Ballynamona
Ballynamona is a townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Baile na Móna.
Parcel 1924062
- Area
- 83,967 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballynamona
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.
- GA030-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a S-facing slope in grassland. Almost circular rath (E-W 28m, N-S 27m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse best preserved from S through W to NW. A field wall cuts the monument at NNE and SE, to E of which the enclosing elements are very poorly preserved. Within SW section of the interior, a low bank running NW-SE is possibly an internal division. The N half has been quarried out. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in grassland. Subcircular ringfort (E-W 42m, N-S 38m), in fair condition, defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner bank does not survive from N to NE where quarrying has encroached upon the monument. The outer bank and fosse are best preserved from SE through S to W; no visible surface trace survives from N through E to SE. Within S half of the interior are a number of internal divisions, to N of which is a souterrain (GA030-007001-) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-007001 Souterrain
Description
Within N half of a ringfort (GA030-007----). This L-shaped souterrain was exposed as a result of gravel quarrying. Only the very base, now rubble-filled, survives as well as intermittent traces of the side-walls. It consisted of two chambers, both of similar size (L c. 5m, With 1.45m), one running E-W, the 2nd extending off its SE end and running N-S, Some side-walling visible off N side of 1st chamber and off SW end of 2nd, suggests there may have been further chambers. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-052 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 30m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at N and SW. The fosse and outer bank survive from NW through N to SE. Well-defined entrance at E. A ringfort (GA030-053----) lies c. 100m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-053 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Some 100m S of a ringfort (GA030-052----). Circular cashel (D 33.5m), in fair condition, defined by a drystone wall best preserved from SE through W to N. Field walls radiate from the monument at N and SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 34.9 ha
- 86 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 116,701 m² (11.67 ha, 28.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynamona, from 83,967 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres) to 148,384 m² (14.84 ha, 36.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballynamona 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Ballynamona 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drumbulcaun Bog 000263
Recorded monuments
- GA030-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a S-facing slope in grassland. Almost circular rath (E-W 28m, N-S 27m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse best preserved from S through W to NW. A field wall cuts the monument at NNE and SE, to E of which the enclosing elements are very poorly preserved. Within SW section of the interior, a low bank running NW-SE is possibly an internal division. The N half has been quarried out. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise in grassland. Subcircular ringfort (E-W 42m, N-S 38m), in fair condition, defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. The inner bank does not survive from N to NE where quarrying has encroached upon the monument. The outer bank and fosse are best preserved from SE through S to W; no visible surface trace survives from N through E to SE. Within S half of the interior are a number of internal divisions, to N of which is a souterrain (GA030-007001-) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA030-007001 Souterrain
Description
Within N half of a ringfort (GA030-007----). This L-shaped souterrain was exposed as a result of gravel quarrying. Only the very base, now rubble-filled, survives as well as intermittent traces of the side-walls. It consisted of two chambers, both of similar size (L c. 5m, With 1.45m), one running E-W, the 2nd extending off its SE end and running N-S, Some side-walling visible off N side of 1st chamber and off SW end of 2nd, suggests there may have been further chambers. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynamona.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballynamona, about 1 in 5 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 Ballynamona.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballynamona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Ballynamona · Baile na Móna
- Area
- 349,466 m² (34.95 ha, 86.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tuam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Carrowrevagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 485 people lived in 162 households in the Carrowrevagh electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowroe West, Drumbulcaun, Knockaloura East
- Placenames
- Ballynamona 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.