Ballinwing
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltoghert, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Baile na Moinge
Parcel 610587
- Area
- 1,153 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 567 m² on the ground
- 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
- Ballinwing
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1480 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 113 ha
- 279 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 6,952 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinwing, from 77 m² to 171,111 m² (17.11 ha, 42.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballinwing 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
22 Oct 2025Conditional
1. Planning permission consisting of the provision of single storey extensions to the South Western Elevation and South Eastern elevation of the existing dwellinghouse, including necessary material alterations and necessary refurbishment works to the existing dwellinghouse, with new driveway, relocation of the existing access point onto the public road, with splayed entrance walls, piers and gates. 2. Retention permission is sought for upgraded effluent treatment system including all associated ancillary works and alterations to the site boundaries with reference to previous Grant of permission P.10619 as per drawings and documents lodged to Leitrim County Council.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560260
2 Jul 2024Conditional
Change of design of dwelling house from that granted under Planning Permission Ref No.23/20, and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 248
12 Dec 2023N/a
(1). renovate, restore and extend the existing single storey domestic dwelling and increase the height of the building to a one and half storey domestic dwelling.(2). To upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to current EPA code of practice, and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360164
14 Feb 2023Conditional
reconstruct and extend dwelling house and to upgrade existing septic tank with a new sewerage system and a treatment plant, to provide secondary and tertiary treatment and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2320
13 Jun 2017Conditional
construct a dry-bedded agricultural shed and carry out all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 17113
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 Ballinwing.
Recorded monuments
- LE027-039001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a N-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 33.5m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, best preserved at NW (Wth 7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.25m), and an external fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.45m) W-N. Outer revetting is visible on the bank at W (L 12m) where there is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) which is not original. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-039002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in an undulating landscape. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 32m N-S) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.5-0.7m) SW-N, which merges into the ground elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance but it was probably a rath. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-039003 Hut site
Description
Situated in an undulating landscape. This is a collapsed and grass-covered drystone-built D-shaped structure (int. dim. 6.5m N-S) with traces of facing-stones on the wall (Wth 1.9m; H 0.4m) at NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-043 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Situated in an undulating, low-lying position in the landscape. This is a grass-covered circular enclosure (ext. diam. 17m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; H 0.2m) and internal fosse (Wth of base 4.3m; D 0.45m). A gap (Wth 3.5m) in the bank at N may be modern. Archaeological testing (04E1299) c. 30m to the SW produced no related material (Read 2007). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-044 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a grass-covered subcircular platform (int. dims. 38m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by an intermittently visible earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; max. H 0.45m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the interior is partly quarried at SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-044001 Standing stone
Description
Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape, and just W of ringfort (LE027-044----). A standing stone is listed in the SMR (1988) at this location but it was not visible in 1991.
- LE027-045 Promontory fort - inland
Description
On a prominent flat-topped area of rock outcrop (max. H c. 20m) with an easy and natural approach from the S. Grass-covered oval platform (dims. 54m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by the natural slope which has dense vegetation and an almost vertical drop at N. There is some stone spread on the slope which may have come from a collapsed wall on the perimeter. There is a ramp entrance (Wth c. 3m) at S, but there is no visible fosse. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-046 Enclosure
Description
Situated in an undulating landscape. Indicated as a circular hachured feature only on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. c. 20m) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on an E-facing slope in an undulating landscape at the W foot of Sheemore Hill. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 0.5-1m) (Farrelly 1989, vol. 2, 68), which is largely obscured by field spoil. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE027-134 Crannog
Description
Located in the floodplain of Carrickslavan Lough, which is a turlough (diam. c. 300-400m). It is visible as an island in the turlough on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 156-7). This is a grass-covered subcircular area (dims 20m x 16m; H 1.5m) composed of earth and stone, but with no visible evidence of artificial construction. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballinwing.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1480 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballinwing with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Ballinwing · Baile na Moinge
- Area
- 1,129,515 m² (112.95 ha, 279.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltoghert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Leitrim, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Leitrim electoral division: 1,380 people in 500 households; 80% of households own their home; 60% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellagart, Carrickslavan, Drumduff South, Killarcan, Sheemore, Sheffield, Tirmactiernan
- Placenames
- Ballinwing 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.