Ballyphilip

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyphilip, from 429 m² to 374,251 m² (37.43 ha, 92.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Ballyphilip 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 Ballyphilip 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 Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• OF043-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the N facing slope of rising ground overlooking river immediately below to the N. Raised roughly circular area (diam 34m E-W; H max. 2m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.5m) with destroyed entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at E. The inner bank is reduced to a scarp in most places while the fosse and external bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.5m) are destroyed from W through N to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-013 Moated site
  Description

  51m E-W ) enclosed by two earthen banks with wide flat bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 5m; ext. D 0.7m) which was water filled at time of visit and possible entrance feature (Wth 3m) at N end of W side. The inner bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m) is best preserved while the fosse and outer bank (Wth 3m) are both destroyed from W through N to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-030 Enclosure
  Description

  On top of high ground in upland area. Semicircular area (diam 16.5m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. Modern road intersects site at W destroying enclosing bank and portion of interior. Field fence intersects site at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (diam 45m N-S; ext. H 1.5m) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp in most places, wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth. 3m) and outer bank mainly of stone (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) with modern gap (Wth 4.5m) at N and possible original entrance gap (Wth 2m) at E. Field boundary intersects outer bank and fosse at W. Evidence of upright stones in outer bank at SE indicate original revetment. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-032 Well
  Description

  Natural spring wells of no archaeological or religious significance. Of doubtful antiquity. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-033 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on W facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Low natural looking irregular shaped earth and stone mound (diam. 13m E-W ; 10m N-S; ext. H 0.5m) which is best defined at W. May be the remains of a barrow however other similar natural looking mounds in the vicinity of this earthwork suggest that it may be of no archaeological significance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-034 Quarry
  Description

  No surface remains visible. Depicted as a semi-circular shaped face of a small quarry associated with a lime-kiln located immediately to the E on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. This was a small quarry of post-1700 date associated with the adjoining lime-kiln as depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 04 January 2012

• OF043-035 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Possible enclosure indicated on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-040001 Burial mound
  Description

  On top of high ground in upland area with tumulus and ring-barrow (OF043-040002/003-) nearby to the SW and NE respectively. Large steep sided flat topped earthen mound (H 4.5m; top diam. 9m; base diam. 25m approx.) with a deep cavity on top (D 1.5m) due to modern disturbance. No evidence of an enclosing fosse at base of mound. One of a group of three burial sites. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-040002 Burial mound
  Description

  On top of high ground in upland area with tumulus and ring-barrow (OF043-040001/003-) nearby to the N and NE respectively. Earthen mound (H 3.5m; top diam. 6m;base diam. 18m) which has been badly damaged by modern forestry drain which runs across the site on an E-W axis. Originally the mound would have been a steep sided flat topped mound smaller than the mound located to the N (OF043-040001-). There is evidence of a water filled fosse (Wth 4m) enclosing the base of the mound. One of a group of three burial sites. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-040003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On top of high ground in upland area with two tumuli (OF043-040001/002-) nearby to the NNW and NW respectively. Low circular area (diam. 9.5m) enclosed by a shallow inner fosse (Wth 3m) with slight evidence of a much degraded external bank which is destroyed by a field boundary which intersects the site at S. The ring-barrow is poorly preserved and only visible under suitable conditions. One of a group of three burial sites. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyphilip.

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 Ballyphilip, 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 Ballyphilip.

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 Ballyphilip with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Ballyphilip · Baile Philib

Area

1,765,746 m² (176.57 ha, 436.33 acres)

Civil parish

Aghancon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Gorteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

291 people lived in 101 households in the Gorteen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghody, Ballybritt, Coldblow, Gorraun

Placenames

Ballyphilip 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.