Ballynacarrick

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacarrick, from 0 m² to 194,565 m² (19.46 ha, 48.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Ballynacarrick 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.

• 27 May 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK, (2) ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED ABOVE SAME SLATTED TANK AND (3) ADJACENT CONCRETE APRON

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660963

• 22 Feb 2024Refused

  A TEN-YEAR PERMISSION FOR A GRID SERVICES FACILITY COMPRISING OF (1) AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ELECTRICAL INVERTERS, TRANSFORMERS AND POWER CONTROL CENTRES, (2) AN ENCLOSED SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER COMPOUND CONTAINING A HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR HOUSED WITHIN A SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER BUILDING AND ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A FLYWHEEL, TRANSFORMER, CIRCUIT BREAKER AND COOLING EQUIPMENT, (3) UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING, (4) SITE ENTRANCE FROM THE L7965-1 LOCAL ROAD, (5) ON-SITE ACCESS TRACK, (6) SECURITY FENCING AND SECURITY GATES, (7) POLE-MOUNTED SECURITY CAMERAS, (8) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 35 YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460197

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 Ballynacarrick.

Recorded monuments

• DG107-117 Habitation site
  Description

  Excavation licence number 04E0015. A linear testing programme (Excavations 2003, No. 385, 03E1012-), carried out by Brian î Donnchadha in advance of the proposed N15 Bundoran to Ballyshannon bypass in the townland of Ballynacarrick, Co. Donegal, discovered a previously unknown site. An area of 500m2 was topsoil-stripped in advance of groundworks. Two main areas of activity were uncovered. The first (Area A) was at the western end of the stripped area and comprised several stake-holes and two possible beam slots. This may define the remains of a temporary structure or 'hut site'. The second area of activity (Area B) was to the east and concentrated on a large subrectangular pit and a heavily truncated pit. Finds associated with these areas tentatively suggest a Neolithic date for the majority of activity on site. Two hearths (DG107-117001-) were also uncovered associated with the above features. (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Fintan Walsh, Irish Archaeological Consultancy, 8 Dungar Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The following site description has been taken from the NRA archaeological database website. The site is in a sheltered low-lying area sheltered by elevated rock outcrops on northern and western sides. It overlooks a turlough to the south. This site consisted of the remains of a structure and a possible butchering pit. Structure/hut site A cluster of stake-holes may define a structure (Structure A) or hut site. Some of the stake-holes seem to form a straight line oriented south-east-north-west, apparently associated with a possible beam slot. No finds were recovered from the fills of the stake-holes. The size and spacing of these possible structural elements suggest that the structure they may have defined would have been neither substantial nor permanent.Two linear features are interpreted as possible truncated beam slots defining one wall of the structure. Prehistoric pottery was recovered from one of the beam slots, although it is undiagnostic and cannot be used to date the structure. The two beam slots are both aligned on the same east-west axis and are separated by a gap of 1.4 m. At the western end of this gap, on the south-east corner of one of the beam slots was a stake-hole that may have served as a socket for a door jamb. Pit The most enigmatic feature on the site was a sub-rectangular cut feature approximately 7 m in length widening from 1.2 m at the eastern end to 2.6 m at the western end. The fills appeared to be the debris from a fire but charcoal inclusions were minimal and there was little sign of in situ burning around the feature. Only one find was recovered from this feature, a plano-convex flint knife. These tools are generally found in Neolithic contexts. This knife was found in one of the stratigraphically earliest fills. Although there is no direct relationship between the two, it is possible that this large pit and Structure A are contemporary. The pit has been interpreted as a possible butchering pit or corn-drying kiln. A plano-convex flint knife was found in a pit on this iste. These tools are generally found in Neolithic contexts. Also there is evidence that formal plano-convex knives are more common in Early Neolithic contexts in the north-west of Ireland at sites such as Thornhill, Co. Derry. Finds included Pottery: possibly Bronze Age, sherds from three separate vessels from structure. Plano-convex flint knife from pit. Charcoal analysis: Pine (Pinus sylvestris) identifed from pit. Radiocarbon dating from the charcoal (pine) from pit, 5160 +/- 40 BP, 4040 cal. BC - 3940 cal. BC (2 sigma)

• DG107-117001 Hearth
  Description

  Following site description of Site No. 04E0015 (Part 2) (Ballynacarrick 1 (Part 2)) taken from NRA archaeological database website. Archaeological testing carried out under excavation licence no. 04E0015 (Part 2) by Fintan Walsh of I.A.C. Ltd as part of the Ballyshannon/Bundoran Bypass road scheme revealed a habitation site and Iron Age hearth. Excavation licence number 04E0015. This site was located in a sheltered low-lying area sheltered by elevated rock outcrops on northern and western sides and overlooked a turlough to the south. An Iron Age isolated hearth was located at this site. It was c. 0.8 m in diameter and 0.18 m in depth and had three fills containing charcoal flecks and burnt clay. Charcoal analysis Hazel (Corylus avellana) was identified from a fill of the hearth. Radiocarbon dating of the charcoal (hazel) from hearth, 2040 +/- 50 BP, 180 cal. BC - cal. AD 70 (2 sigma).

Architectural heritage

• Ballyshannon Railway Station, store/warehouse, goods shed, 1860–1870
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay double-height former railway goods shed, built c. 1866, originally associated with Ballyshannon Railway Station (40852083). Now in use as a warehouse/storage area with single-storey additions attached to the south elevation. Pitched corrugated metal roof, formerly clad in natural slate. Raised cut stone verges to the gable ends (apart from at north-east corner). Squared and randomly coursed limestone construction with roughly dressed limestone quoins to the corners. Round openings to gable apexes on west and east elevations having rock-faced limestone voussoirs, timber louvers to opening to the east and brick infill to opening to the west gable end. Square-headed carriage arch to the west gable end (formerly a segmental-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs; now altered) having modern metal doors. Square-headed doorway adjacent to the altered carriage-arch to the west gable having cut stone block-and-start surround; opening now infilled. Segmental-headed carriage arches to the north elevation having roughly dressed stone voussoirs (to east end) and brick voussoirs (west end), no filled with blockwork and cement rendered. Set back from road in own grounds adjacent to the west of associated former railway station (40852083) with storage yard to the north enclosed by modern metal gates and railings.

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballynacarrick

Area

572,468 m² (57.25 ha, 141.46 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Carrickboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickboy electoral division: 389 people in 156 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhanna, Cavan, Drumnagroagh, Legaloscran, Sminver, Tully

Placenames

Ballynacarrick 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.