Ballyglass Middle

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass Middle, from 343 m² to 198,818 m² (19.88 ha, 49.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyglass Middle 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 May 2025Conditional

  construct a dry bed cattle shed together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25201

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 Ballyglass Middle.

Recorded monuments

• MA103-039001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In pasture, close to the break of slope on the N side of a ridge, c. 200m from the Mayo-Roscommon border. Good views to N and E, but restricted to SE by the rising brow of the ridge. Circular platform (diam. 10m) defined by a bank (Wth 4.2m at S, 3.8m at N; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6m at S, 0.8m at N). The bank has a low internal rim, merging almost seamlessly with a slightly sunken interior, creating a saucer-shaped profile. The platform, now ringed with hazel and hawthorn trees, is constructed of stony/gravelly soil, and is compact and well preserved. An external fosse (Wth c. 2m; D 0.5m) was noted during an earlier inspection (SMR file: OPW field notes 1978), but is no longer obvious. This monument may be a circular house, possibly associated with a rath (MA103-040001-) which is located 100m to NW; alternatively, it may be the remains of a barrow. Another possible house (MA103-039002-), now levelled, is located c. 20m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-039002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In pasture, close to the break of slope on the N side of a ridge, c. 200m from the Mayo-Roscommon border. This monument is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small circular feature (diam. 8-10m), but is not shown on later map editions. Remnants were still visible in 1978 when it was recorded as a circular house or hut site (int. diam. c. 4m), similar in form to another circular house (MA103-039001-) which lies 20m to W (SMR file: OPW Field Notes, 1978). Inspected again in 1999, there are now no visible remains at ground level. A rath (MA103-040----) is located 100m slightly downslope to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-040001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, at the break of slope on the N edge of ridge top, with extensive views especially to N−E. The Mayo-Roscommon border is 135m to SE. Depicted as a roughly circular embanked enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and as a subrectangular hachured enclosure (max. dim. 18-22m), incorporated into linear field boundaries, on the 1916 edition. This enclosure, possibly a rath, has been partly levelled and its full outline is now difficult to trace. The E arc (diam. 15-18m) is defined by a curving compact earth and stone bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m), which forms a curve or kink in a roughly linear N-S field boundary. A break (Wth 2.3m) in the bank at the SE allows tractor access. A slight undulation at S appears to indicate the levelled S arc, but this cannot be traced at W. The N arc of the enclosure appears to have coincided with the natural break of slope of the ridge. Towards the NW edge of the probable original extent of the enclosure, there are two conjoined hollows (MA103-040002-; MA103-040003-), on a N-S line, each ringed by a low rim/bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.3-0.65m), producing an overall ‘figure of eight’ configuration. It is not clear what these are; they may be conjoined hut sites associated with the enclosure, or simply small quarry pits. The N hollow (overall diam. c. 5m) is more pronounced, the S hollow (diam. c. 3m) less clearly defined, but both are partly filled with loose field stones, and difficult to examine fully. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-040002 Hut site
  Description

  At a possible rath (MA103-040001-). Towards the NW edge of the probable original extent of the partly levelled rath, there are two conjoined hollows, on a N-S line, each ringed by a low rim/bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.3-0.65m), producing an overall ‘figure of eight’ configuration. The southern-most hollow (MA103-040003-) is poorly defined. This, the northern-most hollow (overall diam. c. 5m, int. c. 3m; D c. 0.3m) is more clearly defined. However, the interior is partly filled with loose field stones, and cannot be fully examine. It may be a hut site associated with the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-040003 Hut site
  Description

  At a possible rath (MA103-040001-). Towards the NW edge of the probable original extent of the enclosure, there are two conjoined hollows, on a N-S line, each ringed by a low rim/bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.3-0.65m), producing an overall ‘figure of eight’ configuration. The N hollow (MA103-040002-) is more pronounced. This, the southern-most hollow (diam. c. 3m; D c. 0.5m), is poorly defined. Both hollows are partly filled with loose field stones, and difficult to examine fully. The nature of these features is uncertain; they may be hut sites associated with the enclosure, or simply small quarry pits. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, immediately adjacent to the Mayo-Roscommon border. Located on a ridge, on level ground just below the summit, where the S slope falls away in gentle undulations, giving excellent views over the plains of Roscommon. Slightly raised oval area (43m N−S; 51m E−W) defined on the S arc by a substantial bank/field fence (Wth 2.8m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.8m) which is incorporated into the Mayo-Roscommon county boundary. This bank is earthen with stone facing on the exterior; it preserves the original curve of the rath, but is almost vertical sided and has clearly been modified to serve as the county boundary. At W−N the rath perimeter is incorporated into a straight NE−SW bank/field fence. This too is faced with stone. The enclosing bank at N−SE has been levelled but its outline is still visible as a slight curving rise/undulation. A shallow ditch (Wth 2m) is evident outside the bank/county boundary on the S arc. While it is possible that this indicates an original fosse, it appears more likely to be a field ditch as it is similar to and merges with ditches bordering adjacent field fences. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022

