# Ballintober, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballintober, barony of Castlereagh, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Baile an Tobair.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 236,544 m² (23.65 ha, 58.45 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 337 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballintober, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/ballintober.md
- Barony: Castlereagh
- Electoral division: Ballintober, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 855 people lived in 317 households in the Ballintober electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43378
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 190138
- Centre: latitude 53.720897, longitude -8.411429 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintober, from 9 m² to 59,168 m² (5.92 ha, 14.62 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 705831: 59,168 m² (5.92 ha, 14.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705831.md
- Parcel 701520: 34,955 m² (3.5 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701520.md
- Parcel 685330: 29,079 m² (2.91 ha, 7.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/685330.md
- Parcel 647271: 24,810 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647271.md
- Parcel 689291: 10,171 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689291.md
- Parcel 715142: 4,890 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715142.md
- Parcel 683706: 4,549 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683706.md
- Parcel 650396: 4,290 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650396.md
- Parcel 708181: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708181.md
- Parcel 6152420: 2,995 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6152420.md
- Parcel 2485923: 2,886 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485923.md
- Parcel 653109: 2,783 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653109.md
- Parcel 667317: 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667317.md
- Parcel 713147: 2,132 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713147.md
- Parcel 704083: 2,043 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/704083.md
- Parcel 655577: 1,888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/655577.md
- Parcel 660589: 1,856 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/660589.md
- Parcel 705290: 1,800 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/705290.md
- Parcel 680873: 1,561 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/680873.md
- Parcel 2819221: 1,271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2819221.md
- Parcel 667824: 1,121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/667824.md
- Parcel 705665: 885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/705665.md
- Parcel 1535784: 871 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1535784.md
- Parcel 690523: 864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/690523.md
- Parcel 700529: 823 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/700529.md
- Parcel 2459713: 810 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2459713.md
- Parcel 658003: 780 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/658003.md
- Parcel 697243: 666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/697243.md
- Parcel 699118: 640 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699118.md
- Parcel 1535785: 576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1535785.md
- Parcel 695580: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/695580.md
- Parcel 674983: 517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/674983.md
- Parcel 699526: 491 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699526.md
- Parcel 652944: 485 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/652944.md
- Parcel 660316: 483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/660316.md
- Parcel 703789: 469 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/703789.md
- Parcel 2485876: 403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485876.md
- Parcel 2582579: 402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2582579.md
- Parcel 709696: 398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/709696.md
- Parcel 3420048: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3420048.md
- Parcel 2485926: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485926.md
- Parcel 659605: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/659605.md
- Parcel 709900: 359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/709900.md
- Parcel 709277: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/709277.md
- Parcel 3242397: 347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3242397.md
- Parcel 697819: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/697819.md
- Parcel 3163511: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3163511.md
- Parcel 4933552: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933552.md
- Parcel 4978558: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4978558.md
- Parcel 4933572: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933572.md
- Parcel 2485914: 324 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485914.md
- Parcel 4941906: 320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4941906.md
- Parcel 665319: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/665319.md
- Parcel 659464: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/659464.md
- Parcel 2944503: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2944503.md
- Parcel 686909: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/686909.md
- Parcel 2485916: 299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485916.md
- Parcel 706889: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/706889.md
- Parcel 657237: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/657237.md
- Parcel 706676: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/706676.md
- Parcel 2489643: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2489643.md
- Parcel 4908810: 254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4908810.md
- Parcel 4995010: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4995010.md
- Parcel 4944007: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4944007.md
- Parcel 5040179: 243 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5040179.md
- Parcel 3198398: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3198398.md
- Parcel 5339530: 240 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339530.md
- Parcel 5339508: 238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5339508.md
- Parcel 2489633: 235 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2489633.md
- Parcel 2944510: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2944510.md
- Parcel 2489634: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2489634.md
- Parcel 2944493: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2944493.md
- Parcel 4725190: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4725190.md
- Parcel 3233451: 225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233451.md
- Parcel 4996109: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996109.md
- Parcel 3208419: 203 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3208419.md
- Parcel 3201162: 200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3201162.md
- Parcel 4933720: 194 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933720.md
- Parcel 3830349: 191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3830349.md
- Parcel 691860: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/691860.md
- Parcel 709583: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/709583.md
- Parcel 2485913: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485913.md
- Parcel 6152409: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6152409.md
- Parcel 6152454: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6152454.md
- Parcel 667823: 137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/667823.md
- Parcel 695579: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/695579.md
- Parcel 4807347: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4807347.md
- Parcel 3163471: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3163471.md
- Parcel 4996113: 64 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996113.md
- Parcel 5605390: 38 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5605390.md
- Parcel 706166: 25 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/706166.md
- Parcel 677977: 9 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/677977.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ballintober in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

6 applications, newest first.

