Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Gorteenaguinnell, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteenaguinnell
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.33535, -8.29313
- SMR number
- LE007-091----
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
On a S-facing slope, just 3m from the ruins of a house. A hollow has been excavated into bedrock (int. diam. 1.8m; max. surviving H 1.5m) with a destroyed entrance (Wth 0.9m) at S. The roof is not closed.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Penal Mass stationunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.