What is recorded here
Situated on the NW bank of a NE-SW stream, in its deep valley. it is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'Sweat Ho.', with a house c. 70m to the NW. This is a subrectangular roofless chamber (int. dims 2.15m NW-SE; 2.05m NE-SW) defined by a faced drystone wall (max. H 1.45m; T 0.55m) with an opening (Wth 1.2m; H 1.15m plus) at the SE side. There is no evidence of a mound. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE019-009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pampuco, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gerard Lovett from ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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Dowra BridgeBridge · 2.7 mi
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TobermurvyHoly well · 3.8 mi
Sliabh an IarainnMountain / peak · 5.0 mi
Lough AllenLarge freshwater lake · 5.0 mi
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