Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Moneygashel, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneygashel
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho.
- Coordinates
- 54.25065, -7.91316
- SMR number
- CV004-015002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not marked on OS 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated within a cashel (CV004-015002-). Small circular drystone-built structure (int. diam. 1.4m; H 1.4m) of beehive-type construction, roofed internally by two large slabs. Richardson (1939, 35) recorded a chimney at SW, c. 0.9m above floor level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.