Sweathouse in Liscuillew Lower, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located on the W bank and in the bend of a S-N stream and at the bottom of a steep E-facing slope with no houses in the vicinity. This feature is indicated, but not described, on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is a collapsed stone structure in a mound (ext. diam. c. 3.5m; H 1.4m) with an entrance (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m) at E which is still intact.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE018-055

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Maker not stated on source page, ar.pinterest.com
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Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Drumkeerin GAA (official club site publisher); individual photographer not named, drumkeeringaa.com
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, letsgowiththechildren.co.uk
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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