- 26 Feb 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560069: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to refurbish derelict house, to include alterations to elevations and construct new front porch and extension to the rear and all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560069/0
- 24 Aug 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360075: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to demolish existing dwelling house and construct replacement dwelling house and all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360075/0
- 26 Jul 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360023: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the demolition of existing workshop building and the construction of a new detached dwelling house, together with connection to public services and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360023/0
- 17 Nov 2022, Roscommon County Council 22610: Conditional. Permission. Permission to: (1) Modify existing site entrance to existing old schoolhouse building (Protected Structure registered on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage - No. NIAH31815003) and creation of onsite parking area; (2) Demolish existing storage shed to the rear;(3) Construct new community park with associated boundary treatment, walk-ways, landscaping, seating, shelter and play area; (4) Construct multi use games area along with associated perimeter fencing and lighting and associated siteworks at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22610/0
- 7 Nov 2022, Roscommon County Council 22597: N/a. Permission. Permission to;(1) Modify existing site entrance to existing old school house building and creation of onsite parking area; (2) Demolish existing storage shed to the rear; (3) Construct new community park with associated boundary treatment, walkways, landscaping planting and play area; (4) Construct multi use games area along with associated permitter fencing and lighting and associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22597/0
- 23 Jul 2019, Roscommon County Council 19375: N/a. Retention. to retain domestic entrance and alterations to boundary wall and all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/19375/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballintober.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO027-048: Historic town, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048----. Ballintober was granted to Richard de Burgh as a manor and a town was probably established after 1235, but it was burnt by Ruarai Mac Cathal O Conchobair in 1315 and by 1333 it was described as waste and the castle ruinous. From this time the castle became a centre of the O'Conor Don, and a settlement continued in its vicinity. Ballintober was burned in 1434, 1487, and 1489, and the town was hardly extant in the 16th century. In 1617 Sir Hugh O'Conor was granted the town and castle, when a weekly market and annual fair began to be held, and the census of 1659 returns a population of 59 (Pender 1939). (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 21-3) Situated on a S-facing slope overlooking a NW-SE stream, the town was probably defended by earthworks (RO027-048009-), although their course cannot be indicated. The town was located between the castle (RO027-048002-) and the site of the church (RO027-048005-), while the cross-base (RO027-048004-) may have indicated the location where the fairs (RO027-048003-) were held. The remains consist of the castle, and the site of the church (RO027-048005-) with St Bridget's Well (RO027-048006-) nearby, but the base of a cross between them is no longer extant. (Claffey, 1974-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048004: Cross - Market cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048004-. Marked on the 1837 and 1929 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the W side of the main street, between the castle (RO027-048002-) and the church (RO027-048005-). It does not survive, but is described as small and was probably a late medieval market cross. (Crawford 1907A, 217) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048005: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048005-. The parish church of Ballintober is listed as Thorbirbrig in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224). The church is mentioned in 1607, and it became the traditional burial place of the O'Conor Don. It is situated on a low ridge, in a low-lying position on a S-facing slope and it is at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO028-048007-) (dims 54m N-S; c. 51m E-W) defined by masonry walls that has been extended to the W. It is a rectangular structure (int. dims c. 16m E-W; 7.3m N-S) defined by the base of the W (H 1.4m), N (H 1.55m) and S (H 1.9m) walls, but much of the original facing and no features apart from a blocked doorway towards the W end of the S wall survive. A rectangular graveslab (RO027-048011-) (L 1.85m; Wth 0.86m) bearing an inscription in relief to John Rorke dated 1609 (M'Donnell 1921-5) is in the interior, and a rectangular graveslab (RO027-048012-) (H 1.5m; Wth 0.88m) which has a raised cross and the inscription 'CC 1634' is built into a tomb in the interior of the church. St Bridget's Well (RO027-048006-) is c. 30m to the SW, and a hollow ash tree (RO027-048013-) (Circumference 3.7m) on a mound (diam. 6m; H 1.2-2m) which has a masonry wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.8-1.1m) around its base is preserved just outside the W boundary of the graveyard. Archaeological testing (02E0896) c. 100m SE of the graveyard failed to produce any related material (Morahan 2004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048006: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048006-. At the bottom of a S-facing slope, c. 30m W of the church (RO027-048005-). This is an oval well (dims 2.2m E-W; 1.05m N-S) recently conserved and surrounded by a path (Wth 1m) and an outer wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.25m) S-W-N. The stream flows S, and the well is within an eliptical enclosure (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 15m N-S) attached to the S wall of the graveyard (RO027-048007-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048007: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048007-. Situated on a low ridge, in a low-lying position on a S-facing slope. The church (RO027-048005-) is in a rectangular graveyard (dims 54m N-S; c. 51m E-W) defined by masonry walls and with a curved perimeter at SW, which has been extended to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048011: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048011-. In a low-lying position on a S-facing slope within Ballintober church (RO027-048005-). Rectangular graveslab (L 1.85m; Wth 0.86m) bearing an inscription in relief to John Rorke dated 1609. (M'Donnell 1921-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048012: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048012-. In a low-lying position on a S-facing slope within Ballintober church (RO027-048005-). A rectangular slab (H 1.5m; Wth 0.88m) which has a raised cross and the inscription 'CC 1634' is built into a tomb. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048013: Ritual site - holy tree/bush, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048013-. On a gentle S-facing slope, just outside the W boundary of the old graveyard (RO027-048007-). A hollow ash tree (Circumference 3.7m) on a mound (diam. 6m; H 1.2-2m) which has a masonry wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.8-1.1m) around its base. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048014: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048014-. Situated on ground sloping down gently to the E of Ballintober Castle (RO027-048002-). An area of c. 1.5 ha (c. 4 acres) immediately E of the castle was archaeologically tested (05E1312) and revealed elements of a field system including a NNE-SSW field bank (Wth 3.3m; H 0.2m) which was visible before excavation but which was shown to be accompanied by a ditch (Wth 3.5m). Ridge and furrow systems are generally aligned on this bank or other open ditches. Some pits and small cobbled surfaces were also recorded. Secure dating evidence was lacking but it may be late medieval in date, and was thought to extend further E (Read 2008i). Magnetometer and ground penetrating radar surveys (15R0051) conducted during 2015-18 over an extensive area of c. 7 hectares (c. 18 acres) E of the castle demonstrate that much of it (c. 4.5 ha or 11 acres) was divided into small strip fields (dims c. 60m x c. 20m) defined by what are probably ditches or drains, and that many of these plots are aligned end-on to a NW-SE roadway (RO027-048023-). The roadway (Wth 12-14m; recorded L 200m plus) runs SE from the gateway in the E curtain wall of the castle along the S side of a turlough, which is c. 350m from the castle. Away from the roadway the fields are larger. Excavation (15E0232) across the roadway revealed it to be a roughly-paved surface (Wth 4m) with an accompanying drain on one side and a path on the other (Brady et al. 2018, 18-20, 26). At least nine of the fifteen or so identified plots have house sites within them, and constitute a settlement cluster (RO027-048024-) which is part of the town of Ballintober (RO0287-048----). The houses are close to the roadway on the N side but further away from it on the S side. Refinements of the survey process identified what might be hearths within the houses and pits in their vicinity. (Brady et al. 2017, 31-44; 2018, 18-20, 26) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 24 November 2020
- RO027-048015: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048015-. Archaeological testing (00E0763) c. 20m S of the SW angle of the castle revealed a section of an E-W paved path (L 3.6m E-W; Wth 0.6m) and a pit (diam. c. 1.25m; D 0.5m) (RO027-048015-) (Grant 2003a; 2006), but archaeological testing (00E0762; 02E0310) of adjacent areas further S and W produced no archaeological material (Grant 2003b; 2006; Zajac 2004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-048023: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048023-. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope between Ballintober castle (RO027-048002-) and a turlough c. 350m to the E where a possible crannog (RO027-048025-) has been identified. Magnetometer and ground penetrating radar surveys (15R0051) conducted during 2015-18 over an extensive area of c. 7 hectares (c. 18 acres) demonstrate that a settlement (RO0287-048024-) clustered around a NW-SE roadway (Wth 12-14m; recorded L 200m plus) running SE from the gateway in the E curtain wall of the castle. Excavation (15E0232) across the roadway in 2017 revealed it to be a roughly-paved surface (Wth 4m) with an accompanying drain on the SW side and a path on the other (Brady et al. 2018, 18-20, 26). (Brady et al. 2017, 31-44; Brady 2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 November 2020
- RO027-048024: Settlement deserted - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048024-. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope between Ballintober castle (RO027-048002-) and a turlough c. 350m to the E. Magnetometer and Ground Penetrating Radar surveys (15R0051) conducted during 2015-18 demonstrate that an area of about 4.5 ha (c. 11 acres) was divided into small strip fields (RO027-048014-), and that many of these plots are aligned end-on to a NW-SE roadway (RO027-048023-) running SE from the gateway in the E curtain wall of the castle. At least nine of the fifteen or so identified plots have house sites within them, and constitute a settlement cluster which is part of the town of Ballintober (RO027-048----). The houses are close to the roadway on the N side but further away from it on the S side. Refinements of the survey process can identify what might be hearths within the houses and pits in their vicinity. Excavation (15E0232) across one of the plots in 2018 showed that they were bounded by open ditches (Wth 4m; D 1.6m: Wth 4.75m; D 1.37m) and the house walls were a mix of stones and boulder clay. The house had two hearths separated by a cobbled surface, but artefacts from secure contexts have not yet been analysed. (Brady et al. 2017, 31-44; 2018, 18-20, 26) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 November 2020
