Ballygastell

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygastell, from 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 328,051 m² (32.81 ha, 81.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballygastell 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 Aug 2026N/a

  to extend and renovate the existing derelict cottage, which is a protected structure, RPS No. 627, Install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660548

• 27 Aug 2024N/a

  to extend and renovate the existing derelict dwelling, which is a protected structure RPS No. 627, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24268

• 26 Jun 2024N/a

  to renovate and extend the existing derelict dwelling, install a wastewater treatment system & all other assocaited site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24208

• 7 Sept 2022N/a

  to build a new dwelling house, garage, install a sewerage treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22800

• 22 Jan 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of PERMISSION to renovate and extend the existing cottage and install a proprietary waste treatment system and polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2131

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  for the construction of two forest access roads and entrances with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18824

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 Ballygastell.

Recorded monuments

• CL008-045015 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in undulating rough pastureland and outcropping karstic limestone, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). This subrectangular cashel (18.6m E-W; 17.6m N-S) is defined by a wall (av. Wth 1m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.65m) of upright limestone slabs and loose boulders; no clear wall-facing is evident. Several gaps and breaks occur in the wall but the entrance is not obvious. Within the E half of the interior two internal divisions are visible: one to the N is a squared-off area (8.6m E-W; 8.6m N-S) defined a collapsed and grass-covered wall. The other, to its S, is a smaller rectangular area. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-045015-.jpg View from S Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 October 2022

• CL008-045016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Near the S end of a large flattish field of pasture and outcropping limestone, overlooked by small hillocks to the S, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). This subrectangular cashel (int. dims. 69m E-W; 68m N-S) is defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 2.7m; H 0.9m) from NW-NE. From NE-SE the wall is reduced to a low stone spread and a later field wall has been built on top of it from E-SW. From S-NW only the inner wall-face and rubble core (Wth, including slip, 2m; H 0.5m) are generally visible. A modern gap (Wth 2.3m) cuts through the wall at NW. An internal dividing wall (Wth 1.1m; H 0.25m), running NW-SE, is visible in the W half of the interior and there is a house site (CL008-0450222-) in the SE quadrant. A natural scarp (max. H 1m) runs parallel to the S section of the wall. Field walls extend off the wall at NNE, NE, E, SE and SSW, and piles of field clearance are visible in adjoining fields. A children's burial ground (CL008-055001-) lies c. 116m to the SSE. There is another cashel (CL008-054001-) c. 136m to the SSW and another (CL009-001031-) c. 160m to the NE. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-045016-_01.jpg Aerial view from E Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 October 2022

• CL008-045017 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a summit in gently undulating land 10m W of a townland boundary. A cairn of stones (6m N-S; 4m E-W; max. H 1.2m) overgrown with briars and blackthorn. No structural stones are visible. Possibly a clearance cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 February 2016

• CL008-045022 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the SE quadrant of a cashel (CL008-045016-), this rectangular house (12.7m N-S; 3.3m E-W) is defined by a collapsed and grass-covered stone wall (Wth 1.5m; H 0.5-0.8m). An internal wall divides the house roughly in two and there is a smaller room (int. dims. 1.6m N-S; 1.1m E-W) in the NW corner of the N half. The doorway is not obvious. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 October 2022

• CL008-054 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low rise, in undulating pastureland and limestone outcrops, within a field system (CL009-001001-). Marked on Robinson's (1977) map. This cashel was probably originally subcircular in plan (c. 41m ENE-WSW; c. 34m E-W) but an ENE-WSW running road cuts through its SE limits giving it its present roughly D-shaped outline. It is defined by a collapsed and grass-covered stone wall (Wth 1.2m; av. int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) and associated tumble (combined Wth 2.5m) from S-N-SE. The outer wall-face survives to two/three courses high from WSW-NW. Small animal gaps run through the wall from N-SE. There is a house site (CL008-054002-) in the N half of the interior. Its W wall continues running in a southerly direction (L 17m), almost bisecting the interior of the cashel. A shorter length of similar collapsed and grassed-over walling (L 5m), running NE-SW, is visible in the S sector to the E of this wall. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 October 2022

• CL008-054002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Located in the N sector of the interior of a cashel (CL008-054001-), this rectangular house (7m E-W; 4.5m N-S) is defined by a collapsed and grass-covered wall (Wth 0.8m; H 0.25m). The W wall continues running in a southerly direction (L 17m), almost bisecting the interior of the cashel. A shorter length of similar collapsed and grassed-over walling (L 5m), running NE-SW, is visible in the S sector to the E of this wall. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 October 2022

• CL008-055 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On level ground with wide views, in an area of undulating pastureland and limestone outcrops within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). Indicated and labelled 'Ballygastell Grave Yard' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Graveyard’ in the RMP (1996). Named 'Cill Bhaile Uí Ghaistéil' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subrectangular children's burial ground (int. dims. 29.5m N-S; 22.6m E-W) is defined by a collapsed and grassed-covered earth and stone wall (Wth 1.3m; Wth with tumble 2.4m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-1.2m), in which inner and outer wall-faces of upright limestone slabs are visible intermittently. There may be an external fosse at the S, marked by a shallow nettle-filled band of slightly lower ground (Wth 1.1m) running parallel to the wall. At the SE this wall has been reduced to a barely visible scarp (L c. 3-4m), which may be the remains of an entrance. There is a small cattle gap at the S. The overgrown interior is generally flat. The S half contains many upright limestone slabs (av. H 0.25m; Wth 0.25m; T 0.08m); some of these are in rows oriented N-S, especially in the SW quadrant. Most of the slabs are simple and unworked, but several are finely shaped. This includes a prominent standing stone (CL008-055002-) near the W edge of the enclosure. In the SE corner is a low oval-shaped earth and stone platform (4m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.7m), with a limestone slab (L 0.95m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.16m) lying prone on its W edge and a low, SE-leaning worked upright (H 0.85m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.11m) standing at the SE edge. Several low surface undulations in the N half of the enclosure may be grassed-covered uprights. The following images have been uploaded: CL008-055----_01.jpg Overall view from S CL008-055----_02.jpg View of interior from E Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2022

• CL008-055002 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in the SW part of a children's burial ground (CL008-055001-). A possible standing stone (H 2.48m; Wth 0.23m; T 0.15m) of finely cut limestone, rectangular in section and with a flat top. Its stands prominently within the burial ground where it leans slightly to the N and has been smoothed by cattle rubbing against it. The following images have been uploaded: CL008-055002-_01.jpg View from E CL008-055002-_02.jpg View from SSE Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2022

• CL008-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the top of an E-W ridge in wet pasture, reeds and rushes, with land sloping steeply down to the N, moderately to the S and rising to the W. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (25.6m NNE-SSW; 25.3m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m). An external fosse (Wth 2.8m; ext. D 0.2m) is traceable from SW to SE. At the N and S the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m). There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 2.2m) in the bank at the SE. The rush-covered interior slopes gently to the N. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-056----_01.jpg View from W Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2022

• CL008-139 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) defined by a bank, visible on Google Earth satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 23 January 2010), was identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The following image has been attached: CL008-139----_01.jpg Google Earth historic image, date 23 January 2010. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 June 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballygastell, 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 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 Ballygastell.

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 Ballygastell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballygastell

Area

2,034,958 m² (203.5 ha, 502.85 acres)

Civil parish

Killeany, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Lisdoonvarna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,268 people lived in 302 households in the Lisdoonvarna electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnoe South, Ballygoonaun, Ballyhenna, Ballyneillan, Ballyteige, Boghil, Fanta Glebe, Lisdoonvarna

Placenames

Ballygastell 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.