Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Gortnasillagh East, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnasillagh East
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho.
- Coordinates
- 54.19210, -8.11428
- SMR number
- LE016-032----
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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
Built in the W bank of a N-S stream. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map with no houses in the vicinity, although a farm complex is marked on the 1835 edition c. 100m to the SSE. The roof has collapsed and the chamber is inaccessible, but the entrance (Wth 0.55m; H 0.6m) facing the stream still survives.
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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.