Sweat Ho. (Disused)

Listed in both the SMR (1989) and the RMP (1995) and classified 'Sweathouse'. Near a stream, c. 500m N of Lough Skean and built against a rock outcrop. A rectangular chamber (Wth 0.5m; H 0.9m) with drystone walls and a corbelled roof covered by a rocky mound (1.5m x 2.9m; H 1.9m). There is a partially blocked lintelled doorway on the N side. The sweathouse is covered with overgrowth. It is likely to be post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 10 January 2012

Sweathouse sites in Ireland are often associated with prehistoric or early Christian ritual practices, sometimes linked to healing or purification traditions. The structure at Creevagh may have been used for sweat-bathing ceremonies, a practice believed to have therapeutic or spiritual significance.