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Why this matters

A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Nunnery — Balroe is recorded as Religious house — unclassified in Westmeath. Situated on low-lying undulating grassland, 30m E of Balroe Bridge. Ringfort (WM011-119---) 135m to NW.

Foundation and growth

The saved account records: Situated on low-lying undulating grassland, 30m E of Balroe Bridge.

People and events

The saved account records: Ringfort (WM011-119---) 135m to NW.

Damage, loss and survival

The saved account records: Laragh Castle (WM011-120----) 200m to SW.

Why it mattered

Nunnery — Balroe matters because the source ties religious house — unclassified to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: OS 25-inch map only the E gable of the 'Nunnery' is depicted as upstanding suggesting that most of the building was levelled between these two dates.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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