Ballyglasheen

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglasheen, from 998 m² to 385,786 m² (38.58 ha, 95.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyglasheen 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.

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

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 Ballyglasheen.

Recorded monuments

• KE045-002 Cairn - burial cairn
  Description

  This site is located on a steep S facing slope overlooking the Anascaul valley. It is comprised of a group of about 15 irregularly-shaped cairns of stone and, according to the landowner, many graves have been uncovered in the same field (Finlay 1973, 27). The largest cairn is 4.5m long N-S, 3.2m wide and .7m high. Its N end is marked by a standing stone, .53m high. Only 1 other cairn incorporates a standing stone but there are 3 to 4 isolated upright stones, no more than .22m high. Both O'Connell (NMI) and the Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 630) noted a circle of standing stones at the site but, unless the low uprights formed part of it, this is not now evident. It is difficult to interpret this site from a surface inspection alone. It seems unlikely that all the cairns are simply the result of field clearance though some have obviously been added to for this purpose and some do overlie the series of cultivation ridges which traverse the field N-S. The presence of the standing stones and the discovery of graves suggest that this is a burial ground and it is possible that it was associated with the rock art located in the adjacent field to S (KE045-003----). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 216. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE045-003 Rock art
  Description

  Three slabs (KE045-003----, KE045-003001- and KE045-003002-) bearing petroglyphs are located in close proximity to one another on the steep, lower, S facing slopes of Ballynahunt mountain, commanding a magnificent view over the Anascaul valley and through gaps in the coastal range as far as Dingle Bay and the Iveragh Peninsula. In the field immediately to N are a series of small cairns amongst which graves have apparently been uncovered (KE045-002----). Abutting the S side of a field fence is a prostrate slab (KE045-003----) measuring 1.5m x 1.2m. On its upper surface are at least 23 plain cup-marks ranging in diameter from .09 to .015m. In addition there are 3 cup-and-circles, 2 of which are now quite weathered, and near the NW edge is a cup-mark enclosed within a square, the E side formed by a natural fissure, the S by a slight ridge which may also be natural. Immediately E of this is a cup-mark with a slight tail, and towards the E side of the stone is a cup-mark with a longer radial groove. A linear groove delimits the S side of the decorated area, and a 2nd groove extends at right angles from this to almost meet the nearby cup-and-circle. W of this latter motif are 2 short linear grooves, but the series of grooves extending N-S along the W edge of the stone appear to be natural markings. A sketch by the Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 630) shows circles enclosing most of the cup-marks, but, if these did once exist, there is now no surviving trace. A number of boulders, cleared from the field, have been piled up against the W side of the field fence 35m to S of KE045-003----. Amongst these is a slab (KE045-003001-) measuring 1.25m x 1m x c. 0.15m thick, which has 27 cup-marks on its exposed surface. Immediately N of KE045-003001- is a boulder (KE045-003002-), measuring 1.1m x 1.2m, which bears a single possible cup-mark. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 174. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 May 2013 In rough hill pasture (77m OD), on a steep SSE-facing slope. Good views overlooking valley E->S->W and Dingle Bay visible in distance, to S. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. 1.07m N-S; 0.77m E-W), c. 1.2m to S of drystone field wall. It has an irregular decorated surface (dims. 1.07m N-S; 0.77m E-W) which is flush with hillslope and has a S-facing aspect. Sod and moss encroaching to E and W. The motifs are weathered due to exposed location and consist of three cup-and-ring motifs including a complete cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 17cm) at S end of decorated surface. Two other examples toward N end have gapped rings, possibly due to weathering. Nineteen cupmarks are located across the decorated surface and include approximately twelve small cupmarks (diam. 4cm; D 5mm) and seven larger cupmarks (diam. 9cm; D 18-27mm). Linear grooves were also noted upon this surface, mainly concentrated at the S end of the surface. The decorated elements along the NW area and E perimeter, as depicted by Cuppage (1986, Fig 38 (a), 60), were not seen due to sod and moss cover. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

• KE045-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 30m N-S, 33m E-W Although the site of this cashel is marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map only by a curve in the townland boundary, the remains of the enclosing wall can still be traced around the entire perimeter, and 2 rectangular house sites and a souterrain are visible in the interior. It is located in wet pastureland on the lower S slopes of the mountain ridge that extends E from Lough Anscaul, and commands a good view over the Anascaul valley. The wall is now reduced to a 5.7m wide band of stone collapse. The inner wall-face is completely obscured, but a single course of the outer face is visible for most of the circumference, and in the SE quadrant the outer face stands up to .85m high. The W half of the wall forms part of the townland boundary and a modern wall has been built on top of the remains of the cashel wall on this side. There is no clear evidence for an entrance. House 1: This abuts the cashel wall at S. It measures 7m N-S and 4.58m E-W internally, and the drystone-built walls stand to a maximum height of .65m; they are c. 0.9m wide. Two opposed entrances in the E and W walls measure at least .5m and .8m wide respectively; they are both defaced. House 2: This abuts the cashel wall at W. It measures 8.3m E-W and 5.3m N-S internally and the drystone-built walls are 1.2m wide and c. 0.5m high. The 2 opposed entrances in the N and S walls are now defaced. Souterrain: The souterrain lies in the NE sector of the interior. It is comprised of 2 dry stone-built passages or chambers which are now inaccessible but which can be partly viewed through a gap under one of the roofing slabs. One section is aligned NNE-SSW, parallel to and possibly partly under the cashel wall, and the 2nd section runs SW from this for at least 5.5m. A small stream which formerly skirted the outside of the cashel wall in the NE quadrant now disappears underground at N, flows through part of the souterrain, and re-emerges outside the cashel at ESE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 543. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-014002 Souterrain
  Description

  Cashel KE045-014---- is marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map only by a curve in the townland boundary, but the remains of the enclosing wall can still be traced around the entire perimeter, and 2 rectangular house sites and a souterrain are visible in the interior. Souterrain: The souterrain lies in the NE sector of the interior. It is comprised of 2 dry stone-built passages or chambers which are now inaccessible but which can be partly viewed through a gap under one of the roofing slabs. One section is aligned NNE-SSW, parallel to and possibly partly under the cashel wall, and the 2nd section runs SW from this for at least 5.5m. A small stream which formerly skirted the outside of the cashel wall in the NE quadrant now disappears underground at N, flows through part of the souterrain, and re-emerges outside the cashel at ESE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 543. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballyglasheen, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Ballyglasheen.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyglasheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ballyglasheen · Baile an Ghlaisín

Area

1,351,809 m² (135.18 ha, 334.04 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinvoher, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Ballinvoher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

586 people lived in 224 households in the Ballinvoher electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintaggart, Ballyandreen, Ballynahunt, Derrygorman, Dromavally, Glanteenassig

Placenames

Ballyglasheen 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.