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

Townland in the civil parish of Blessington, barony of Talbotstown Lower, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Baile an Bhaird.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,400,271 m² (140.03 ha, 346.01 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,965 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Blessington, https://everytownland.com/wicklow/parish/blessington.md
- Barony: Talbotstown Lower
- Electoral division: Blessington, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,588 people lived in 1,608 households in the Blessington electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Wicklow, https://everytownland.com/wicklow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/54620
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 250338
- Centre: latitude 53.180361, longitude -6.456492 (WGS 84)

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

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyward, from 88 m² to 909,881 m² (90.99 ha, 224.84 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1248344: 909,881 m² (90.99 ha, 224.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1248344.md
- Parcel 1278373: 472,192 m² (47.22 ha, 116.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1278373.md
- Parcel 1268261: 9,965 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1268261.md
- Parcel 1285096: 8,995 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1285096.md
- Parcel 1250235: 88 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1250235.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyward 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Ballyward in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyward.

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

- WI005-004: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-004----. Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), visible as cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). 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
- WI005-039: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-039----. One of three circular enclosures (see WI005-039001-, WI005-039002-) (diam. 12.2m) defined by a wall of rectangular stones two courses high (Wth 1.1-1.2m; H 0.5-0.9m). The interiors of two of the circles are domed (H 0.4m). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 05 December 2012
- WI005-039001: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-039001-. One of three circular enclosures (see WI005-039----, WI005-039002-) (diam. 11.1m) defined by a wall of rectangular stones two courses high (Wth 1.1-1.2m; H 0.5-0.9m). The interiors of two of the circles are domed (H 0.4m). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 05 December 2012
- WI005-039002: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-039002-. One of three circular enclosures (see WI005-039----, WI005-039002-) (diam. 11.5m) defined by a wall of rectangular stones two courses high (Wth 1.1-1.2m; H 0.5-0.9m). The interiors of two of the circles are domed (H 0.4m). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 05 December 2012
- WI005-040: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-040----. Situated on a W-facing slope at the N end of a NW-SE ridge. Circular enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 40m) visible as cropmark on aerial photographs (GSIAP, O 89-90). 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
- WI005-041001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-041001-. Listed as a 'ringfort' in the SMR (1986) and as a possible 'enclosure' (diam. c. 38m N-S; 43m E-W) in the RMP (1995) based on cartographic evidence. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 05 December 2012
- WI005-041002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-041002-. A note in the SMR file for enclosure (WI005-041001-) mentions a hut site in the interior. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 05 December 2012
- WI005-115001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-115001-. On a gradual W-facing slope. Heavily overgrown with forestry and bracken. An oval area (diam c. 40m) enclosed by a stony bank (Wth 2m; H 0.8m) well preserved along the N side but much reduced elsewhere, especially along the W where it has been reduced to a scarp. Entrance at W (Wth 1.8m) defined on its S side by a large granite boulder set on edge (L 1.1m; H 0.6m). Hut site (WI005-115002-) in the E quadrant. At the NE an annex abuts the main enclosure. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012
- WI005-115002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-115002-. On a gradual W-facing slope. In the E quadrant of an enclosure (WI005-115001-). The hut site (c. 5.7m E-W; 5.4m N-S) is defined by a collapsed stone wall with a possible entrance at W. There is a tree in its NW quadrant. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012
- WI005-115003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-115003-. In forestry, on a gradual W-facing slope. c. 20m to the S of enclosure WI005-115001-. The hut site (diam. c. 5m) is defined by a low moss-covered stone bank. There is a possible entrance at the NE and a tree planted at the N side. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012
- WI005-116: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-116----. On a gentle NE/E-facing slope of a hill in mature pine forestry. Circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) with a slightly 'dished' interior. The perimeter appears broken along the N but otherwise consists of a jumble of granite stones. There are occasional large stones that would appear to be set. There are tree stumps in both the N and S quadrants. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012
- WI005-117: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-117----. In forestry on a W-facing slope. Not listed in the SMR (1986) or RMP (1995). A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) depicted on 1907 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012
- WI005-118: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-118----. In forestry on a W-facing slope. Not listed in the SMR (1986) or RMP (1995). A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) depicted on 1907 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 December 2012

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 Ballyward.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: the EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3012, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_3012.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ballyward.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyward.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyward.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyward 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)

- Ballyfoyle: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballyfoyle.md
- Ballynasculloge Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballynasculloge-lower.md
- Ballysmuttan Lower: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/ballysmuttan-lower.md
- Kilbride: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/kilbride-250812.md
- Oldcourt: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/oldcourt-251117.md
- Threecastles: https://everytownland.com/wicklow/threecastles.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/ballyward
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/wicklow/ballyward