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Sweathouse

Tullynahaia, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sweathouse, Tullynahaia, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Tullynahaia
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Sweat Ho.
Coordinates
54.14706, -7.99074
SMR number
LE019-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

It is marked only on the Cassini edition of the OS 6-inch map, with a house shown c. 100m to the NW. Recorded by the Leitrim Sweathouse Project (G. Gibbons, 10-7-2022). On a gentle slope on the N-bank of a W-flowing stream. A collapsed sub-circular chamber (diams. c. 2.66m by c. 1.68m), with three courses of rubble stonework visible internally. Previously recorded as intact by G. Burns in 1992 (H 1.91m; L 1.78m; Wth 1.52m) with a well-defined entrance (H 0.75m: Wth 0.58m; D 0.70m).

See attachments:
• Photo of entrance in 1992. (G. Burns)

• Photo of monument in 2022. Note curving coursed stone work. (G. Gibbons)

Revised summary: Gearóid Conroy

Date of revision: 21 November 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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