# Ballycore, Co. Wicklow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathtoole, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile Chóir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,083,175 m² (108.32 ha, 267.66 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 79,440 m² (7.94 ha, 19.63 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathtoole, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/rathtoole.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Upper
- Electoral division: Hartstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 270 people lived in 95 households in the Hartstown electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54753
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250165
- Centre: latitude 52.995244, longitude -6.781563 (WGS 84)

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

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycore, from 672 m² to 288,756 m² (28.88 ha, 71.35 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5128935: 288,756 m² (28.88 ha, 71.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5128935.md
- Parcel 1289821: 212,823 m² (21.28 ha, 52.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289821.md
- Parcel 1289797: 93,364 m² (9.34 ha, 23.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289797.md
- Parcel 1289863: 80,058 m² (8.01 ha, 19.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1289863.md
- Parcel 1267687: 78,822 m² (7.88 ha, 19.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1267687.md
- Parcel 5187052: 2,239 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5187052.md
- Parcel 1290591: 2,192 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1290591.md
- Parcel 3642880: 672 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3642880.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycore 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 10 Feb 2020, Wicklow County Council 20120: N/a. Permission, 1 home. bungalow, garage, on site treatment unit, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20120/0
- 17 Dec 2019, Wicklow County Council 191349: N/a. Permission, 1 home. bungalow, garage, on site treatment unit, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/191349/0
- 16 Nov 2018, Wicklow County Council 181288: Conditional. Permission. an application area of 14.8 hectares. Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of 11.5 hectares with processing that includes crushing, washing (closed water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoon) and screening and all ancillary works and structures, site facilities consisting of prefabricated office, canteen facility, WC, septic tank and percolation area, bunded and covered fuel tanks, hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge and office, aggregate quality testing lab, wheelwash and perimeter screening berms and fencing, access to the site will be via a new splayed entrance priority junction onto the R747 regional road with relocation of the existing percolation area granted under Planning Ref 14/1370, progressive restoration of the site to an agricultural after use, the proposed extraction operational period is for 13 years plus 2 year to complete restoration (total duration sought 15 years). An EIAR has been prepared in respect of the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/181288/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballycore Rath, site code 001751

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

- WI020-009: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-009----. Situated on level ground at the foot of a steep-sided ridge, with higher ground to the NW and NE. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) apparently defined by a fosse, visible as cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGN 24). Ploughed out 'a long time ago', according to local information. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI020-010: Castle - motte and bailey, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-010----. Situated at the SW end of a narrow steep-sided ridge. Oval platform with a level summit (dims. 20m NNW-SSE; 14m NNE-SSW; H 2.5-4m), separated from the bailey at the SW by a fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.8m). The bailey is a level trapezoidal area (max. dims. 32m WNW-ESE; 15m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 1m), and an external fosse (max. Wth 5m; D 1m) from SE-W-NW with a further outer bank (max. Wth 5.5m; H 1.7m) at the SW. This fosse, which also encloses the motte along the NE, merges into a berm at the NW and SE along the edges of the ridge. There is a causeway (Wth 2m) across the fosse at the NE extremity. The motte and bailey form one component of a series of earthworks which enclose and divide the ridge summit for a distance of 550m. These include banks along the edge of the ridge, and lateral banks dividing the ridge from NNW-SSE. The most significant are those c. 75m NE of the motte which consist of two banks, 20m apart, cutting the SW end of ridge off from remainder and creating an enclosure around the motte to which three access ramps ascend (from the SW, NW and SE). The SW bank has a central entrance gap (recently widened). A possible moated site (WI020-025----) occurs within the defenses towards the NE. (CUCAP, AIC 86, BGN 24) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 99/1940).
- WI020-010001: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-010001-. On a steep-sided NE-SW ridge occupying an area of c. 14ha. A series of banks and fosses and trackways associated with a motte and bailey (WI020-010----) which lies at the SW end of the ridge and a possible moated site (WI020-025----) at the NE end. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2012
- WI020-011: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-011----. Situated on a fairly level area just above the steep S-facing slope of the Bothoge River Valley. Quadrangular graveyard (dims. 38m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by iron railings and containing a small number of headstones, some dating to the early 18th century. There is no evidence for a church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI020-025: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI020-025----. Situated about 320m NE of a motte and bailey (WI020-010----) on the level summit of a steep-sided ridge. Rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 100m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) defined by a fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.25-0.6m) which is not visible on the SE side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

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 Ballycore.

## 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 Ballycore, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycore.
- 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/wicklow/ballycore.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycore.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballycore.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Baronstown Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/baronstown-lower.md
- Knocknamuck Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/knocknamuck-lower.md
- Portersize (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/portersize.md
- Rathtoole: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/rathtoole.md
- Timolin (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/timolin.md
- Whitehills: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/whitehills.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/wicklow/ballycore
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