HALL AND ERECTION OF NEW ORANGE HALL, INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE, PLUS SITE WORKS INCLUDING NEW CAR PARK

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2250207

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250208

• 24 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTNG DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152342

• 5 Oct 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTNG DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151970

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF (A) EXISTING CAR HOLDING YARD AND (B) ASSOCIATED OFFICE BUILDING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING CONCRETE PRODUCT PRODUCTION SHED TO CAR SERVICING GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151229

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PART DEMOLITION OF DWELLING HOUSE, (2) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL BY 1 METER AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, (3) 63.5M EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951599

• 26 Sept 2019N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PART DEMOLITION OF DWELLING HOUSE, (2) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL BY 1 METER AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, (3) EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951463

• 13 Sept 2018N/a

  THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL CONCRETE PRODUCT PRODUCTION YARD TO A CAR SALES AND DISPLAY AREA INCLUDING ERECTION OF A PORTACABIN OFFICE, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND BOUNDARY SCREENING TO THE N15 NATIONAL ROAD AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851416

• 4 Sept 2018N/a

  THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL CONCRETE PRODUCT PRODUCTION YARD TO A CAR SALES AND DISPLAY AREA INCLUDING FOR THE ERECTION OF A PORTACABIN OFFICE, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND BOUNDARY SCREENING TO THE N15 NATIONAL ROAD AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1851373

• 7 Dec 2017N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM PRECAST CONCRETE MANUFACTURING YARD TO A CAR DISPLAY AREA AND A PORTACABIN OFFICE AND SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751837

• 2 Aug 2017N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM PRECAST CONCRETE MANUFACTURING YARD TO A CAR DISPLAY AREA AND A PORTACABIN OFFICE AND SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751227

• 12 Jun 2017N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM PRECAST CONCRETE MANUFACTURING YARD TO A CAR DISPLAY AREA AND A PORTACABIN OFFICE AND SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750914

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carricknahorna Lough And Lough Gorman 002068

Recorded monuments

• DG103-011001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  The disused Racoo 'Childrens Burial Ground' occupies the site of the early ecclesiastical foundation of Rath Cunga (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 400). A low rectangular mound (DG103-011002-) is all that survives of the site now. It is situated on top of a drumlin, commanding wide views, at the base of which is a holy well. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 10.) 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

• DG103-011002 Mound
  Description

  The disused Racoo 'Childrens Burial Ground' (DG103-011001-) occupies the site of the early ecclesiastical foundation of Rath Cunga (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 400). A low rectangular mound (DG103-011002-) is all that survives of the site now. It is situated on top of a drumlin, commanding wide views, at the base of which is a holy well. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 10) 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

• DG103-014 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This tomb is 1.2km SW of Ballintra village and stands on level pasture among low drumlin hills. Toward the W, between two hills, there is a view of the sea, 3.5km distant. The monument is considerably ruined. No gallery structure is visible, but it may lie concealed under grass-grown fill that occupies the western two-thirds of the gallery area. The eastern end of the structure has been dug to a depth of 0.8m. This may be the pit noted by Thomas Fagan (1845-8) when he visited the site in 1847. He recorded that barley-malting operations had been carried out at the site for a considerable period. A row of six stones at the S seems to represent a line of outer-walling, 6.8m long. Three stones of the outer walling at the N survive: two to the W, one largely hidden, and the third midway along the structure. At the W, between the outer walls, there are two opposed jamb-like stones, 0.55m apart. A displaced slab protrudes from the fill at the NW corner of the structure. It is at least 1.6m long and 0.6m thick. There is another displaced slab, partly buried, midway along the structure. This is 0.3m thick and at least 0.7m long. A low grass-grown mound, not more than 0.5m high, survives beyond the N side and, less impressively, beyond the E end of the structure. Its overall dimensions are 10.4m N-S and 9m E-W. The outer wall at the S bulges slightly at mid-length. The heights of six stones in this wall from W to E are l.1m, 0.8m, 0.9m, 1m and 1.15m, while the stone at the E end rises 0.1m above the top of the last. The heights of the three outer wall stones at the N from W to E are 0.5m, 0.35m and 0.7m. The two opposed jamb-like stones are 0.5m high. Although they are quite ruined, the best interpretation of the remains seems to be that offered above. The gallery, orientated WNW-ESE, appears to have been c. 4m long. Fagan 1845-8, book 15, 10; Anon. 1951, 345; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 78; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 89; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 39, no. 91 (plan); SMR 1987, 103:14; Killanin and Duignan 1989, 59; Ó Nualláin 1989, 136; RMP 1995, 103:14. 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

