What is recorded here

No king, court or capital is named in the supplied facts. The Vapour Bath is an Irish sweathouse in County Leitrim, recorded on an 1835 map beside a stream and preserved as a collapsed trapezoidal cairn over a circular chamber. Its southern entrance still opens into darkness, while the missing roof and unseen interior leave the bath half-remembered.

Situated on the NW bank of a SW-NE stream. It is described as a 'Vapour Bath' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, but there are no houses in the vicinity. A trapezoidal cairn (dims 4.65-5m E-W; 2m N-S at W to 5m at E; H 1-2m) has collapsed on a circular chamber, but the entrance to the chamber is visible at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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