Ballynaclogh

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynaclogh, from 19 m² to 207,533 m² (20.75 ha, 51.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 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 Ballynaclogh 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 Ballynaclogh 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 Ballynaclogh.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-051 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 39.4m, N-S 34.7m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from SSW through W to NNW. There is an entrance causeway at W. Some 5m from the entrance and running W for c. 50m, then S for 35m is an earthen bank. It may be associated. 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

• GA086-052 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Poorly preserved roughly circular rath (D c. 43m) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SSW through W to NNE and is breached by numerous gaps; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. Quarrying has encroached upon the fosse from ESE to SSW. A number of internal divisions are visible within the interior, and in S half a CBG (GA086-052001-). 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

• GA086-052001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In S half of a ringfort (GA086-052----). Although densely overgrown, some irregular set limestone blocks aligned in N-S rows are visible, indicating burials oriented E-W. 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

• GA086-053 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 34.8m, N-S 32.7m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives from SSW through N to ENE. The bank is breached in a number of places and quarrying has encroached upon the monument at SSE and SW. Just inside the bank, in SW quadrant of the interior, is a rectangular nettle-filled hollow (L 7.8m, Wth 5.5m) up to 1.2m in depth; a possible souterrain 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

• GA086-053001 Souterrain
  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.

• GA086-054 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1947-8 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused 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: 22 July 2014

• GA086-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Very poorly preserved and densely overgrown conjoined rath. The D-shaped N enclosure (GA086-055----) (E-W c. 30m, N-S c. 20m), defined by a scarp, is overlain by a field wall from W through N to E. The S enclosure (GA086-012001-) (D c. 30m), circular in plan, is defined by a bank from WSW to NW, and elsewhere by a scarp. 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

• GA086-055001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Very poorly preserved and densely overgrown conjoined rath. The D-shaped N enclosure (GA086-055----) (E-W c. 30m, N-S c. 20m), defined by a scarp, is overlain by a field wall from W through N to E. The S enclosure (GA086-012001-) (D c. 30m), circular in plan, is defined by a bank from WSW to NW, and elsewhere by a scarp. 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: 21 October 2016

• GA086-056 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA086-057 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland adjacent to td. boundary. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). No visible surface trace survives. 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 Ballynaclogh.

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 Ballynaclogh, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballynaclogh · Baile na Cloiche

Area

1,713,324 m² (171.33 ha, 423.37 acres)

Civil parish

Killallaghtan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killallaghtan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

512 people lived in 178 households in the Killallaghtan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinphuill, Ballymabilla, Cappataggle, Gortnahimrissan, Gortnahoon, Hazelfort, Newcastle, Oatfield, Slihaun Beg

Placenames

Ballynaclogh 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.