Ballinvinny South

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinvinny South, from 1,405 m² to 667,815 m² (66.78 ha, 165.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballinvinny South 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.

• 20 Feb 2019Refused

  Construction of a single storey dwelling, install a septic tank and percolation area and carry out all associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 19/4394

• 1 Aug 2017Refused

  Construction of a single storey dwelling, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and carrying out of associated site works.

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 17/5996

• 2 Feb 2015Conditional

  Permission for retention of existing dwelling as constructed and Permission for construction of a single storey extension and installation of velux roof light to rear of existing dwellinghouse, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4180

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 Ballinvinny South.

Recorded monuments

• CO064-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, below crest of ridge, on W-facing slope. Circular area (25m N-S; 25.2m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m) NNE->SSE; scarp (H 1m) on downslope to W. Bank NNE->SSE incorporated into field fence system; external fosse (D 0.7m) continues, beyond enclosure, N and S along field fence. Interior planted witn trees, many now felled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Power (1923, 176) 'The O.M. records no fewer than six lioses; but all of these, with two exceptions....have disappeared. Levelled ringfort (CO064-013---) c. 240m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-152001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on the E side of a stream at the base of a steep-sided glen. This fulacht fia was excavated in 2000, in advance of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass. Prior to excavation, it was described as a high kidney-shaped mound. Removal of the mound revealed a semicircular setting of large heat-fractured stones set on edge, its open end towards the SW which was interpreted as a hearth. A charcoal sample from the hearth returned a calibrated radiocarbon date range of 1681-1460 BC, placing it in the Middle Bronze Age. Another fulacht fia (CO064-152----), c. 30m to the NW on the W side of the stream, was also excavated. (Cotter 2002a, 38-9; 2005c) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-153 Burnt mound
  Description

  In tillage, on a gentle N-facing slope. A spread (34m N-S; 28m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-156001 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, on a moderately steep W-facing slope, c. 200m E of a stream. This subrectangular moated site (c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) was partially excavated in 2001 in advance of the construction of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass. It comprised an enclosing fosse (Wth c. 2m; max. D 1.7m) with a steep-sided flat-bottomed profile which was deepest and widest along the N and E sides. The W side of the moated site lay outside the limit of the road corridor and was not excavated. The entrance (Wth 5.5m) was at the W end of the S side. Three shallow post-holes found in the entrance area may have been part of an entrance gate. Drystone wall-facing was visible for a distance of c. 8m along the inner N face of the fosse, immediately E of the entrance. A leat or water channel (max. Wth 1.3m; D 0.5m) commenced near the S end of the E side of the fosse and extended (min. L 64m) upslope to the E and beyond the limit of the road corridor. According to the excavator (Cotter 2005a, 5), this leat may have brought water to the fosse from the higher ground to the E where there are natural springs. The remains of two medieval houses (CO064-156002-, CO064-156003-) were located within the moated site. As radiocarbon analysis proved inconclusive, the dating of the moated site was based principally on morphological comparisons with other excavated sites and on the pottery retrieved from the excavation which dated to the 13th/14th centuries and was identified mainly as imported Saintonge ware and local Cork ware. (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-156002 House - medieval
  Description

  The western-most of two adjacent medieval houses uncovered during the archaeological excavation of a moated site (CO064-156001-). The eastern house (CO064-156003-) had its long-axis E-W whereas the western house was on a N-S axis. Both houses measured approximately 10m by 5m. The remains of the western house consisted of the foundation trench for the walls of a wooden structure, and the stone foundations of a chimney within its NE corner. Sherds of Saintonge pottery found associated with both houses date them to the 13th century. (Cotter 2003a; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-156003 House - medieval
  Description

