Ballyglass Lower
Ballyglass Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Baile Glas Íochtarach.
Parcel 2734734
- Area
- 260,399 m² (26.04 ha, 64.35 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 657 m².
- 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
- Ballyglass Lower
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 9 recorded monuments.
- MA103-042001 Standing stone
Description
On elevated ground immediately adjacent to the boundary between counties Mayo and Roscommon. Unpublished NMI Topographical Files record ‘the base of two standing stones, both about 2’ x 8” [0.6m x 0.2m] in plan, which were said to have been broken up with sledge-hammers about 1920.’ They were found ‘close to and in line with another standing stone [RO032-001001-], of similar cross-section’, which is located c. 30m to NNE in Co. Roscommon (SMR file). In the early 1990’s ‘two broken fragments of roughly shaped sandstone’ found on the margins of a quarry (diam. 25-30m; D 3m) were interpreted as possible remnants of the two standing stones. Geochemical analysis of the two stones fragments (L 0.9m and 0.96m; both: Wth 0.57m; T 0.24) indicates that while both stones are carboniferous sandstone, they are from two different sources; one fragment is from the same source as a standing stone (RO032-001001-) sited on top of a low mound c. 30m to NE in Kiltullagh townland, Co. Roscommon. The two standing stones may have stood on top of a natural rise, remnants of which were still visible at the margin of the quarry. Fragmentary human bones (MA103-042003-) dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found at the quarry in 1991 and may represent burials or ritual deposits associated with the standing stones (Cribin et al. 1994). Inhumed and cremated burials (RO032-001004-) were also found in association with the Roscommon standing stone (RO032-001001-) and with an adjacent ringbarrow (RO032-001002-). The inhumations may date to the early medieval period. There is a rath (MA103-041----) 290m to SW and a medieval church (RO032-002007-) 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- MA103-042002 Standing stone
Description
On elevated ground immediately adjacent to the boundary between counties Mayo and Roscommon. Unpublished NMI Topographical Files record ‘the base of two standing stones, both about 2’ x 8” [0.6m x 0.2m] in plan, which were said to have been broken up with sledge-hammers about 1920.’ They were found ‘close to and in line with another standing stone [RO032-001001-], of similar cross-section’, which is located c. 30m to NNE in Co. Roscommon (SMR file). In the early 1990’s ‘two broken fragments of roughly shaped sandstone’ found on the margins of a quarry (diam. 25-30m; D 3m) were interpreted as possible remnants of the two standing stones. Geochemical analysis of the two stones fragments (L 0.9m and 0.96m; both: Wth 0.57m; T 0.24) indicates that while both stones are carboniferous sandstone, they are from two different sources; one fragment is from the same source as a standing stone (RO032-001001-) sited on top of a low mound c. 30m to NE in Kiltullagh townland, Co. Roscommon. The two standing stones may have stood on top of a natural rise, remnants of which were still visible at the margin of the quarry. Fragmentary human bones (MA103-042003-) dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found at the quarry in 1991 and may represent burials or ritual deposits associated with the standing stones (Cribin et al. 1994). Inhumed and cremated burials (RO032-001004-) were also found in association with the Roscommon standing stone (RO032-001001-) and with an adjacent ringbarrow (RO032-001002-). The inhumations may date to the early medieval period. There is a rath (MA103-041----) 290m to SW and a medieval church (RO032-002007-) 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- MA103-077 Burnt mound
Description
In an expanse of flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A low, sod-covered mound (5.7m E–W; 3.7m N–S) of firm dry ground surrounded by soft, wet ground. It appears to be composed of shattered stone in black, charcoal-rich soil. The SW edge of the mound is clipped by a shallow field drain bordered on its S side by a field fence (Wth 1m; H 0.8m), incorporated into which is burnt stone. Flanking the SE side of the field fence is another deeper field drain (W 2m), in the section face of which a layer of black stony soil is evident. There are two possible burnt mounds (MA103-078001-; MA103-078002-) c. 5m to SSE, and another burnt mound (MA103-079---) is incorporated into a field fence c. 10 to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- MA103-078001 Burnt mound
Description
In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A surface spread (c. 8m NNW–SSE; c. 5-6m WSW–ESE) of shattered stone in charcoal rich soil was noted here in 1999. A second surface concentration of burnt material (MA103-078002-) was visible 5m to SSE. The nature of these remains is uncertain. One possibility is that the two spreads are part of a single levelled burnt mound with overall dimensions of c. 15m. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 15m to NW and another burnt mound (MA103-079----) is incorporated into a field fence c. 10 to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- MA103-078002 Burnt spread
Description
In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A surface spread (c. 8m E–W; c. 5-6m N–S) of shattered stone in charcoal rich soil was visible here in 1999, with a second burnt spread (MA103-078001-) 5m to NNW. The nature of these remains is uncertain. One possibility is that the two spreads are part of a single levelled burnt mound with overall dimensions of c. 15m. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 20m to NW and another burnt mound (MA103-079----) is incorporated into a field fence c. 15 to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- MA103-079 Burnt mound
Description
In flat, rush-grown boggy pasture, located at the base of a steep SW-facing ridge slope. A layer (L c. 4m) of shattered stone in charcoal-rich soil is visible in section in a N–S field fence/property boundary (Wth 1.6m), and in the sides of the two field drains that flank the field fence. A burnt mound (MA103-077----) is located c. 10m to W, and there are two possible burnt mounds (MA103-078001; MA103-078002) c. 5m to SSE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
- RO032-001001 Standing stone
Description
