Monroe

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monroe, from 25 m² to 207,656 m² (20.77 ha, 51.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Monroe 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.

• 11 Nov 2023Conditional

  construction of a storey and a half extension to the west facing façade of our existing dwelling. We also seek permission for the following, to demolish existing porch consisting of 4.6Sqm, to carry out minor alterations to existing dwelling, to upgrade existing site entrance and for permission to connect to all existing site services together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360385

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  demolition of existing derelict dwelling (50.4sq m) and to construct one number replacement dwelling house (229.5sq m) and to upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to accommodate as shared agricultural entrance & domestic entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360062

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• WM011-134 Linear earthwork
  Description

  The townland boundary running NW-SE between Monroe and Wattstown consists of an earth and stone bank (max. H 1.5m; max. Wth 3m) with a deep fosse (max. W 2m) on the NE side, and a narrower fosse on the SW side. A pencil note marked on OS map in paper file suggests that this stretch of townland boundary may have formed part of the Iron Age linear earthwork known as the 'Black Pig's Dyke'. The townland boundary runs past a group of barrows (WM011-132----/133----/160----) standing on top of Frewin Hill located 50m to NNE. The present townland boundary has a modern appearance and bears no resemblance morphologically with the 'Duncla' or 'Black Pig's Dyke' depicted on the OS 6-inch maps in Co. Longford (LF006-066----). There is no evidence to suggest that this townland boundary formed part of the linear earthwork known as the Black Pig's Dyke'. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

• WM011-137 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 30) as following: ‘High-relief ring-barrow in low-lying, undulating pastureland c. 60m SW of two tiny and sometimes conjoined, seasonally flooded lakes (kettle-holes?). Stony bank of old field-fence, running c. N-S, cuts through W side of monument, and approximately one-quarter of monument has been removed or severely damaged from field to W of this. Monument comprises a central flat-topped mound surrounded by a flat-bottomed or gently curved ditch, from 3-4.4m in width where intact, and an outer bank 3.5-4m in width where intact Bank has been partially eroded on F side and mostly leveled on N side; an entire arc to W of later field-fence, except for slight traces at SW, has been removed. Overall diameter of monument (NNW-SSEE) is 31m; the E-W diameter is only 22m on account of the damage done to W side. Basal diameter of central mound is 18.5m from N to S, but only 13m from E-W; it is clear that parts of W and NW sides of mound have been shorn off, possibly at same time as field-fence was constructed. Edge of upper surface of mound rises up to 1.25m above base of ditch (at SSE side), and highest point of mound rises up to 1.6m above base of ditch. Mound rises well above surrounding ground level and, on SE side, well above outer bank Where bank is best preserved on S and NE sides, it rises 0.58m and 0.68m respectively above base of ditch; its greatest height above external ground level is 0.75m at SE side, where ditch is actually higher than external ground level. Maximum depth of ditch below and perpendicular to a line joining top of bank to upper surface of platform on S and NE sides is 0.86m and 0.66m respectively. There appears to be a very low-relief, approximately circular mound (Diam. 4.2m N-S x 4.Sm E-W) on upper surface of central mound. A second barrow or mound (WM011-159----) lies 17m to SSE. Frewin Hill (WM011-133----), c. 0.7km to N, is prominent on horizon and the present site and Site 12 are aligned on the mound or cairn on its summit’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 15 April 2016

• WM011-138 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight natural rise and surrounded by gently undulating grassland overlooked by a high hill to the N. Ring-barrow (WM011-137----) and stepped-barrow (WM011-159---) 130m to NNW, ringfort (WM011-140---) 200m to NNE. A large oval shaped area (approx. diam. 39m N-S; 43m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and wide deep external fosse. The bank has been quarried away at SSW, WNW & ESE, and the fosse has been infilled from SE-SW. The interior slopes from NW-SE and has traces of wide cultivation ridges which also run in that direction. A field fence running NNE-SSW intersects the site at W; a second field fence intersects the perimeter at NE and a third field fence curves around the fosse from NW-NE. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

