Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas)
Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) is a townland in the civil parish of Easky, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Binne nó Baile Uí Mhaonaigh (Hillas).
Parcel 737635
- Area
- 267,332 m² (26.73 ha, 66.06 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 62 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.
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 2 recorded monuments.
- SL011-054 Enclosure
Description
Situated on slight NW-facing slope on terrace overlooking lower ground to N. Enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW), which in plan resembles a quarter-moon. The site is defined by a curving scarped edge (ext. H 0.2m) from NW-SE. On the S side the enclosure is defined by a linear bank (Wth 1.75m; int. H 0.25m) with external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.2m). On the W side, it is bordered by a linear relic field bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL011-055 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Situated on very slight E-facing slope in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.6m) with a fosse (Wth 3.6m) and a substantial external earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.65m). A break in the external bank (Wth 4m), with a corresponding causeway across the fosse, at E marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 73.7 ha
- 182 acres
- Land parcels
- 4
- registered freehold, median 201,113 m² (20.11 ha, 49.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas), from 48,239 m² (4.82 ha, 11.92 acres) to 267,332 m² (26.73 ha, 66.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) 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
No planning application touches the townland of Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) 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.
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 Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas).
Recorded monuments
- SL011-053 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Slight raised, roughly oval area (36m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank (Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.2m) of earth and stone. There is no visible trace of a fosse at ground level. From NW-ESE, the bank has been removed and the edge of the site is defined by a natural scarp. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is partially divided by a low NNE-SSW bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2m) of earth and stone that links to the inner face of the enclosure bank at W. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL011-054 Enclosure
Description
Situated on slight NW-facing slope on terrace overlooking lower ground to N. Enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW), which in plan resembles a quarter-moon. The site is defined by a curving scarped edge (ext. H 0.2m) from NW-SE. On the S side the enclosure is defined by a linear bank (Wth 1.75m; int. H 0.25m) with external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.2m). On the W side, it is bordered by a linear relic field bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL011-055 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Situated on very slight E-facing slope in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.6m) with a fosse (Wth 3.6m) and a substantial external earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.65m). A break in the external bank (Wth 4m), with a corresponding causeway across the fosse, at E marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL011-125 Field system
Description
Situated on slight W-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Triangular area (dims. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a low, broad bank of earth (Wth 5.9m; H 0.25m; L 30m) on the SE side and the right angled junction of two field boundaries on the NW and NE sides. The boundary on the NE side has been removed but its line is still visible at ground level. There is no trace of a fosse at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL011-133 Enclosure
Description
Situated on slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Circular area (diam. 12m) defined by a low bank of earth (Wth 3.65m; H 0.3m). There is no visible trace of a fosse at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. From SE-S-SW and W-WNW, the bank is incorporated into relict field boundaries. The bank is absent from SW-W. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas).
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 Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas), 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 high, 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 Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas).
- 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 Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) · Ceathrú na Binne nó Baile Uí Mhaonaigh (Hillas)
- Area
- 737,218 m² (73.72 ha, 182.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Easky, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Easky East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 626 people lived in 253 households in the Easky East electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Alternan Park, Ballymeeny, Doonaltan, Killeenduff
- Placenames
- Carrownabinna or Ballymeeny (Hillas) 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.