Glanballyma

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glanballyma, from 33 m² to 408,518 m² (40.85 ha, 100.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Glanballyma 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.

• 18 Sept 2017Conditional

  RETAIN (A) EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE (B )EXISTING FUEL STORAGE SHED AND (C) EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17924

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 Glanballyma.

Recorded monuments

• KE022-010 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on relatively level terrain. Depicted on the 2nd ed. (1897-8) OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 24m) enclosed by a bank. No visible surface trace of the enclosure was evident when surveyed in 1985. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A circular area (46.8m NNE-SSE; 46m ESE-WNW) enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.35m; Wth 5.6m) and external fosse along the SE arc and by a scarped edge elsewhere. The interior slopes to the W with a long narrow depression (L 13m; Wth 6.5m; D 0.55m), possibly indicating the presence of a collapsed souterrain, in the SW quadrant. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-011001 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. In the course of archaeological fieldwork carried out in 1985, a long narrow depression (L 13m; Wth 6.5m; D 0.55m), possibly indicating the presence of a collapsed souterrain, was visible in the SW quadrant of a ringfort (KE022-011----). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-012 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope. Depicted on the 2nd ed. (1897-8) OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 24.5m) enclosed by a bank immediately to W of public road. No visible surface trace of the enclosure was evident when surveyed in 1985. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a NNW-facing slope. Depicted on the 2nd ed. (1897-8) OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a bank W-S and by a field boundary S-W. A small stretch of an earthen enclosing bank has been preserved in a field boundary along the SW arc while elsewhere a slight rise in the field suggests the line of bank. The interior is under pasture and slopes to the NNW. According to the landowner, the ringfort was levelled sometime between 1965 and 1970. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. Depicted on the 2nd ed. (1897-8) OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (c. 36m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. This ringfort has been largely levelled although a short stretch of the enclosing bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 2.3m) has been incorporated into a field boundary at SSW. A scarped edge (H 0.6m) at W suggests the line of the bank with a slight depression (Wth 7m) accentuated by luxuriant grass growth at N, NW and S indicating the presence of a fosse. The interior is under pasture and slopes gently to the S. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain (KE022-014002-), is depicted within the interior at W. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-014001 Kiln
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. According to O’Connell (1938, 145), on the NW side of the ringfort (KE022-014----) a number of large pits with charcoal stained sides were visible cutting through the fosse and bank material. These possibly suggest the presence of a kiln, a localised quarry or the remains of a metalworking site. A disused limekiln is depicted on the OS 25-inch map (1892) map c. 240m ENE. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-014002 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain, is depicted within the interior of a ringfort (KE022-014----) at W. O’Connell (1938, 145) mentions an infilled souterrain here which was often used during the ‘Troubles’ and notes that ‘it is often stated that there are steps leading down to a passage, and that there are three rooms ‘like beehives’ opening one from the other, and that one could stand in them’. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. Depicted on the OS 25-inch map (1892) map as an oval circular area (c. 34m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a bank WSW-ESE and indicated by a broken curved line ESE-WSW. The interior is cut by a field boundary on an E-W axis just S of centre with a possible mound and a linear feature depicted in the S half. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain (KE022-015001-), is depicted within the interior at W. No visible surface traces of the ringfort or souterrain were evident when surveyed in 1985. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-015001 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain, is depicted within the interior of a ringfort (KE022-015----) at W. No visible surface trace of the souterrain was evident when surveyed in 1985. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-016 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, on undulating terrain. Largely levelled, the burnt mound is visible as a low rise (H 0.3m; dims. 13m N-S x 8m E-W) consisting of black earth and heat shattered stone. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-017 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on terrain which slopes gently to the E. A roughly square area (22.7m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank with rounded corners. The bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.55m) is best preserved at NNW. In the level interior, a low rise/bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) runs parallel with the enclosing bank in the SE quadrant. A berm (Wth 1m; L 2.45m) is visible along the base of the external face of bank at W separating it from an adjacent field drain and boundary which skirts around the enclosure from W-NNE. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-020 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, at the base of a S-facing slope. A low semi-circular mound (8m N-S; 14m E-W; H 0.3m) consisting of black earth and heat shattered stones. The mound is truncated at N by a field drain. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-021 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. O’Connell (1938, 145) mentions that ‘two fields to the south of the fort [KE022-014----] and near the river, there is a large squat gallaun, shaped roughly like a chair. The local story is that ‘Finn McCool’ threw it there from the top of a nearby hill’. No visible surface trace of the standing stone was evident when surveyed in 1985 and the landowner did not have any knowledge of its existence. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. Depicted on the OS 25-inch map (1892) map as a circular area (diam. c. 20m) fully enclosed by a bank and by an external fosse NW-SW. According to the landowner, the ringfort was levelled sometime in the late 1950s. When inspected in 1985 it was visible as a low saucer-shaped rise (H 0.4m; 25m N-S; 24m E-W) best preserved E-W. No trace of a fosse was noted. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain (KE022-022001-), is depicted within the interior just N of centre. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-022001 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. On the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map a ‘cave’, suggesting the presence of a souterrain, is depicted within the interior of a ringfort (KE022-022----) just N of centre. No visible surface trace of the souterrain was evident when surveyed in 1985. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Glanballyma.

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 Glanballyma with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Glanballyma · Gleann Baile Má

Area

1,611,865 m² (161.19 ha, 398.3 acres)

Civil parish

Kilflyn, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kilflyn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilflyn electoral division: 264 people in 103 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castletown, Cloonnafinneela, Crotta, Gortclohy, Tullig

Placenames

Glanballyma 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.