• WM011-140 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 17/02/1977. Extract from Iris Oifigiúil 25th February 1977. Situated on NW facing slope of low rise of ground surrounded by gently undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM011-141---) 320m to NNE, ringfort (WM011-138---) 200m to S, ring-barrow (WM011-137----) and stepped-barrow (WM011-159----) 100m to SW. A large sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening fosse. The E half of the monument has been levelled. The inner bank is poorly preserved, the fosse is filled up at NE and the outer bank is little more than a counterscarp, levelled at E. Both banks have several disturbance gaps. The fosse seems to have been re-cut and converted into a sunken way or laneway visible from S-W only. A field boundary running NW-SE bisecs the interior of the ringfort. Post-1837 field fences intersect the perimeter of the monument at NE. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

• WM011-142 Penitential station
  Description

  Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 17/02/1977. Extract from Iris Oifigiúil 25th February 1977. Classification of this monument has been problematical with several different classifications proposed for this monument. Described as an 'Earthwork' on the Register of Historic Monuments in 1977. Various classifications have been suggested for this earthwork such as a possible mound or barrow, a hut site, an artificial mound or site of a summerhouse/gazebo. In 1962 this site was described as Lack Loman which preserved the 'memory of St. Lomán who founded a monastery here (Portloman WM011-145----) and a church on Inis Mór, alias Church Island (WM012-167----), near the E shore of the lake (Lough Owel)' (Killanin and Duignan 1962, 3810) In 1969 the monument was inspected by H. A Wheeler who described the monument as consisting of a small roughly square-shaped mound (approx. H 1m; 6m x 6m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank with doorway or entrance gap (Wth 0.85m) at NW corner which led him to suggest that this earthwork may have have been the collapsed remains of a square-shaped hut site or house. He recorded that the place name of the monument suggested that it might have been the burial place of Saint Lomán a disciple of St Patrick who founded a monastery at Portloman (SMR File 31/10/1969). Lomán of Lough Owel (Lough Uair) was the son of Oireannan and was associated with a church (WM012-167----) on Church Island (Inis Mór) and with a church at Portloman (Teach/Port Lomáin) also possibly known as Teach Mic Luim (Ó Riain 1992, 401-02). According to Ó Riain (1992, 402) Leac Lomáin marked the start of the station formerly performed at his church (WM011-145----). Portloman church (WM011-145---) lies 800m to the NE and the nearest shoreline of Lough Owel lies 700m to the E. Ringfort (WM011-143----) lies 100m to SE. Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 41) as following: ‘This site, marked Lack Loman (Leac Loman, St. Loman's Stone) on OS 6" map, has been identified as a barrow in the RMP. It comprises a naturally shaped, dished flagstone, surrounded by an oval, penannular bank (Diam. 7m NE-SW x 6m NW-SE) up to 0.5m high, fenced off from the surrounding field and heavily overgrown with thick grass. An entrance passage 0.61m in width runs for a distance of 1.8m from NW perimeter to flagstone at centre of monument. There are no grounds for identifying this monument as a barrow, tumulus or any other kind of prehistoric burial. The penannular bank, which probing shows to contain much stone beneath the sod, surrounds what was an important station for pilgrims visiting church of Portloman (WM011-145----) in 1830s (OSL 1837, Vol. 1, 176-80) and has the appearance of a pilgrims' cairn. According to local information gathered by the writer, travellers used to visit the stone up until c. 10 years ago and there was a tradition of pilgrims leaving stones at it’. See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 25 April 2016

• WM011-159 Barrow - stepped barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 30-1) as following: 'About 17m to SSE of Site 11 (WM011-137----) is an unrecorded monument, comprising what appears to be a natural hillock, rounded in appearance (Diam. 20m N-S) and clearly defined on all sides but S, where it blends into natural slope. This hillock is capped by a roughly circular, flat-­topped mound (Diam. 5m N-­S x 5.5m E-­W), poorly defined at W side, which rises 0.5m above upper surface of hillock where highest on E side. The hillock itself rises up to 1.1m above surrounding ground. Overall impression is of a stepped barrow with upper surface of natural hillock forming a broad circular shelf around the artificial mound. Same field fence that cuts through Site 11 (WM011-137----) also runs roughly N-­S through this monument. This monument and Site 11 (WM011-137----) are aligned on the mound or cairn on summit of Frewin Hill (WM011-133----). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).

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

Name

Monroe

Area

680,177 m² (68.02 ha, 168.08 acres)

Civil parish

Portloman, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaree

Electoral division

Portloman, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Johnstown, Monroe Or Johnstown (nugent), Portloman, Scurlockstown, Wattstown

Placenames

Monroe on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.