  The eastern-most of two adjacent medieval houses uncovered during the archaeological excavation of a moated site (CO064-156001-). The western house (CO064-156002-) had its long-axis N-S whereas the eastern house was on an E-W axis. Both houses measured approximately 10m by 5m. The remains of the eastern house suggest that it was at least partially constructed on stone foundations and had a central hearth. Sherds of Saintonge pottery found associated with both houses date them to the 13th century. (Cotter 2003a; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-156004 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One of five houses (see CO064-157----, CO064-158----, CO064-159----, CO064-160----) uncovered by archaeological excavation, which formed a small post-medieval settlement built on the site of a medieval moated site (CO064-156001-). This house was located within the moated site, near its SW corner. The house was identified by the presence of a rectangular hearth (3.5m N-S; 1.6m E-W) but it was impossible to conclusively establish the location of its walls. (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-157 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One of five houses (see CO064-156004-, CO064-158----, CO064-159----, CO064-160----) uncovered by archaeological excavation, which formed a small post-medieval settlement built on the site of a medieval moated site (CO064-156001-). This house was located within the moated site, near its SE corner. The excavation uncovered the insubstantial remains of the foundation course of a stone-built house (9m x 8m). (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-158 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One of five houses (with CO064-156004-, CO064-157----, CO064-159----, CO064-160----) uncovered by archaeological excavation, which formed a small post-medieval settlement built on the site of a medieval moated site (CO064-156001-). This house was located 8m to the S of the moated site. The excavation uncovered the presence of a hearth but it was impossible to conclusively establish the location of its walls. (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-159 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One of five houses (with CO064-156004-, CO064-157----, CO064-158----, and CO064-160----) uncovered by archaeological excavation, which formed a small post-medieval settlement built on the site of a medieval moated site (CO064-156001-). This house was located to the S of the moated site, immediately S of one of the other houses (CO064-158----). The excavation uncovered the presence of a hearth but it was impossible to conclusively establish the location of its walls. The remains of a possible lean-to addition (CO064-160----) to this structure were found immediately to the S. (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-160 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  One of five houses (with CO064-156004-, CO064-157----, CO064-159----, CO064-160----) uncovered by archaeological excavation, which formed a small post-medieval settlement built on the site of a medieval moated site (CO064-156001-). This house was located to the S of the moated site, immediately S of one of the other houses (CO064-159----). The excavation uncovered the foundations of a stone structure, 11.5m x 2.5m. Its proximity to one of the other houses, and its shape, suggested that it might have been a lean-to addition to that house (CO064-159----). (Cotter 2003a; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-161 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope. This road was uncovered during excavations along the route of the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass in 2001. The road was discovered underneath a farm track that is indicated as a public road on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. The remains of the road comprise two parallel fosses on a N-S orientation: (E fosse Wth 3m; D 0.4m: W fosse Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m). A layer of large cobbles, tightly packed to form a solid surface, overlay these fosses. According to the excavator (Cotter 2003e, 28), the fosses probably mark the line of an earlier narrow trackway that was subsequently widened and surfaced with cobbles. Cotter (ibid.) suggests that these fosses are likely to be a continuation of two other sets of fosses discovered during excavations carried out in 2001 at two locations in Ballinvinny South. The first set of these, located c. 120m to the N, were discovered immediately to the SW of a possible 16th/17th-century house (CO064-160----) and comprised two parallel fosses (min. L 200m) extending N-S and set c. 2m apart. The second set of fosses, c. 200m to the N, were noted c. 5m to the W of a metalworking site (CO064-163----) and extended (min. L 80m) N-S and were situated c. 4m apart. Though artefacts recovered during the excavation appeared to date generally from the 18th and 19th centuries, Cotter (2003e, 28) suggests that the road is part of a wider settlement complex, dating from the late and post-medieval period, which includes domestic structures and the metalworking site. (Cotter 2003a, 27; 2003c, 27-8; 2003e, 28; 2005a) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO064-163 Metalworking site
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of a S-flowing stream. Topsoil-stripping on the N8 Glanmire-Watergrasshill Bypass uncovered an area (4.2m x 2.7m) comprising burnt clay, charcoal and a built-up layer of hard-packed tiny metal fragments that was subsequently excavated in 2001. According to the excavator (Cotter 2003c, 28), the area has been identified as a smithy floor on the basis of the build-up layer of metal fragments of smithying 'scales', tiny metal fragments struck off by the smith's hammer as iron was being shaped and moulded. Two distinct sections to the smithy floor were identified. The smith's fire was probably located in the N half of the area where a charcoal-enriched silt layer occurred. The remaining S portion of the floor contained the build-up of metal 'scales', suggesting that this was the area where the anvil had been located. Stake-holes excavated below the silt and metal layers probably marked the locations of the structures on which the smith's fire, bellows and other features associated with the metalworking operation were placed. A pit on the W side of the floor may have been the location of the anvil and disturbance within the pit may have resulted from the uprooting of the anvil (ibid.). The E edge of the floor was straight and regular suggesting that it was bordered by a wall, though no other evidence of such had survived. A metalled surface, which was likely to have been a pathway, extended (L 20m) N from the metalworking site. Two parallel fosses that formed a portion of a medieval road (CO064-161----) were noted c. 5m to the W of this metalworking site. According to Cotter (ibid.), artefactual evidence suggests that the smithy was in use from the late 17th into the 18th century and was part of a wider settlement complex dating from the late or post-medieval period which includes domestic structures (see CO064-156001-; CO064-156002-; CO064-156003-; CO064-156004-; CO064-157----), excavated some 80m to the N. (Cotter 2003c, 27-8) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farm house, built c. 1890, with single-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to west gable. Now disused. Pitched artificial slate roof with brick chimneystacks, render coping and ridge capping. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with rubble stone walls to rear (north) and side elevations. Square-headed openings to front (south) elevation with two-over-two pane timber siding sash windows. Square-headed openings to rear elevation with red brick voussoirs and one-over-one and six-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to front elevation with timber battened door and overlight. Outbuilding to west with pitched artificial slate roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed opening.

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 Ballinvinny South, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballinvinny South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Ballinvinny South · Baile an Mhuine Theas

Area

1,314,364 m² (131.44 ha, 324.79 acres)

Civil parish

Killaspugmullane, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Riverstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

822 people lived in 276 households in the Riverstown electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballingohig, Ballinvinny North, Coolnacaha, Crushyriree, Killalough, Killydonoghoe, Kilrussane

Placenames

Ballinvinny South 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.