Ballintober West

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintober West, from 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 170,476 m² (17.05 ha, 42.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Ballintober West 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.

• 12 Aug 2022Conditional

  for: A) domestic garage, B) agricultural shed, C) of alterations to previously permitted extension to existing dwelling house, namely: 1) pitched roof over portion of permitted extension in lieu of flat roof as approved, 2) additional dormer window with mono-pitch roof, 3) omission of first floor window to front elevation, 4) demolition of porch/hall. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 50 sqm domestic garage and 149 agricultural shed

  Retention · Galway County Council, 22966

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  to construct two detached dwelling houses; sewage treatment plants; and percolation areas. Gross floor space of proposed works: Plot 3: 198 sqm, Plot 4: 200 sqm.

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 212422

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 Ballintober West.

Recorded monuments

• GA098-013 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused sand pit; it is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 June 2015

• GA098-014 Well
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA098-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating farmland, c. 200m NNW of a stream. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (32.5m NE-SW; 24.5m NW-SE) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank. The monument is cut by a field wall at WNW and ESE, and a field fence at S. A water tank has been erected in SE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 October 2016

• GA098-016 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused sand pit; it is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 June 2015

• GA098-017 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused sand and gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014

• GA098-018 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused sand and gravel quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014

• GA098-019 Quarry
  Description

  A hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused sand and gravel quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014

• GA098-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating marshy grassland. Very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 29.7m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. Traces of the outer bank survive from NW through N to NE. The inner scarp has been extensively quarried from NW through N to SE. A trackway cuts through the enclosing elements at NE and SE. A causewayed gap (Wth 8m) at W may be original. A children's burial ground (GA098-020001-) lies within the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 October 2016

• GA098-020001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within the W half of the interior of a rath (GA098-020----). This children's burial ground is defined by a very poorly preserved L-shaped unenclosed area within which numerous set stones indicate graves aligned E-W. A circular depression in the centre of the rath is probably the result of quarrying and it has encroached upon the burial ground at E. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 488) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 28 August 2019

• GA098-021 Quarry
  Description

  Two hachured features marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be disused sand and gravel quarries. As they are of post-AD 1700 date they do not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014

• GA098-022 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a ridge in grassland. This very poorly preserved dried-up spring well is dedicated to St. Grellan. It comprises an unroofed subrectangular drystone well chamber (1.65m NE-SW; 1.1m NE-SW), which is built into the townland boundary wall. The entrance is to the W. According to local tradition, the water of the well was used as a general cure for all ailments (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 484). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 December 2022

• GA098-024 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballintober West, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballintober West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ballintober West · Baile an Tobair Thiar

Area

1,008,046 m² (100.8 ha, 249.09 acres)

Civil parish

Kilreekill, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Kilreekill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 130 households in the Kilreekill electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintober East, Carra, Glennaskehy, Newgrove

Placenames

Ballintober West 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.