Ballynatona

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynatona, from 197 m² to 390,724 m² (39.07 ha, 96.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Ballynatona 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 Ballynatona 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 Ballynatona.

Recorded monuments

• LI049-127 Pit
  Description

  In pasture, 95m NE of townland boundary with Spittle a ringfort (LI049-126----) lies 125m to the SW. Not marked on OSi 6-inch maps. Isolated pit (site TR/2/13/1) identified after the removal of sod and topsoil on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline (Gowen 1988, 103-105). Excavated by Claire Walsh the results of which were summarised as following; ‘A truncated pit 90cm x 1.4m and 20cm deep, found beneath 50cm of topsoil. The fill contained unidentifiable cremated bone, twelve sherds of coarse pottery and six fragments of struck flint and chert’ (Walsh 1987, 23). See attached location map from Gowen (1988, 103). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-128 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture immediately W of watercourse that forms townland boundary with Curraghroche. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential monument consisting of a D-shaped cropmark with adjoining field system to E, during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, Site 3/23) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Trace of D-shaped cropmark visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. Faint trace of circular cropmark intersected at W by a relic watercourse running NW-SE and at SE by rectangular-shaped cropmarks on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 10/10/2006. See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-130 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, 140m NE of townland boundary with Spittle. Annotated 'Lisnagreeve' on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted as a large circular-shaped earthwork, truncated at SE and S by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped platform (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by an external bank. Monument visible as circular area enclosed by a bank with fosse and external bank on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on the Google Earth orthoimages. See attached oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-131 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 80m E of townland boundary with Spittle. Earthwork (LI049-132----) lies 85m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Possible enclosure identified as a circular cropmark during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, 2606) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Monument visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 25m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 10/10/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-132 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 20m N of townland boundary with Knockaunacurragha. Earthwork (LI049-131----) lies 85m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Possible enclosure identified as a circular cropmark during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, 2606) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. May be associated with buildings depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-134 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 70m S of townland boundary with Curraghroche. Enclosure (LI049-136----) lies 70m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Possible site identified as an enclosure during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,560) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 October 2021

• LI049-135 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 175m NW of townland boundary with Garrynalyna, an enclosure (LI049-137----) lies 80 to the SE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6 inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped platform (diam. c. 50m) defined by a scarp, transected at W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE and at SW by a post-1700 field boundary running E-W. Only the SW quadrant survives of the partially levelled monument visible as an irregular shaped area defined by an arc of trees from SW-W-NW on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 24 October 2021

• LI049-136 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 150m W of townland boundary with Garrynalyna, an enclosure (LI049-138----) lies 30 to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6 inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, intersected at NE by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 31m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, with fosse intersected at NE by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area overgrown with trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and the Google Earth orthoimage. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 24 October 2021

• LI049-137 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 175m NW of townland boundary with Garrynalyna, an enclosure (LI049-135----) lies 80 to the NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6 inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, intersected at SW by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 23m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW;) enclosed by a bank with external fosse from SE-S. Monument visible as a circular-shaped area defined by tree-lined bank on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 24 October 2021

• LI049-138 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 95m W of townland boundary with Garrynalyna, an enclosure (LI049-136----) lies 30 to the NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6 inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped platform (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with fosse from NW-N-NE and intersected at N by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. No surface trace survives on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Levelled monument clearly visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 25m) on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 21 October 2021

• LI049-139 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 100m W of townland boundary with Garrynalyna, an enclosure (LI049-135----) lies 105m to the SW. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6 inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped platform (diam. c. 33m) defined by a scarp. Shown on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch as curving scarp from E-S, indicating remains of a partially levelled earthwork that was removed between these map date. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 24 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballynatona, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballynatona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Ballynatona · Baile na Tóna

Area

1,018,385 m² (101.84 ha, 251.65 acres)

Civil parish

Galbally, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Duntryleague, the unit of the census

Census 2022

326 people lived in 132 households in the Duntryleague electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curraghroche, Duntryleague, Garrynalyna, Knockaunnacurraha, Spittle

Placenames

Ballynatona 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.