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

Townland in the civil parish of Cam, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Baile Uí Laighin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,386,924 m² (138.69 ha, 342.72 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,227 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Cam, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/cam.md
- Barony: Athlone South
- Electoral division: Caltragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 279 people lived in 91 households in the Caltragh electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42372
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 190192
- Centre: latitude 53.49608, longitude -8.156498 (WGS 84)

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

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballylion, from 39 m² to 196,401 m² (19.64 ha, 48.53 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 679445: 196,401 m² (19.64 ha, 48.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679445.md
- Parcel 689718: 154,024 m² (15.4 ha, 38.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689718.md
- Parcel 705443: 102,807 m² (10.28 ha, 25.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705443.md
- Parcel 689716: 86,999 m² (8.7 ha, 21.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689716.md
- Parcel 671968: 78,180 m² (7.82 ha, 19.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/671968.md
- Parcel 689719: 75,111 m² (7.51 ha, 18.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689719.md
- Parcel 4588155: 68,554 m² (6.86 ha, 16.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4588155.md
- Parcel 672280: 63,811 m² (6.38 ha, 15.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672280.md
- Parcel 673790: 60,017 m² (6 ha, 14.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/673790.md
- Parcel 673411: 41,301 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/673411.md
- Parcel 691308: 38,543 m² (3.85 ha, 9.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691308.md
- Parcel 690902: 38,415 m² (3.84 ha, 9.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690902.md
- Parcel 674873: 36,532 m² (3.65 ha, 9.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/674873.md
- Parcel 689717: 35,927 m² (3.59 ha, 8.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689717.md
- Parcel 673410: 34,835 m² (3.48 ha, 8.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/673410.md
- Parcel 5196974: 34,612 m² (3.46 ha, 8.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5196974.md
- Parcel 683832: 26,963 m² (2.7 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683832.md
- Parcel 715332: 25,274 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715332.md
- Parcel 690903: 19,441 m² (1.94 ha, 4.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690903.md
- Parcel 4728896: 19,234 m² (1.92 ha, 4.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728896.md
- Parcel 2944421: 14,055 m² (1.41 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2944421.md
- Parcel 676056: 11,639 m² (1.16 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676056.md
- Parcel 673412: 11,196 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/673412.md
- Parcel 690904: 10,342 m² (1.03 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690904.md
- Parcel 2948914: 8,227 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2948914.md
- Parcel 691309: 6,092 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691309.md
- Parcel 713227: 6,091 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713227.md
- Parcel 655663: 5,898 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655663.md
- Parcel 722655: 2,661 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722655.md
- Parcel 710827: 2,577 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710827.md
- Parcel 4757912: 2,519 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757912.md
- Parcel 690683: 2,291 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690683.md
- Parcel 4925795: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925795.md
- Parcel 677502: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677502.md
- Parcel 681232: 1,943 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/681232.md
- Parcel 723005: 1,918 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/723005.md
- Parcel 661930: 1,622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/661930.md
- Parcel 672279: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/672279.md
- Parcel 717435: 1,344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/717435.md
- Parcel 4925794: 1,214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925794.md
- Parcel 5465745: 1,163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465745.md
- Parcel 5465727: 583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465727.md
- Parcel 641981: 565 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/641981.md
- Parcel 2944424: 443 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2944424.md
- Parcel 4637649: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4637649.md
- Parcel 4637645: 265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4637645.md
- Parcel 5465786: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465786.md
- Parcel 4925797: 46 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4925797.md
- Parcel 723004: 39 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/723004.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballylion 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.

- 25 Jan 2024, Roscommon County Council 2460029: Conditional. Permission. Permission for construction of a waste water treatment system & associated siteworks at an existing dwellinghouse at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460029/0
- 15 Dec 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360274: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance & driveway, boundary wall/fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360274/0
- 6 Dec 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360243: N/a. Permission. Permission for proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance & driveway, boundary wall/fence, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360243/0
- 11 Aug 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360046: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development consisting of the provision of a new prefabricated classroom together with all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360046/0
- 17 May 2018, Roscommon County Council 18238: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of the demolition of an existing dwelling and adjoining shed; the construction of a new private dwelling; the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and provision of a new replacement proprietary waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter; and all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18238/0
- 26 Apr 2018, Roscommon County Council 18200: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of the demolition of an existing dwelling, adjoining shed and outbuilding, the construction of a new private dwelling, the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and provision of a new replacement proprietary waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter, and all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18200/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Croan Turlough SAC, site code 000610, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000610
- Special Protection Area: Lough Croan Turlough SPA, site code 004139, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004139
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Croan Turlough, site code 000610

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

- RO045-160: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-160----. On a gentle N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 42.3m E-W; 40.4m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m) N-E which is largely reduced to a scarp with bushes (at W: H 1.1m) elsewhere, and slight traces of a fosse NNE-NE, at SW and WNW-NW. The monument is bisected by a N-S field bank and there is a large quarry inside the perimeter at SW. The original entrance is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-162: Linear earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-162----. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a lane, and known as the Lurag, it was traditionally dug by an enraged cow and her seven calves running from Lough Funshinagh to Lough Croan (distance c. 4.5km) where she submerged herself (Kelly 1907, 5; Anon 1988, 64). Much of its course between these two turloughs can be identified as a section (RO045-079----) between Red Bog and Lough Funshinagh, and this section from Red Bog to Lough Croan. Situated on a broad E-W ridge between Red Bog at N and Lough Croan at SW (L c. 3 km NE-SW), and following almost continuous field boundaries. A short section (L c. 50m) consisting of a grass-covered laneway (Wth 6.3m) bordered by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.5m) at NW and a field bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1m) at SE survives just SW of rath (RO045-164----). A section of the ditch (Wth of base 4.6m; D c. 1m) survives (L c. 300m) on the S side of the Athlone - Dysert road, and just N of it (L c. 200m). The most impressive section (L c. 400m) survives close to Lough Croan where it is visible as a flat-bottomed ditch (Wth of top 9.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 1.6-1.8m), but nowhere is there evidence of an accompanying bank. See the attached image of the section in Ballylion taken from the W Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-163: Barrow - mound barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-163----. On a rise on a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 28m NE-SW; 26.5m NW-SE) with a flat top (diam. of top 9.8m NE-SW; 8.2m NW-SE; H 1.4-2m). It may be natural. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-164: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-164----. On a gentle SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Croan, a large turlough, c. 600m to SW. Described as a D-shaped area (dim. 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank, with a short section of fosse at N (Gannon 1972). The monument was truncated at NW by a field bank associated with the Lurag (RO045-162----). Now the bank is barely visible as a grass-covered rise. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-165: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-165----. On the crest of a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 30.1m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3.3.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1-1.4m), which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge with slight traces of a fosse SSW-NNW. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at ENE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-241: Barrow - mound barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-241----. On a rise on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular flat-topped and grass-covered earth and stone mound (dims of top 5m N-S; 4.3m E-W; dims of base 7m N-S; 7.4m E-W; H 0.4-0.5m generally to 0.7m at W). It is known locally as the Paupers Plot. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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)

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

## 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 Ballylion, 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 low. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballylion.
- 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/ballylion.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballylion.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballylion.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballylion 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)

- Caltraghbeg: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/caltraghbeg.md
- Coolagarry: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/coolagarry-190776.md
- Coolnageer: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/coolnageer.md
- Cornalee: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cornalee.md
- Garrynphort: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/garrynphort-191229.md
- Grange: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/grange-191299.md
- Lismoyle: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lismoyle.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.

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