At the summit of Kiltullagh Hill with a modern quarry c. 30m to the S in Co. Mayo where human remains dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found in 1991 (Cribin et al. 1994). This is a rectangular stone (dims 0.7m x 0.2m; H 1.2m) aligned ENE-WSW with three holes (dims 0.04-0.06m; D 0.04-0.05m) in its W edge. Excavation (94E0030) around its base (McCormick 1994) revealed a fourth hole on its W edge together with a male inhumation and pieces of a cremation burial (RO032-001004-). Further excavation (96E0179) recovered more inhumations and a cremation were found in the vicinity (Robinson and Coombs 2000, 179). Ring-barrow (RO032-001002-) is c. 5m to the NE, but a second ring-barrow (RO032-001003-) (Knox 1914a, 45-6, Ring No. 1), whose position is uncertain lay to the W, and is probably in Co. Mayo. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO032-001002 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
On the summit of Kiltullagh Hill, just 5m NE of standing stone (RO032-001001-). Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 2.9m N-S; 2.3m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8-3.7m; int. H 0.1m at N to 0.4m at W; ext. H 0.2m generally to 0.5m at N) with some inner facing-stones, which is quarried at E. Excavation (96E0179) revealed an outer fosse (max. ext. diam. 11m) with a cremation while the central pit was disturbed by robbing, but the mound had contained inhumations (RO031-001004-) (Coombs and Maude 1997). There was a second barrow (RO032-001003-) described by Knox (1914a, 45-6, Ring 2), whose location is uncertain but which lay to the W and might have been in Co. Mayo. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO032-001004 Burial
Description
Around the base of the standing stone (RO032-001001-) at the summit of Kiltullagh Hill. The inhumation of a male was excavated (94E0030) in 1994, and in 1998 two adults and a child were recovered. All the burials were aligned E-W and their pits were lined with stones. They are probably Christian. Ring-barrow (RO032-00102-) is nearby. (McCormick 1994; Robinson and Coombs 2000, 179; Gregory 2000) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 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.
- 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
- 86 ha
- 212 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 36,896 m² (3.69 ha, 9.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass Lower, from 276 m² to 260,399 m² (26.04 ha, 64.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyglass Lower 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
21 Apr 2026Conditional
Permission sought to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system along with associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660314
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyglass Lower.
Recorded monuments
- MA103-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In poor-average, rush-grown pasture, now converted to forestry, with rising ground to S. Views northwards are good over a broad sweep of lowlying pasture and bog. There is a field drain/stream c. 12m to E. Slightly raised oval area (34m N−S; 25m E−W) defined by a scarp (H 0.6m at S, 1.3m at N), outside which is a fosse evident as a shallow depression (Wth 2.8m). There is a break (Wth 1-1.5m) in the scarp at S, obscured by overgrowth. A causeway (Wth 4m) crosses the fosse at NNE, the E side of which merges with a low scarp, possibly a relict field fence, which extends to N beyond the rath. A low roughly circular rise (diam. 8-9m) is evident in the NE quadrant of the interior; it has a marked slope on the N side, but in general its perimeter is poorly defined, merging almost seamlessly with surrounding flat interior ground surface. A field fence on a roughly N−S axis overlies the rath scarp at W. Grass-covered, with clumps of gorse and few hawthorn trees in the interior and around the perimeter. A rath (MA103-032----) is located 230m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022
- MA103-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
In average pasture, sited at the E end of a terrace, on a N-facing slope which falls to an expanse of wet boggy pasture. There are excellent views, blocked now to W by forestry plantation. This large, oval embanked enclosure, most likely a rath, is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. It survives as a slightly raised area (65.5m E−W; 41m N−S), ovoid in plan, defined on the W half by a bank/scarp with a broad, low inner lip (Wth c. 4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.05m), outside which it is enclosed by a well defined fosse (Wth 2.8m at base), with an external bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.5m) which is best preserved at W−N. On the E half, the enclosing elements have been levelled to low undulations. A slight rise is evident in the base of the fosse at S, possibly the remnant of a causeway. The central part of the interior is raised, possibly encompassing a natural rise, with a slope down towards the perimeter. The slope is steepest and broadest at NE−E, with a drop in height from centre to perimeter of c. 2m. A field fence crosses the enclosure to W of centre. A small quarry pit cuts into a portion of the fosse and external bank at W, and the inner bank/scarp is disturbed at N. A field fence with contiguous field drain skirts around the NE side of the enclosure in a broad arc. A fulacht fia (MA103-076----) lies immediately N of this fence, c. 10m N of the rath. The rath is grass cover, with the perimeter on W arc ringed with gorse. Another rath (MA103-032----) is located 230m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2022
- MA103-076 Burnt mound
Description
In pasture, located at the base of a N-facing slope, on top of which a rath (MA103-032----) is located. An expanse of lowlying boggy pasture stretches to N. Low, flat-topped, roughly oval or oblong mound (10m N–S; c. 6.5m E–W; H 0.2m), which appears to be composed of shattered stone fragments in a black, charcoal-rich soil. There is a shallow slightly sunken indentation (2m E−W; 1.8m N−S) towards the N end of the E side, but it is not clear if this represents a trough hollow. The W edge of the mound is indistinct, and the S side is bordered by a partly silted up, vegetation-clogged field drain. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyglass Lower.
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 Ballyglass Lower, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyglass Lower.
- 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 Ballyglass Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyglass Lower · An Baile Glas Íochtarach
- Area
- 859,541 m² (85.95 ha, 212.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Costello
- Electoral division
- Course, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 455 people lived in 166 households in the Course electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyglass Middle, Bargarriff, Derrintogher, Kiltullagh (Co. Roscommon), Tullaghaun
- Placenames
- Ballyglass Lower 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.