Ballynahown

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynahown, from 3,660 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres) to 541,962 m² (54.2 ha, 133.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynahown 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.

• 13 Dec 2012Unconditional

  Substitutions of house plans granted under planning reg: 07/2390

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/754

• 11 Apr 2008Conditional

  Substitutions of house plans granted under planning reg: 07/2390

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/655

• 6 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Substitution of house plans under planning reg: 07/2390

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/414

• 11 Sept 2007Conditional

  Dwelling house including all assoicated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2390

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 Ballynahown.

Recorded monuments

• CO103-014 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Near head of small valley on S side Beara peninsula, overlooking Bantry Bay. Wedge-shaped gallery (L c. 3m; Wth 1.5m at W end, 1m at E) aligned ENE-WSW. Two sidestones supporting single roof stone represent its E end. Two low overlapping stones, set in line with the N side stone, indicate that gallery extended to W. Roofed portion decreases in height from W to E. Tomb incorporated in low mound, 10.5m by 7.5m. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 34-5, Co. 50) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• CO103-030001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the S bank of a stream. A horseshoe-shaped gorse-covered mound (6.3m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.35m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 1.5m) faces N towards the stream. The mound is being eroded at E and W by sheep. An enclosure (CO103-030002-) lies c. 110m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO103-030002 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a S-facing slope with views of Trafrask Harbour and Bantry Bay. A roughly circular area (9.8m N-S; 8.6m E-W) is defined by upright slabs (T 0.2m; H 0.55m) largely obscured by a dense cover of gorse and spaced irregularly on the perimeter. The level interior is in rough pasture. There is a fulacht fia (CO103-030001-) c. 110m to the W. 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

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

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 Ballynahown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Ballynahown · Baile na hAbha

Area

546,580 m² (54.66 ha, 135.06 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcaskan, and its townlands

Barony

Bear

Electoral division

Adrigole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

497 people lived in 204 households in the Adrigole electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crooha East, Glenlough, Leitrim Beg, Leitrim More

Placenames

Ballynahown 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.