Sweat House, sweathouse in County Cavan (CV005-023----)

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What is recorded here

Indicated on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the ESE shoulder of a low mountainous hill. A small beehive-shaped, drystone-built structure, roofed internally by four small flat slabs. Low lintelled entrance at NW (H 1.25m; Wth 0.6m). (Richardson 1939, 34) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV005-023

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