Sweathouse in Ardcolman, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On the N-facing slope of a short E-W ridge in an area of early modern field systems and with the site of a 19th century house c. 50m to the W. This is a circular beehive construction (int. diam. 1.35m) but the roof and entrance are destroyed (surviving H1.35m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO047-054003

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