Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Drumlion (upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlion (upper Loughtee By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho.
- Coordinates
- 53.98742, -7.40834
- SMR number
- CV020-038----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not marked on 1836 or 1876 eds. Situated in a small valley, 30m SW of a stream. The site has been quarried away. Davies (ITA Survey 1942) recorded that the site was once occupied by an extensive brickworks within which was a small vaulted building. He described the building as being of 18th or early 19th-century style. No visible remains at ground 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
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.