Sweat House, sweathouse in County Leitrim (LE013-010----)

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What is recorded here

Indicated as a sweat house c. 30m W of a schoolhouse only on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in a slight E-W fold on the N side of Glenfarne valley. No feature is visbile at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE013-010

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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