Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Tawnaleck, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnaleck
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.39663, -8.14116
- SMR number
- LE005-020----
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
At the bottom of a NW-facing slope and c. 40m S of a stream, in a slight fold on the E side of the Dartry Mountains with no houses in the vicinity. Circular cairn (diam. 3.5m ENE-WSW; 3.3m NNW-SSE; H 0.3-0.4m) with a collapsed centre (int. diam. 2.5m ENE-WSW; 2.2m NNW-SSE; D 0.4m-0.7m). The lintel from the entrance (Wth 0.4m) is visible at NNW. Sweat house (LE005-021----) is c. 60m to the N.
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
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.