Ballyphilip
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Ormond Upper, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile Philib
- Area
- 163 ha
- 403 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 3,893 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyphilip, from 382 m² to 405,506 m² (40.55 ha, 100.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyphilip 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
9 Jun 2021Conditional
extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary siteworks
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21836
14 May 2018Conditional
to construct (I) Cubicle shed over existing topless cubicles and roofed extension to this area and all associated site works. Retention is required for(i) calving shed with underground effluent slatted tank (ii) topless cubicle area with feeding area.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600602
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 Ballyphilip.
Recorded monuments
- TN020-088 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on an E-facing slope of ground at the end of an E-W ridge in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 40m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.7-1.7m; ext. H 3m) with an infilled external fosse barely visible at the NE only. Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN020-093 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on high ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 1.3m) visible at S only, elsewhere reduced to a scarp with a shallow external fosse (Wth 4m). A modern field boundary skirts the fosse from S through W to N and a field fence intersects the fosse at N and SE. No entrance feature visible. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN020-097 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A poorly preserved ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 27m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.3m) best preserved at SE with a possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at S. A field fence to the W of the site has recently been removed. No visible trace of a fosse. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN026-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on top of a natural hillock in an upland area. A circular area (diam. approx. 21m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) with traces of a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.5m). No entrance feature visible. A modern field fence bisects the site on a NW-SE axis. Natural rock outcrop protrudes from the interior and surface of the enclosing bank. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN026-020001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on high ground in an upland area with a possible cairn (TN026-020002) immediately to the NE and overlooking a ringfort (TN026-021) also to the NE. An oval-shaped area (diam. 27m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.75m) with a modern gap (Wth 7m) at E and possible original entrance gap (Wth 2m) at SE. No visible trace of a fosse. The exposed location of this site is unusual for a ringfort and it may only have been used as a booley site. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN026-020002 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Situated on high ground in an upland area with a possible ringfort (TN026-020001) immediately to the W and overlooking a ringfort (TN026-021) to the NE. A small circular flat-topped mound (H 0.5m; base diam. 10m) of earth and stone construction with a trigonometrical station at the summit. Not indicated on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Possibly constructed by the Ordnance Surveyors. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN026-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low S-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2m) and external fosse (Wth 3-5m; D 0.3m) with possible destroyed entrance gap at E. The interior has recently been planted with conifers. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN026-022 Burial ground
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground in an upland area with extensive views. Marked as 'Site of Burial Ground' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in the OS Letters as a little burial ground known as Cill Churnain (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 120). A large hollow depression is all that is visible in this area. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyphilip.
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
- About 1 in 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1359 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyphilip with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyphilip · Baile Philib
- Area
- 1,630,051 m² (163.01 ha, 402.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Electoral division
- Carrigatogher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrigatogher electoral division: 748 people in 240 households; 92% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycahill, Bawn, Downamona, Lahesseragh, Lisbrien, Lissenhall, Lissyleamy, The Division
- Placenames
- Ballyphilip 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.