# Ballyphilip, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghancon, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Baile Philib.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,765,746 m² (176.57 ha, 436.33 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 23,820 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghancon, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/aghancon.md
- Barony: Ballybritt
- Electoral division: Gorteen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 291 people lived in 101 households in the Gorteen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41849
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180200
- Centre: latitude 52.99906, longitude -7.765754 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyphilip, from 429 m² to 374,251 m² (37.43 ha, 92.48 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 360298: 374,251 m² (37.43 ha, 92.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360298.md
- Parcel 2676100: 246,170 m² (24.62 ha, 60.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676100.md
- Parcel 301587: 194,025 m² (19.4 ha, 47.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301587.md
- Parcel 301588: 139,596 m² (13.96 ha, 34.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301588.md
- Parcel 301585: 139,187 m² (13.92 ha, 34.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301585.md
- Parcel 310191: 84,257 m² (8.43 ha, 20.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310191.md
- Parcel 282415: 84,223 m² (8.42 ha, 20.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/282415.md
- Parcel 360422: 75,074 m² (7.51 ha, 18.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360422.md
- Parcel 301586: 60,127 m² (6.01 ha, 14.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301586.md
- Parcel 2676090: 58,595 m² (5.86 ha, 14.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676090.md
- Parcel 283649: 53,308 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283649.md
- Parcel 293055: 52,488 m² (5.25 ha, 12.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293055.md
- Parcel 360186: 32,604 m² (3.26 ha, 8.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360186.md
- Parcel 277973: 25,026 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277973.md
- Parcel 360931: 22,615 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360931.md
- Parcel 360933: 22,406 m² (2.24 ha, 5.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360933.md
- Parcel 360185: 17,477 m² (1.75 ha, 4.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360185.md
- Parcel 360932: 17,376 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360932.md
- Parcel 360480: 8,330 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360480.md
- Parcel 2677914: 6,081 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677914.md
- Parcel 360187: 5,897 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360187.md
- Parcel 360934: 3,875 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360934.md
- Parcel 360481: 3,811 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360481.md
- Parcel 2676089: 2,797 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676089.md
- Parcel 360935: 2,756 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/360935.md
- Parcel 2676095: 1,691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2676095.md
- Parcel 2677839: 1,556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677839.md
- Parcel 2677848: 429 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677848.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyphilip in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Ballyphilip in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF043-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-011----. Situated on the N facing slope of rising ground overlooking river immediately below to the N. Raised roughly circular area (diam 34m E-W; H max. 2m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.5m) with destroyed entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at E. The inner bank is reduced to a scarp in most places while the fosse and external bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.5m) are destroyed from W through N to NE. 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
- OF043-013: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-013----. 51m E-W ) enclosed by two earthen banks with wide flat bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 5m; ext. D 0.7m) which was water filled at time of visit and possible entrance feature (Wth 3m) at N end of W side. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) is best preserved while the fosse and outer bank (Wth 3m) are both destroyed from W through N to NE. 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
- OF043-030: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-030----. On top of high ground in upland area. Semicircular area (diam 16.5m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. Modern road intersects site at W destroying enclosing bank and portion of interior. Field fence intersects site at S. 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
- OF043-031: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-031----. Raised circular area (diam 45m N-S; ext. H 1.5m) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp in most places, wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth. 3m) and outer bank mainly of stone (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) with modern gap (Wth 4.5m) at N and possible original entrance gap (Wth 2m) at E. Field boundary intersects outer bank and fosse at W. Evidence of upright stones in outer bank at SE indicate original revetment. 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
- OF043-032: Well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-032----. Natural spring wells of no archaeological or religious significance. Of doubtful antiquity. 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
- OF043-033: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-033----. Situated on W facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Low natural looking irregular shaped earth and stone mound (diam. 13m E-W ; 10m N-S; ext. H 0.5m) which is best defined at W. May be the remains of a barrow however other similar natural looking mounds in the vicinity of this earthwork suggest that it may be of no archaeological significance. 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
- OF043-034: Quarry, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-034----. No surface remains visible. Depicted as a semi-circular shaped face of a small quarry associated with a lime-kiln located immediately to the E on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. This was a small quarry of post-1700 date associated with the adjoining lime-kiln as depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. 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/revision: 04 January 2012
- OF043-035: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-035----. Not visible at ground level. Possible enclosure indicated on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. 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
- OF043-040001: Burial mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-040001-. On top of high ground in upland area with tumulus and ring-barrow (OF043-040002/003-) nearby to the SW and NE respectively. Large steep sided flat topped earthen mound (H 4.5m; top diam. 9m; base diam. 25m approx.) with a deep cavity on top (D 1.5m) due to modern disturbance. No evidence of an enclosing fosse at base of mound. One of a group of three burial sites. 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
- OF043-040002: Burial mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-040002-. On top of high ground in upland area with tumulus and ring-barrow (OF043-040001/003-) nearby to the N and NE respectively. Earthen mound (H 3.5m; top diam. 6m;base diam. 18m) which has been badly damaged by modern forestry drain which runs across the site on an E-W axis. Originally the mound would have been a steep sided flat topped mound smaller than the mound located to the N (OF043-040001-). There is evidence of a water filled fosse (Wth 4m) enclosing the base of the mound. One of a group of three burial sites. 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
- OF043-040003: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-040003-. On top of high ground in upland area with two tumuli (OF043-040001/002-) nearby to the NNW and NW respectively. Low circular area (diam. 9.5m) enclosed by a shallow inner fosse (Wth 3m) with slight evidence of a much degraded external bank which is destroyed by a field boundary which intersects the site at S. The ring-barrow is poorly preserved and only visible under suitable conditions. One of a group of three burial sites. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyphilip, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyphilip.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyphilip.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyphilip.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyphilip.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyphilip with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Aghody: https://everytownland.com/offaly/aghody.md
- Ballybritt: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybritt.md
- Coldblow: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coldblow-180457.md
- Gorraun: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gorraun-180722.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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