Ballylin West

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylin West, from 217 m² to 295,033 m² (29.5 ha, 72.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Ballylin West 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.

• 21 Aug 2024Conditional

  and completion of existing dwelling house previously approved under planning reference number 21/1848 and the retention and renovation of old derelict dwelling house and change of use to a storage shed in place of the previously approved storage shed under planning reference number 21/1848, all on revised site boundaries, and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 225.00 sqm (house) & 28.00 sqm (garage)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461086

• 7 Oct 2021Conditional

  for development which will consist of the demolition of an existing substandard house and the construction of a replacement house, domestic effluent treatment plant and percolation area, a storage shed and associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 255sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211848

• 25 Jan 2021Refused

  for change of use of existing domestic Garage to a proposed childcare facility along with extension to same, also to include treatment septic tank system & all associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: Extension to Garage: 33 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2160

• 19 Nov 2020N/a

  for change of use of existing domestic Garage to a proposed childcare facility along with extension to same to include associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: 33 msq.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201733

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  (1) to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage/garden store (2) new sewage treatment system and (3) all associated site works and services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House = 282 sqm, Garage = 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19711

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 Ballylin West.

Recorded monuments

• GA104-035 Standing stone
  Description

  On a N-facing downslope in pastureland. This standing stone consists of a karstic limestone slab with evidence of water channels. It is rectangular in plan (H 2.7m; max. Wth 1.83m), tapering towards the top (Wth 0.6m). It is aligned NNW-SSE and leans towards the W. Some field stones are piled against the base on the W side. Lichen is visible on all faces of the stone and it is used as a scratching post by livestock. A structural crack is evident towards the lower end of the E face. (McCaffrey 1952, 213, no. 68) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 December 2019

• GA104-036 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA104-037 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a prominent rise in gently undulating pastureland. When visited in 1992 this poorly preserved circular ringfort (diam. 35m) was defined by a very low denuded bank from NE to S to NNW. From NNW to NE a drystone-walled vegetable garden had encroached upon the N sector of the interior. During a revisit in 2001 a small area denuded of sod cover in the W sector suggested that the enclosing element was made up of rock and stone, indicating that this may be the remains of a grassed-over cashel. There is a souterrain (GA104-042----) c. 25m to the NE. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 93) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017

• GA104-038 Enclosure
  Description

  On a N-facing slope. This poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (c. 32m N-S; 30.4m E-W) occupies the scooped-out W end of a low but steep-sided drumlin. It is defined along the E half by a scarp and elsewhere by a low earthen bank. A round house site (GA104-036----) lies c. 150m to the NW. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 70) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017

• GA104-040 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland. When initially visited by the Survey in March 1983, this poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. c. 34m) was defined by a drystone wall. When revisited in 1992, it had been levelled and, apart from a pile of field-clearance rubble in the SE corner of the field, no visible surface trace survived. A souterrain (GA104-040001-) lies in the centre of the interior. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 71) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 December 2016

• GA104-040001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the centre of a rath (GA104-040----). This inaccessible drystone-built chamber (L >3m) runs N-S. The interior may be viewed from a very small gap at N end. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 71) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 December 2016

• GA104-041 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In rolling pastureland c. 150m to the N of a stream. This almost square tower house (8.6 E-W; 8.3m N-S) survives to a height of three storeys. It is constructed of mortared rough stones with dressed quoinstones, most of the latter have been removed from the four corners at ground-floor level. There is a slight base-batter and a plinth is visible at the base of the S wall. It is heavily overgrown with ivy. Access is gained through a robbed-out doorway in the E wall. A hanging eye on its S side is beautifully dressed with three bands of punching, one vertical and two horizontal. The doorway leads to a small lobby with a partially robbed-out murder-hole overhead. Doorways off the lobby lead to the guardroom to the S and the spiral staircase to the N. Another hanging eye survives on the doorway to the guardroom, the S wall of which has been rebuilt. It is roofed with a flat-arched vault running N-S and wickerwork centring is visible on it. Apart from its N side, the doorway off the lobby to the main ground-floor chamber has been robbed out. This room was lit by windows in the S, W and N walls and there is a fireplace in the N wall. Corbels at each corner indicate the position of the wooden 1st floor. There is a pointed vault, running E-W, between the 1st and 2nd floors. The spiral stairs is robbed out above the ground floor so access to the upper floors is impossible. Doorways off it are visible at 1st and 2nd floor levels. Garderobe exit chutes are visible on the external wall-face at ground-floor level towards the E end of the S wall and W end of the N wall. Windows comprise flat-headed slits and round-headed single lights. A cross-loop light the stairwell between the ground and 1st floors. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 621) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 August 2021

• GA104-042 Souterrain
  Description

  In a farmyard. According to local information, the roof lintels of a ‘cave’ were discovered during land reclamation. The landowner sealed it in the early 1960s to prevent injury to livestock. No visible surface trace survives. A possible cashel lies c. 25m to the SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 September 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballylin West.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Ballylin West.

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 Ballylin West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballylin West · Baile Uí Fhloinn Thiar

Area

993,866 m² (99.39 ha, 245.59 acres)

Civil parish

Killogilleen, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Killogilleen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killogilleen electoral division: 981 people in 308 households; 93% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamannin, Ballynascragh, Bauttagh, Emlagh, Kilquain, Mannin, Monksfield, Rathcosgry

Placenames

Ballylin West 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.