Sweat House, sweathouse in County Roscommon (RO002-027----)

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated towards the top of the W-facing slope of a low ridge with a house just to the E. Circular drystone-built chamber (int. diam. 1.6m; H 0.4m) with a collapsed roof and the lintelled entrance (Wth c. 0.4m; H 0.4m) is at NE. It is built in an earthen mound (dims. 3.5m N-S; 2.5m E-W; H 0.5m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-027

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