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Sweathouse in Drungan

Sweathouse

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On the N bank of a W-E stream and in a slight fold on the E side of the Dartry Mountains with no houses in the vicinity. Subcircular grass-covered hollow (dims of base 1.9m E-W; 1.5m N-S; dims of top 4.4m E-W; 3.7m N-S; D 0.7-1m) with traces of the surrounding mound (ext. dims 5.6m E-W; 6.8m N-S; ext. H 0.3m generally to 0.6m at S). The destroyed entrance (Wth 0.5m) at SE is continued by a sunken path (L 3.7m). Sweat house (LE005-020---) is c. 60m to the S. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003).
On the N bank of a W-E stream and in a slight fold on the E side of the Dartry Mountains with no houses in the vicinity. Subcircular grass-covered hollow (dims of base 1.9m E-W; 1.5m N-S; dims of top 4.4m E-W; 3.7m N-S; D 0.7-1m) with traces of the surrounding mound (ext. dims 5.6m E-W; 6.8m N-S; ext. H 0.3m generally to 0.6m at S). The destroyed entrance (Wth 0.5m) at SE is continued by a sunken path (L 3.7m).…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE005-021

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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kevin Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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