Sweat House, sweathouse in County Leitrim (LE016-027----)

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What is recorded here

Situated on the W bank of a N-S stream, c. 100m NE of an abandoned farmhouse, and immediately S of a laneway. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular roofless chamber (int. dims 1.6m E-W; 1.4m N-S; max. H 0.6m) surrounded by the base of a grass-covered mound (dims 3.2m N-S; 2.5m E-W; H 0.3-0.8m) with a collapsed entrance (Wth 0.6m) at E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE016-027

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