Balriggan

104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Balriggan, from 64 m² to 235,242 m² (23.52 ha, 58.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  Permission for restoration work to the original single storey vacant house to install energy upgrades and building improvement work to include 1) The demolition of two existing flat roof extensions, 2) The construction of a hipped roof and structure with a new sky light to the rear of the roof. This is a replacement of one of the original flat roof extensions. 3) Demolition of the outbuildings (sheds). 4) Repairs of all internal and external walls and removal of the existing chimney. 5) Repair to all rainwater goods and connect into existing soakaways. 6) The installation of a new wastewater/percolation system within the site and 7) Undertaking all associated site works and provision of services

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560839

• 19 Oct 2023Conditional

  Retention permission for a domestic garage and associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 23445

• 29 Apr 2022Conditional

  permission for side extension to existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank, install new waste water treatment system and percolation area, revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22348

• 29 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to demolish out buildings / sheds, an extension to the rear of dwelling and new waste water treatment system with percolation area and associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22244

• 25 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to consist of: i. Works to facilitate infill and re-contouring of the subject lands to facilitate use for agricultural purposes. Planning Permission previously approved, Louth County Council planning reference 09/392. A previous waste facility permit was granted for the site WEFP-LH-09-0005-01 which is now lapsed. ii. All associated works and services with use of existing entrance onto public road. The application related to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Louth County Council which will be applied for separately. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany the planning application.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 22236

• 4 Oct 2021Conditional

  Retention permission for an as constructed timber palisade fence to the eastern boundary of property

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211240

• 20 Nov 2020N/a

  Permission sought for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20982

• 23 Nov 2018Conditional

  Retention permission for attic conversion, dormer window and velux windows and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18957

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  Retention permission for development consisting of a kitchen and bathroom extension including pitched slated roof to the side of existing gate lodge.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18941

• 9 Apr 2018Refused

  PERMISSION for development will consist of an agricultural building which will be used as a dry store, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18258

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  RETENTION permission & planning permission required and will consist of: Retention of extensions & alterations to an existing dwelling house and 3 no. outbuildings. Permission for extensions and alterations to an existing dwelling house, new waste water treatment system and associated site development works.

  Retention, 3 homes · Louth County Council, 17940

• 29 Sept 2017Refused

  10 year permission for the development of a whiskey warehouse facility consisting of 13 no. maturation warehouses, ancillary buildings, structures and all ancillary site development works on a site within an area of 45 hectares (111 acres). The proposed development also provides for the creation of a site for community use with access via an upgraded existing entrance from Church Road. Each proposed warehouse has a gross floor area of approximately 4,000 m2, divided into 2 no. 2,000 m2 compartments, has a typical ridge height of approximately 10 metres and includes mounted external lighting and CCTV cameras. Ancillary buildings and structures include a single storey facilities building which will include a forklift garage; 2 no. water tanks with ancillary pumphouse; ESB substation; 1 no. public lighting pole incorporating CCTV surveillance camera. Ancillary site development works include the demolition of existing derelict outhouses and stables; installation of a septic tank and associated percolation area; 2 no. bored wells; fire water retention pond and a surface water attenuation system consisting of 2 no. attenuation basins with a proposed outfall to the Kilcurry River; staff parking area, berming; landscaping; perimeter fencing and gates. Access to the proposed development will be via a new entrance from the R177 Armagh Road and a secondary access is proposed via an upgraded existing entrance from Church Road. The proposed development relates to the provision of an establishment to which the Major Accident Directive applies. An Environment Impact Assessment Report (EIAR, formerly known as an EIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 17730

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 Balriggan.

Recorded monuments

• LH004-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Large, sub-circular enclosure enclosed by earthen bank best preserved at N and S.

• LH004-110 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map as 'fort'. Levelled during landscaping activity associated with the construction of Fort Hill House (CLAJ 2, 1908, 36). Partially excavated (c. 50%) as part of the Dundalk Western Bypass Project (Excavation Licence 02E1326). The first phase of construction dated to the early 13th-14th century when the hilltop was fortified and took the form of an inner fortified area of an ellipse (40m N-S; 23m E-W) with a V-shaped ditch (max. D 1.37m) protecting the W half. The second stage consisted of the construction of outer defence or bailey which encompasses the inner enclosure and hilltop. A series of pits and postholes were uncovered in the interior. Finds included a polished stone axe from the topsoil, medieval and post-medieval pottery, crucible sherds and a blue bead. A pit (LH004-144----) dating to the Neolithic was discovered to the SW and possible Iron Age round house (LH004-145----) was discovered on the summit of the hill. A single inhumation (LH004-146----) of a pre-teen female, orientated N-S and dating to the 16th/17th century was also recorded. (Bayley 2004, 373; Bayley 2010). References: Bayley, D. 2004 Fort Hill, Balriggan, Dundalk Medieval hillfort. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 373 (No. 1329). Bray. Wordwell Bayley, D. 2010 M1 Dundalk Western Bypass, Site 120: Fort Hill, Chainage 23.480-23.560 NGR: 303423/310581, Final Report on behalf of Louth County Council and the National Roads Authority, Licensee: David Bayley, Licence Number: 02E1326. Irish Archaeological Consultancy. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government, Dublin. CLAJ County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 November 2011

• LH004-133001 Enclosure
  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.

• LH004-133002 Burial ground
  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.

• LH004-133003 Industrial site
  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.

• LH004-133004 Field system
  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.

• LH004-142 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence No. 03E0874). An isolated hearth and pit were uncovered at this location. (Delaney 2006, 325) Reference: Delaney, S. 2006 Balriggan Pits. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 325 (No. 1225). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 18 November 2011

• LH004-144 Excavation - miscellaneous
  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.

• LH004-145 House - Iron Age
  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.

• LH004-146 Burial
  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.

• LH007-099 Cist
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Short cist containing three decorated urns discovered during quarrying at Scotch Green (RIA MSS 24, E 21, fol. 29R).

• LH007-181 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.BZ.17) shows cropmark of an incomplete circular enclosure defined by a fosse. It is plough-levelled and bisected by the modern road. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 26 May 2010

Architectural heritage

• Millbrook House, miller's house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. Rectangular-plan, lean-to return and extension to north c. 1960, porch to south. Pitched slate roof, overhanging eaves supported on paired painted timber brackets, red brick and smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks with clay pots, moulded cast-iron gutter supported by eaves brackets, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, plinth and block-and-start quoins to south elevation; roughcast-render to all other elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, decorative rendered architraves to south elevation, lugged surround to ground floor, surmounted by frieze and cornice; lugged architraves to first floor, prominent keystone, corbels to sills; uPVC windows; some painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows to north elevation. Projecting flat-roofed porch to south elevation, round-headed door opening with moulded rendered surround, painted timber door with four flat panels surmounted by plain-glazed overlight. House situated in own grounds, random rubble stone outbuilding to north, random rubble stone former mill to south-east, single-arch stone bridge to south.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2989 (ZIP).

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 Balriggan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Balriggan · Baile Uiginn

Area

1,739,814 m² (173.98 ha, 429.92 acres)

Civil parish

Faughart, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Dundalk Rural, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Annies, Balregan, Carn More, Carrickedmond, Kilcurry, Lurgankeel, Sportsmans Hall, Stranacarry

Placenames

Balriggan 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.