Sweat House, sweathouse in County Louth

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Situated at the bottom of a knoll of rock outcrop where there was a small collection of houses as marked on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The remains of a collapsed sweathouse are set into the outcrop and composed of drystone walling with some small boulders. It was originally circular in plan (diam. c. 1.45m). The sweathouse has been removed since it was last inspected in 1966 but a photograph taken by Rev. Seamus Quinn, who was the parish priest of Knockbridge 1927-54, shows it complete with a rounded roof and a rectangular doorway. See the attached image, which is provided courtesy of Elizabeth McArdle. (SMR file) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 18 December 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH006-112

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