Ballynastaig

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynastaig, from 1,901 m² to 210,350 m² (21.04 ha, 51.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Ballynastaig 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 Ballynastaig 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Coole-Garryland Complex SAC 000252
• Special Area of Conservation: Caherglassaun Turlough SAC 000238
• Special Protection Area: Coole-Garryland SPA 004107
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Coole-Garryland Complex 000252
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Caherglassaun Turlough 000238

Recorded monuments

• GA113-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle rise in pastureland. Well-preserved oval rath (c. 60m N-S; 46.6m E-W) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank survives as a low rise, overlain by a later field wall, except from E to SE. Traces of internal stone-facing are evident on the inner bank and a stone-lined causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.4m) is visible at E. There is a souterrain (GA113-025001-) in the SW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

• GA113-025001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the SW quadrant of a rath (GA113-025----). Two ‘Caves’ shown on the OS 6-inch maps proved on inspection to be two access points to the same poorly preserved drystone-built souterrain (L >21m). Only the westernmost access point, a displaced roof lintel, is now open; the eastern one has been covered over. At ground level the souterrain is visible as a roughly L-shaped depression. The long passage (L 13m; Wth 1.75m; H 1.3m) runs WNW-ESE. At the W end of NW side-wall an air vent is evident. The short passage (L 8m) extends off the E end this side-wall and runs NNE-SSW. Most of the latter passage has collapsed, as has the junction between both passages. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

• GA122-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level farmland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (43.7m E-W; 39.2m N-S) defined by a bank. A gap (Wth 2.2m) at WSW may be original. A wedge-shaped intramural chamber (GA122-018002-) incorporated into the enclosing element at NNE is possibly an animal shelter. There is a souterrain (GA1122-018----) in the NW quadrant of the interior. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; Weir 1980, 150) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

• GA122-018001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of a rath (GA122-018001-). This well-preserved drystone-built L-shaped souterrain (L >12.9m) consists of two passages connected by a creep. Access to the 1st passage (L c. 4.5m; Wth 2.1m; H 1.8m), which runs NNW-SSE, is gained via a short narrower steep-stepped passage (L 1.3m; H 0.85m; Wth 0.66m) at SSE. Within the passage, three further steps lead down to a well. The creep (L 1.9m; Wth 0.9m; H 0.7m) extends off the N end of the E wall and leads to the 2nd passage (L c. 6.5m; Wth 2m max. H 1.78m), which runs WSW-ENE. The end wall of this passage is not tied into the side-walls. This feature along with the presence of the steps and the well may be due to subsequent modifications. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; Weir 1980, 150) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

• GA122-018002 Sheepfold
  Description

  A wedge-shaped intramural chamber ((L 2m; Wth 1m; H 0.9) incorporated into the enclosing element of a rath (GA122-018----) at NNE is possibly a sheep/lamb shelter. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 January 2017

• GA122-019 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On flat pastureland, c. 1.2km to the NW of Coole Lough. The megalithic tomb consists of a wedge-shaped chamber (L > 4.5m; Wth 2m at W narrowing to 1.2m at E), aligned NE-SW, which is incorporated in an oval mound. The chamber sides, each of one great slab, decrease in height from W to E and support a massive roofstone. Both ends of the tomb are blocked by modern drystone walls. Two closely set outer-wall stones are exposed beside the S sidestone. Some 2m to the SW of the chamber are two stones, which may be the remains of a flat façade. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 19-20) See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972). Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 August 2019

• GA122-138 Ringfort - cashel
  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 Ballynastaig.

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 Ballynastaig, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_725 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballynastaig · Baile na Stéige

Area

866,316 m² (86.63 ha, 214.07 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacduagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Killinny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

492 people lived in 169 households in the Killinny electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherglassaun, Cahermore, Cappavarna, Crannagh, Crannagh, Garryland, Killomoran

Placenames

Ballynastaig 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.