Ballynakill Big

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynakill Big, from 232 m² to 176,905 m² (17.69 ha, 43.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Ballynakill Big 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.

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING WITH GARAGE. THE APPLICATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE-WORKS AND DRAINAGE

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21310

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 Ballynakill Big.

Recorded monuments

• OF002-022 Earthwork
  Description

  No surface remains visible. The 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map appears to depict either a sunken area enclosed by a fosse or a mound enclosed by a fosse. It is not clear if this is an archaeological feature or a natural feature such as a small pond or quarry. No feature is depicted at this location on the revised 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded in 1977 as, 'Completely levelled. The site is marked as a low gentle rise in well drained pasture land. This was probably a ringfort. There are moderate views to north & west & restricted views in other directions' (SMR File 1977). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 19 December 2011

• OF002-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a hill with good extensive views in all directions. Raised circular area (diam 26.6m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) with no evidence of a fosse or entrance feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF002-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Natural feature which appears to be of no archaeological significance. Potential site identified on GSI aerial photograph that was taken in 1973 (GSI N 579/80). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF002-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the W facing slope of a N-S ridge in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 27m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m) which has been reduced to a scarp at N where a modern field boundary exists. No evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from E to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF002-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On flat pasture in undulating countryside. Roughly circular raised platform (dims. 32m N-S; ext. H 0.5m) enclosed by a poorly preserved low bank which in some places has been reduced to a scarp with possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynakill Big.

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 Ballynakill Big with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballynakill Big · Baile na Coille Mór

Area

1,263,755 m² (126.38 ha, 312.28 acres)

Civil parish

Ardnurcher or Horseleap, and its townlands

Barony

Kilcoursey

Electoral division

Kilcumreragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcumreragh electoral division: 553 people in 187 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnurcher Glebe, Attiblaney, Ballykilcross, Ballynakill Little, Kilbeg (Co. Westmeath), Kilmalady Big, Kilmalady Little

Placenames

Ballynakill Big 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.