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Monroe

A substantial field boundary has an archaeological record of its own.

Watercolour and fine ink view across gently sloping winter pasture to a shallow pond, scattered trees and distant field boundaries.
Illustration, a pond and fields near Monroe, County Westmeath, as photographed in February 2008
Recorded locationMonroe53.56858° N · 7.42572° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Monroe · English · main form

Place & story

Bank and flanking ditches

The boundary between Monroe and Wattstown runs along a bank of earth and stone, with a deep ditch on its northeastern side and a narrower ditch to the southwest. The National Monuments Service records parts reaching about 1.5 metres high and three metres wide. Its assessment describes the boundary as modern in appearance and finds no evidence for identifying it with the ancient Black Pig’s Dyke. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Portloman
Coordinates
53.56858, -7.42572
Mapped area
0.68 km²
Logainm ID
51955 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Monroe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Monroe/Wattstown linear earthwork WM011-134, record uploaded29August2017 · Frank Coyne and Caimin O’Brien, National Monuments Service
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. A pond and fields near Monroe, County Westmeath illustration: based on a Ringfort and pond by kevin higgins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.