Ballynamona

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynamona, from 27 m² to 106,724 m² (10.67 ha, 26.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynamona 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.

• 23 Aug 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) contruction of an extension to the side and rear elevation of an existing domestic dwelling (2) to demolish an existing front porch (3) to relocate the existing door on the front elevation (4) to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to current EPA regulations and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21332

• 9 Jun 2017Conditional

  construction of new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works to replace the existing treatment system serving an existing dwelling house and permission for retention of the following: (1) existing first floor level of the existing dwelling house (2) existing detached domestic shed/garage (3) existing detached 3 bay storage shed (4) existing site entrance and driveway

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17224

• 23 May 2017Conditional

  development consisting of: (1) erection of bedroom extension to south-west side of dwelling (2) replacement of decking, door and window to north-east side of dwelling and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17194

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: Lough Gill SAC 001976
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976

Recorded monuments

• SL015-066 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on level summit of broad N-S orientated ridge with the steep natural E-facing slope of the ridge immediately to the E of the site. Raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 7.9m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The external face of the bank has been rebuilt SSE-SSW as part of an E-W orientated drystone field wall. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank and a slight ramp at SSW marks the position of the original entrance. The remains a possible souterrain (SL015-066001-) are located on the NE side of the interior, 2m within the internal base of the bank. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL015-066001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on the NE side of the interior of Ballynamona cashel (SL015-066001-), 2m within the internal base of the bank Roughly rectangular U-shaped depression (dims. 4m N-S; Wth Top 1.4m E-W; Wth Base 0.8m E-W; D 0.3m) defined by an earth and stone scarp. This depression may indicate a collapsed souterrain passage. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL015-067 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on NE-facing upper slope of a N-S orientated ridge, in gently undulating rocky pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. c.28m N-S; c.32m E-W) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 6.3m; int. H 0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. Modern E-W orientated drystone field walls (av. dims. H 0.6m; T 0.4m) have been built on top of the bank NW-NE and SE-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is densely overgrown with bushes and briars along the perimeter SW-SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL015-068 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated near NW end of level summit of a NW-SE orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.65m; int. H 0.5m). At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.5m) and an external bank (Wth 2.95m; int. H 0.7m). From ESE-SW the internal bank and the fosse are almost entirely absent. The external bank is mostly eroded away and encloses the site NE-ENE and in small portions at SW, NW and N. A break (Wth 3.2m) in the bank with a slight causeway across the fosse at E marks the position of the original entrance. An E-W orientated field boundary bank lies along the line of the external bank at S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL015-085 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a broad hill in poor rocky pasture. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Circular area (diam. 20m) enclosed by an irregular bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.5m; H 0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The cashel is overgrown with thorn bushes and briars. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL015-128 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated at the base, near the S end, of a narrow steep N-S orientated valley in wet boggy pasture. Roughly circular spread (dims. 5m N-S; 6m E-W) of charcoal rich soil and fire shattered stone. A N-S orientated drain (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m) crosses the spread to NW of centre. Charcoal rich soil and fire shattered stone is visible in the drain faces as a 0.2-0.3m thick band 0.2m immediately below the topsoil (T 0.15-0.25m). An E-W orientated relic drystone field wall crosses the spread slightly to N of centre. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Ballynamona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Ballynamona · Baile na Móna

Area

1,440,407 m² (144.04 ha, 355.93 acres)

Civil parish

Calry, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Calry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Calry electoral division: 1,792 people in 654 households; 88% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickfad (Co. Leitrim), Carrickoneilleen, Corwillick, Faslowart (Co. Leitrim), Loughanelteen, Tully

Placenames

Ballynamona 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.