Ballygilgan

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygilgan, from 169 m² to 348,601 m² (34.86 ha, 86.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Jul 2023Refused

  Construction of a detached dwelling house and installation of a septic tank with associated percolation area.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360180

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  development consisting of construction of a detached dwelling house and a detached domestic garage and also to install a waster water treatment system with associated percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360050

• 14 Mar 2023Refused

  Construction of a detached dwelling house and installation of a septic tank with associated percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360047

• 15 Feb 2022Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a detached dwelling house and installation of a septic tank with associated percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2252

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the demolition of the existing agricultural shed & cattle crush and construction of a storey and half dwelling house and domestic garage, along with the provisions for a septic tank and percolation areas, upgrading the existing agricultural access to meet the required standard for vehicular and pedestrian access and carrying out all other associated site and ground works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17186

• 26 Jul 2021Refused

  Development consisting of construction of a detached dwellinghouse and install a septic tank with associated percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21294

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of the (1) construct new dwelling house and domestic garage, (2) construct wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, (3) All ancillary services associated with the development.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21169

• 30 Mar 2021Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, proprietary effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site, together with all ancillary site works and services (previous planning ref: PL07/229)

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21110

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  development consisting of (1) Demolition of existing dwelling house and entrance walls. (2) Decommissioning of the existing septic tank and associated percolation area. (3) Construction of a replacement two-storey type dwelling house. (4) Provision of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area (5) Provision of new vehicular entrance and access lane. (6) And all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement and a Bat Survey Report have been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19520

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
• Special Protection Area: Drumcliff Bay SPA 004013
• Special Protection Area: Ballintemple and Ballygilgan SPA 004234
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627

Recorded monuments

• SL008-009 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL008-010 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in level wet pasture surrounded by mature coniferous forestry. Depicted as a roughly circular hachured area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6'' map. The monument has been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-011 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) The monument was inspected in 2014. This area was replanted with conifers c. 2001-2. All of the stones identified by Ó Nualláin remain in situ though the right-angled 'base of wall' depicted on his plan (Fig. 16) in the probable court area is no longer visible. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 29 August 2014

• SL008-012001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a very slight rise in gently undulating pasture. This rath is not indicated on the 1837-8 OS 6-inch map, but is shown on the 1940-1 edition where it is named 'Lisbiggan'. It consists of roughly circular, slightly raised area (diam. 25m) defined at WSW-NW by an irregular scarp (ext. H 0.6m), at NW-NE by remnants of an earth and stone bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.3m) and elsewhere by a barely perceptible rise. The original entrance is not evident. The remains of a souterrain (SL008-012002-) are located on the W side of the interior along the original line of the bank. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-012002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on the NW side of a rath (SL008-012001-). The souterrain consists of an L-shaped passage (Wth top 0.8m; Wth base 1.1m; H 1-1.3m) extending along the line of the removed bank of the rath. The passage extends in a NE-SW direction for a distance of 10m and then turns at a right angle at the SW end and continues for a further 6m in a NW-SE direction into the interior of the rath. The walls are of limestone rubble and the roof is made up of limestone slab lintels the majority of which are absent. The original entrance is not recognisable and the ends of the passage are blocked with earth and stone. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in level wet mixed forestry. Raised circular area (diam. c.30m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth c.3m; int. H c.0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is densely overgrown with briars. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-014 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in low-lying level pasture within a small copse of coniferous trees. The well has been modernised and is enclosed by a circular concrete wall (int. diam. 2m; T 0.2m; H 1.25m) with access via steps on the S side. The well is located at the centre of a circular paved area (diam. c.17m) enclosed by a wire and post fence. Access to the paved area is via a gate at N. The Stations of the Cross extend around the edge of the paved area NE-SE and SW-NW. The outflow from the well extends beneath the paving and emerges at the S edge of the area where it flows into a drain. A modern stone altar and a N-facing statue of the Virgin Mary are located immediately to the W of the well. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-015 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A second cashel (SL008-016---) is located 60m to the SE. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Internal revetting survives at SE in the form of limestone slabs laid on edge at the base of the bank. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at SSE, lined on either side by a limestone slabs and now blocked with rubble, marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. A second cashel (SL008-015---) is located 60m to the NW. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in level pasture immediately to NW of a stream. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A NE-SW flowing stream abuts the external base of the bank E-SE. A NE-SW orientated field boundary bank, with a drain on the W side, abuts the external base of the bank W-WNW. A break (Wth 1.5m) in the bank at SW marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-020 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, on a slight NNE-facing slope, in gently undulating, good pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 4.1m) enclosed by a broad scarp of earth (ext. H 0.2m). At the base of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 2.5m) and a broad external bank of earth (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m). A modern causeway (Wth 1.9m) crosses the fosse at W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-021 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, on a slight E-facing slope, in gently undulating good pasture. Circular area (diam. 7m) enclosed by a broad scarp of earth (ext. H 0.15m). At the base of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 2.7m) and an external bank of earth (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.35m). The external bank has been almost entirely removed NE-SE where it is barely visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level mature coniferous forestry. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.3; int. H 0.3m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 2m). The fosse encloses the site NE-NNW and is visible as a very slight depression around the external base of the bank. A modern WNW-ESE orientated field drain has been cut along the line of the fosse NNW-NE. The original entrance is not recognisable. A hut site (SL008-025002-) is located to SW of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-025001 House - early medieval
  Description