• MA103-042001 Standing stone
  Description

  On elevated ground immediately adjacent to the boundary between counties Mayo and Roscommon. Unpublished NMI Topographical Files record ‘the base of two standing stones, both about 2’ x 8” [0.6m x 0.2m] in plan, which were said to have been broken up with sledge-hammers about 1920.’ They were found ‘close to and in line with another standing stone [RO032-001001-], of similar cross-section’, which is located c. 30m to NNE in Co. Roscommon (SMR file). In the early 1990’s ‘two broken fragments of roughly shaped sandstone’ found on the margins of a quarry (diam. 25-30m; D 3m) were interpreted as possible remnants of the two standing stones. Geochemical analysis of the two stones fragments (L 0.9m and 0.96m; both: Wth 0.57m; T 0.24) indicates that while both stones are carboniferous sandstone, they are from two different sources; one fragment is from the same source as a standing stone (RO032-001001-) sited on top of a low mound c. 30m to NE in Kiltullagh townland, Co. Roscommon. The two standing stones may have stood on top of a natural rise, remnants of which were still visible at the margin of the quarry. Fragmentary human bones (MA103-042003-) dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found at the quarry in 1991 and may represent burials or ritual deposits associated with the standing stones (Cribin et al. 1994). Inhumed and cremated burials (RO032-001004-) were also found in association with the Roscommon standing stone (RO032-001001-) and with an adjacent ringbarrow (RO032-001002-). The inhumations may date to the early medieval period. There is a rath (MA103-041----) 290m to SW and a medieval church (RO032-002007-) 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-042002 Standing stone
  Description

  On elevated ground immediately adjacent to the boundary between counties Mayo and Roscommon. Unpublished NMI Topographical Files record ‘the base of two standing stones, both about 2’ x 8” [0.6m x 0.2m] in plan, which were said to have been broken up with sledge-hammers about 1920.’ They were found ‘close to and in line with another standing stone [RO032-001001-], of similar cross-section’, which is located c. 30m to NNE in Co. Roscommon (SMR file). In the early 1990’s ‘two broken fragments of roughly shaped sandstone’ found on the margins of a quarry (diam. 25-30m; D 3m) were interpreted as possible remnants of the two standing stones. Geochemical analysis of the two stones fragments (L 0.9m and 0.96m; both: Wth 0.57m; T 0.24) indicates that while both stones are carboniferous sandstone, they are from two different sources; one fragment is from the same source as a standing stone (RO032-001001-) sited on top of a low mound c. 30m to NE in Kiltullagh townland, Co. Roscommon. The two standing stones may have stood on top of a natural rise, remnants of which were still visible at the margin of the quarry. Fragmentary human bones (MA103-042003-) dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found at the quarry in 1991 and may represent burials or ritual deposits associated with the standing stones (Cribin et al. 1994). Inhumed and cremated burials (RO032-001004-) were also found in association with the Roscommon standing stone (RO032-001001-) and with an adjacent ringbarrow (RO032-001002-). The inhumations may date to the early medieval period. There is a rath (MA103-041----) 290m to SW and a medieval church (RO032-002007-) 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-077 Burnt mound
  Description

  In an expanse of flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A low, sod-covered mound (5.7m E–W; 3.7m N–S) of firm dry ground surrounded by soft, wet ground. It appears to be composed of shattered stone in black, charcoal-rich soil. The SW edge of the mound is clipped by a shallow field drain bordered on its S side by a field fence (Wth 1m; H 0.8m), incorporated into which is burnt stone. Flanking the SE side of the field fence is another deeper field drain (W 2m), in the section face of which a layer of black stony soil is evident. There are two possible burnt mounds (MA103-078001-; MA103-078002-) c. 5m to SSE, and another burnt mound (MA103-079---) is incorporated into a field fence c. 10 to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-078001 Burnt mound
  Description

  In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A surface spread (c. 8m NNW–SSE; c. 5-6m WSW–ESE) of shattered stone in charcoal rich soil was noted here in 1999. A second surface concentration of burnt material (MA103-078002-) was visible 5m to SSE. The nature of these remains is uncertain. One possibility is that the two spreads are part of a single levelled burnt mound with overall dimensions of c. 15m. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 15m to NW and another burnt mound (MA103-079----) is incorporated into a field fence c. 10 to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-078002 Burnt spread
  Description

  In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A surface spread (c. 8m E–W; c. 5-6m N–S) of shattered stone in charcoal rich soil was visible here in 1999, with a second burnt spread (MA103-078001-) 5m to NNW. The nature of these remains is uncertain. One possibility is that the two spreads are part of a single levelled burnt mound with overall dimensions of c. 15m. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 20m to NW and another burnt mound (MA103-079----) is incorporated into a field fence c. 15 to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• MA103-079 Burnt mound
  Description

  In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A layer (L c. 4m) of shattered stone in charcoal-rich soil is visible in section in a N–S field fence/property boundary (Wth 1.6m), and in the sides of the two field drains that flank the field fence. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 10m to W, and there are two possible burnt mounds (MA103-078001; MA103-078002) c. 5m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

• RO032-071 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  See (MA103-041----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballyglass Middle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Ballyglass Middle · An Baile Glas Láir

Area

1,289,585 m² (128.96 ha, 318.66 acres)

Civil parish

Annagh, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Course, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Course electoral division: 455 people in 166 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass Lower, Bargarriff, Carrow Beg, Carrow More, Derrylea, Gortnageeragh, Kiltullagh (Co. Roscommon), Moigh Upper (Co. Roscommon), Tonregee

Placenames

Ballyglass Middle 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.