- RO027-048025: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-048025-. Situated in a broad hollow c. 300m E of Ballintober castle (RO027-048002-). The outline of an oval lake (dims c. 600m E-W; c. 250-350m N-S) is depicted on the OS 6-inch editions of 1835 and 1908 as a marshy area liable to flooding. Two oval mounds that are c. 10m apart at the S edge of this turlough were fully surveyed and subjected to magnetometer and ground penetrating radar surveys (15R0051) during 2016-17. The W mound (dims of base c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S; H c. 2m) shows evidence of what might be a large hearth (diam. c. 2m) in its interior. The E mound (dims c. 14m E-W; c. 5m N-S; H c. 1m) is less well defined with a hollow on its SW side. From the location at the edge of the turlough it is quite possible that they are the remains of a crannog. (Brady et al. 2017, 40) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 November 2020

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Graveyard/cemetery, 1620–1640, Regional interest, registry number 31815002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO&regno=31815002. Graveyard with interments including mausoleum of O'Conor Don dating to 1634 and a collection of stone grave markers including eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries examples. No longer in use. Group of eighteenth-century family mausolea to site. Located on site of former church, now gone. Site bounded by random coursed stone wall with cut stone gate piers and wrought-iron gate. Modern graveyard to east. Holy well to site.
- Ballintober National School, school, 1920–1930, Regional interest, registry number 31815003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO&regno=31815003. Detached multiple-bay single-storey former national school, built in 1929, with projecting bays flanking central gable-fronted entrance porch. Extension to rear. Now used as a community centre. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, eaves brackets, timber barge-boards, cast-iron rainwater goods and brick chimneystacks. Catslide roof to projecting bays. Rendered walls with plaque to gable of porch. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Paired entrances with recessed timber battened doors and limestone steps. Toilet block to east of school. School is set back from the road on its own grounds. Site bounded to front by random coursed stone wall and piers. Pair of wrought-iron gates providing access to farmland to north of school.
- Saint Bride's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1895–1900, Regional interest, registry number 31815005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO&regno=31815005. Detached cruciform gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built in 1898 and renovated in 1997. Comprising six-bay nave, with chancel to north, sacristy to north-east with toilet block added to sacristy, c.1997. Pitched tiled roofs with replacement terracotta ridge cresting, cut stone and cast-iron finials. Stone coping to gables with bellcote containing date plaque to south-west end. Cast-iron rainwater goods with date '1898' to hopper at north-east corner. Repointed rock-faced random coursed limestone walls. Cut stone round-headed windows with stained-glass and relieving arches. Rose window and round-headed door opening set within round-arched recess of west front. Timber battened double doors with stained glass fanlights and tooled stone surrounds. Single-cell nave with open timber truss roof. Church bounded by concrete brick wall to front and east. Rock-faced cut stone gate piers and cast-iron gates to street. Church is set within its own grounds. Presbytery to north-east accessed through cast-iron gate.
- , 1840–1870, Regional interest, registry number 31815006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO&regno=31815006. Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c.1860, now disused. Comprising cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted ogee-domed cap, acorn finial and cow tail style handle. Set back from road in concrete with stone wall to rear.
- Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 31815007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO&regno=31815007. Detached three-bay two-storey presbytery, built c.1920, with full-height canted bay to south-east surmounted by gable and extension to rear. Pitched tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles, corbels and timber eaves brackets with cast-iron rainwater goods and yellow brick chimneystacks. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with continuous sill course to first floor windows, string course and plinth. Pebbledashed walls to extension. Replacement uPVC windows with tooled stone sills. Replacement uPVC door, overlight and sidelights, approached by a number of tooled limestone steps. House set back from road on elevated site. Bounded to front by random coursed stone wall. Cut stone piers to front and rear of house. Cast-iron gates to front and side of house.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballintober, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballintober.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballintober.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballintober.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballintober.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballintober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardnamullagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ardnamullagh.md
- Ballyfinegan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballyfinegan.md
- Rosmeen: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rosmeen.md
- Timanagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/timanagh.md
- Willsgrove: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/willsgrove.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballintober
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/ballintober