Sweathouse in Com Úra, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In rough stony pasture, on the floor of a sheltered corrie at the NE side of Knockmoyle Mountain. The remains of a square structure (1.35m NW-SE; 1.35m NE-SW; H 1.1m) defined by a well-constructed drystone wall (T 0.55m) topped with a corbelled roof of stone slabs. A single stone slab lies on the floor. The lintelled entrance (Wth 0.4m; H 0.8m) is at SE. There are earthen and turf sods on top of the slightly domed roof. The possible sweathouse is cut (D 0.8m) into the hillslope at NW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE081-043003

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