What is recorded here

Half a metre of opening, a narrow throat into the hill, and beyond it a round chamber big enough for one person to stand and breathe. The sweatouse in Largymore clings to the west face of a steep valley slope, a stream running beside it like a witness. To enter would be to leave the light behind and sit inside the dark, listening to water move through rock.

Situated on steep W facing slope of river valley in upland area with stream immediately to the W. A roughly sub-circular sunken area (int. dims. 2.75m x 2.75m) built into the W face of rising ground enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank with evidence of internal stone facing forming a sunken interior with a possible entrance (Wth 0.5m) facing W towards the stream. No structure is indicated on any edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map. The shape of the interior and its location built into the face of a hillside with possible entrance facing onto a stream located immediately to the W suggests that this may be the remains of a possible sweathouse or a kiln of some sort. No kiln is indicated on any edition of the Ordnance Survey maps. A lime kiln is indicated on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map in the field to the W of the stream. Two similar structures (DG097-042001/002-) are located 90m downslope to the S. A ringfort (DG097-021) is 40m to the NE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 01 July 2010

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