Sweathouse in Clydagh Upper, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the bottom of an E-facing slope on a plateau. Rectangular drystone-built structure (ext. dims. 3m N-S; 2.6m E-W; max. H 1.5m) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m; H 0.8m) in the E side. The interior is rectangular (dims. 1.7m E-W; 1.45m N-S; H 1.35m) with a lintelled roof and four triangular seats (dims. c. 0.3m x c. 0.3m) protruding from the walls, c. 0.45m off the ground. There is no evidence of a mound.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO025-032

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