Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Killooman, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killooman
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho.
- Coordinates
- 54.21909, -8.06786
- SMR number
- LE016-035----
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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
Located on the S bank of a WNW-ESE stream, and c. 50m W of an abandoned farmhouse on the N bank. Marked only on the latest edition of the OS 6-inch map. A circular hollow (diam. c. 2m; H c. 3m) is visible in the stream bank, but no stonework survives.
See attachment:
• LE016-035----_1 Photo of sweathouse in 1992. G. Burns
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 update: 16 November 2022
Updated by: Gearóid Conroy
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.