Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Alteenacres Glebe, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Alteenacres Glebe
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Vapour Bath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat House
- Coordinates
- 54.19428, -8.05140
- SMR number
- LE016-023----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.