Sweat House, sweathouse in County Leitrim (LE016-030----)

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What is recorded here

Located on the W bank of a S-N stream, c. 50m S of an abandoned farmhouse. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No feature is visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE016-030

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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