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Sweat Ho. (Disused)

Sweathouse

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Sweat Ho. (Disused) is a sweathouse in Cartronaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland. The rectangular stone chamber sits on the SW-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain, overlooking a marsh and hidden within a coniferous forest. Its roof has collapsed to a height of one to 1.2m, while a destroyed SW entrance connects to a trench cut into the hillslope. The site appears only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map near deserted houses 150m to the S and W.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map with deserted houses c. 150m to the S and W, and built into the SW-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain overlooking a marsh and now in a coniferous forest. Rectangular stone-built chamber (int. dims. 1.95m NW-SE; 1.4m NE-SW) with a collapsed roof (surviving H 1-1.2m). A destroyed entrance at SW is approached by a trench (L 2.5-4m; Wth 0.8-1.5m) excavated into the hillslope. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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