Ballyhine

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhine, from 1,273 m² to 142,425 m² (14.24 ha, 35.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Ballyhine 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.

• 20 Dec 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: temporary use of an additional mobile crushing and screening plant within the quarry void at Carrowscoltia Quarry. It will be used for processing quarried materials during an interim period while permission is sought for the permanent relocation of the fixed plant within the quarry void

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24542

• 26 Sept 2024N/a

  Section 5: The proposed development involves the temporary use of a mobile crushing and screening plant within the quarry void at Carrowscoltia Quarry, Aghamore. This plant will replace the existing fixed crushing plant, which is located at original ground level and has been a source of noise and dust complaints from nearby residents.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24403

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A GARAGE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21428

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 Ballyhine.

Recorded monuments

• MA082-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge with a fall of ground to SW, and extensive views SE–NW. Ground level rises gradually to N–NE. Shown as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; not shown on the 1916 edition. Oval platform (50m NW−SE; 40.5m NE–SW) defined by an earthen scarp topped with a low stony bank (Wth 4.5-5m). The stone bank has a pronounced inner rim (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3), which may incorporate wall footings, and has a broad external stony slump (H 0.7m at S) at SE–SW. The earthen scarp (H 1.4m) upon which the stone bank rests is more sharply defined at SW–NW; this may be the result of incorporation of this side of the enclosure into a field fence, now removed. A slight depression, which is evident outside the scarp at SW–NW, may therefore be the remains of a field ditch rather than evidence of an original fosse. The interior is level and grassy with traces of cultivation ridges on a N–S or NNE−SSW axis. Present access is at SW where there is a low ramp-like feature (Wth 2m) set at an oblique angle to the scarp, but this may be a relatively recent feature rather than an original entrance. A field fence on a N–S axis clips the outer edge of the stone bank at E. To NNW there is a discrete area of quarrying into the scarp. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 December 2021

• MA082-029 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on rising ground with good views to S–SW. At the base of the slope 15-20m to N−NE there are a number of ruined vernacular farm buildings, bordering a road. This possible cashel is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a broadly oval area (34.5m N–S; 44.2m E–W) enclosed E–NW by a drystone wall and elsewhere by a low stony rise. The extant drystone wall (Wth c. 0.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) is a relatively recent field wall, which coincides with the townland boundary. In parts it appears to rest upon a low stony plinth, possibly the remnants of an original enclosing wall. Original wall footing may also survive in the stony rise enclosing the N–NE perimeter. The interior, which has a marked slope down to SW, is planted with mature conifers, except for an area in the W–NW which is engulfed in brambles and blackthorn. Quarrying on the slope at N has encroached slightly on the N arc of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 December 2021

• MA082-047 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, located just below the crown of a hill. Ground falls away to S–SW giving good views. Overlooked by a higher ridge to NE. A prostrate block of stone (L 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.5m) of pinkish conglomerate with quartz inclusions. The stone has a rectangular cross-section, and comes to a triangular peak at what would have been the top when upright. Adjacent to the NE end of the stone is a cavity or socket (0.7m x 0.4m; D 0.25m) which held the stone when it stood upright (pers. comm. Leo Morahan). The long axis of the stone when upright appears to have been NW–SE. According to local information, cattle used the stone as a scratching post and eventually knocked the stone over. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• MA082-059 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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.

• MA082-060 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballyhine.

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

Name

Ballyhine · Baile Uí Eidhin

Area

836,729 m² (83.67 ha, 206.76 acres)

Civil parish

Aghamore, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Aghamore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Aghamore electoral division: 650 people in 241 households; 82% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacloy, Boleyboy, Cappagh, Carrowscoltia, Cartron North, Scardaun, Scregg

Placenames

Ballyhine 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.