  Located to SW of centre in the interior of Ballygilgan rath (SL008-025001-). Oval area (dims. 7m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1m; H 0.3m). A break (Wth 1.6m) in the bank at NE marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on slight E-facing slope, in gently undulating good pasture. Depicted as a circular hachured area (diam. c. 20m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The monument has been levelled with no visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-194 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on level ground at base of a narrow NE-SW orientated wet depression between two low hillocks, in gently undulating pasture. Roughly crescent shaped, slightly domed, mound (dims. 18m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; max. H 0.4m) of sod-covered charcoal rich earth. The opening (Wth 4m) of the crescent faces SE. A NE-SW orientated wire and post field fence abuts the base of the mound at NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-218 Midden
  Description

  Located on the SW edge of a pasture field, bordering the shoreline on the inner reaches of Drumcliff Bay. This midden is exposed in section in the land-edge scarp (1.6m) bordering a cobble beach. It directly underlies a thin layer (D 0.1m) of dark grey humic soil at a height of 1.45-1.5m above beach level, and overlies a layer (D 0.4m) of pale-coloured sand, beneath which is a slightly darker sand layer which drops to beach level. It consists of a concentration (L 16m E‒W; D 0.15-0.2m) of estuarine sea shells -cockles, mussels, oysters, clams, periwinkles, razor shells- intermixed with grey sandy soil. The majority of the shells are in a fragmentary condition. Portions of the midden layer have slumped or collapsed down the section face as a result of on-going erosion. The underlying sand layers are riddles with rabbit burrows. The 1838 OS 6-inch map indicates a road and a number of houses bordering the shoreline in this area. There are no traces of these features now in the field. It is possible that the midden was associated with that vernacular settlement. A layer (L c. 4m E−W) of grey sandy soil incorporating charcoal chunks and fragments is visible in directly beneath the sod/topsoil (D 0.05m), c. 6m W of the midden. A pit-like feature (Wth 0.5m at top, 0.2m at base; D 0.5m) is visible in section towards the E end of the layer. At the W end of the layer another pit-like feature (Wth 0.3m; D 0.15m) is visible in section. The fill of both pits appears identical to the charcoal-rich layer, and both pits dip from the charcoal-rich layer into the underlying natural sand layers. It seems likely that these features are relatively modern in date, possibly related to the vernacular settlement shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch maps. The pits may be where fence posts along the edge of the field were driven through the charcoal layer. Notified to NMS by Tamlyn McHugh. Attached images: SL008-218----_01.JPG: Midden viewed from E SL008-218----_01.JPG: Midden viewed from S SL008-218----_01.JPG: detail of shells Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 July 2021

Architectural heritage

• Lissadell House, gate lodge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with attic rendered gate lodge built c. 1860. T-plan, west wing with single-storey with attic gabled entrance porch projecting from west elevation, single-storey flat-roofed extension c. 1980 in south-east corner. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered stepped and corbelled chimneystack, painted timber projecting bargeboards and eaves, uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walling, chamfered smooth-rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, smooth-rendered slightly-projecting reveals, painted masonry sills, hood moulding to attic window to east gable, painted timber casement windows c. 1980. Square-headed entrance door opening, smooth-rendered slightly-projecting reveals, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels c. 1995, plain-glazed sidelights. Set at east entrance to Lissadell estate, boundary hedges.

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

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballygilgan.

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.

No address of the register names Ballygilgan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Ballygilgan · Baile Uí Ghiollagáin

Area

3,627,197 m² (362.72 ha, 896.3 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Lissadill East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lissadill East electoral division: 862 people in 306 households; 78% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carney (Jones), Carney (O'Beirne), Cooldrumman Lower, Cullagh More, Doonowney, Lissadill, Rahelly

Placenames

Ballygilgan 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.