Sweathouse in Annacarney

Situated on the flat bed of a stream gully and built into the steep valley side; the stream is 6m to the NE. An approximately square mound of earth and stone (dims. 4m x 4m; H 2m) covering a square chamber (dims. 1.52m x 1.52m) with a corbelled roof (H 1.73m) and a beaten earth floor. The top portion of the roof was damaged in 1967 (SMR file). The chamber is entered from the NNE side via a narrow passage (L 1.5m; Wth 0.44m; H 0.57-0.62m) with a slanting slab roof. (Price 1952, 180-81) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 2 March 2015

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.