• DG103-073 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on level ground broken by limestone bedrock on top of a broad hill, overlooked at NW by a higher ridge. On its NE-S side, the hill drops into a small valley with two interconnected lakes, known as Garvanagh Lough, from the S end of which a stream/drain flows, skirting the base of the hill at SW. This enclosure is not indicated on the 1836 OS 6-inch map but is indicated on the 1907 edition as a polygonal enclosure, bordered at E by a NW-SE field boundary. It consists of an oval area (39.5m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by a stone bank/ruined wall (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.3m). The stone bank appears as a low, moss- and sod-covered rise from which stones protrude randomly. At NE-SE, it is incorporated into a later NW-SE field wall. Ruined field walls, on a NE-SW axis, also intersect with the enclosure at E and W. The interior of the enclosure is not raised above exterior ground level. It is relatively level but has an uneven surface broken by much moss-covered stone/karst, concentrated in a band extending through the W half. In the SE quadrant there is a shallow depression bordering the inner edge of the enclosing stone bank. There is another enclosure (DG103-074----) 16m to SE. Attached image: DG103-073----_01.JPG viewed from SE Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2015

• DG103-074 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, utilising a small rise on the level top of a ridge or broad hill, overlooked at NW by a higher ridge. On its NE-S side, the hill drops into a valley with two interconnected lakes, known as Garvanagh Lough, from the more southerly of which a stream skirts the base of the hill at S-SW. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. This enclosure (15.5m NW-SE; 4.5m NE-SW at SE end, 9.5m NE-SW at NW end) is roughly triangular in plan, with rounded corners. The shape of the enclosure is determined by the low natural rise which it encompasses. It is defined by a barely discernible stone bank, which is evident as a low, gapped moss- and sod-covered rise (Wth c. 1m; H 0.2-0.3m) from which stones protrude randomly. The interior is level with occasional moss-covered stones breaking the surface. There is a larger enclosure (DG103-073---) 16m to NW. Attached image: DG103-074----_01.JPG viewed from NE Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2015

• DG103-077 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, located on the bank of a W-flowing stream/drain, in the base of an E-W valley. The stream (Wth 2m) has been dredged in the past, and small mounds of upcast soil line the N bank in parts, though not in the vicinity of the burnt mound. On OS 25-inch plan, a ‘Spring’ is marked on the S side of the stream a few meters to W of the location of the burnt mound. The spring is no longer evident. This burnt mound is visible in section in the N bank of the stream. In the exposed section face (H 0.6-0.7m) a band (L c. 4m E-W; T c. 0.1m) of charcoal-rich soil and burnt stone fragments occurs immediately beneath the sod layer (T 0.1m) and overlies a layer (T 0.25-0.3m) of peat which in turn overlies a basal layer of sand. The S bank of the stream is largely obscured by grass but a very small eroded section also reveals what appears to be burnt material. No mound or rise is evident at surface level on either side of the stream. Attached images: DG103-077----_01.JPG viewed from S DG103-077----_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2015

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch former railway bridge, built c. 1905, carrying road over former Donegal Town to Ballyshannon narrow gauge railway line. Railway lines now out of use with tracks removed (c. 1960); arch infilled to the south-east elevation. Squared mildly rock-faced rubble stone construction to spandrels and abutments. Round-headed arch with chamfered cut stone voussoirs to arch and with squared coursed masonry to arch barrel. Squared and roughly coursed rubble stone parapets with stone coping over; parapets now largely overgrown. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Located a short distance to the south-west of Ballintra.

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymagrorty Scotch.

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 Ballymagrorty Scotch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ballymagrorty Scotch

Area

2,155,761 m² (215.58 ha, 532.7 acres)

Civil parish

Drumhome, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballintra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballintra electoral division: 755 people in 290 households; 81% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 41% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnagalliagh, Ballymagrorty Irish, Ballynacarrick, Dromore, Drumoske, Garvanagh, Moneymore

Placenames

Ballymagrorty Scotch 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.