Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Doolargy, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doolargy
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.04242, -6.32431
- SMR number
- LH004-125----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on lower SSW slopes of Carrabane beside a mountain roadway. Bee-hive shaped within a small stone wall enclosure. Built of granite boulders bonded with mortar. Floor is paved with granite stones. Entrance (Wth 0.60m; H 0.85m) is low, narrow and lintelled and leads to a D-shaped chamber (int. diam. 1.75m; max. H 2.05m). Substantial evidence for burning. (SMR file)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
DAte of upload: 18 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.