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Sweathouse

Clydagh Upper, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sweathouse, Clydagh Upper, County Roscommon, 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
Clydagh Upper
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.74874, -8.66743
SMR number
RO025-032----

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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)
  • 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the bottom of an E-facing slope on a plateau. Rectangular drystone-built structure (ext. dims. 3m N-S; 2.6m E-W; max. H 1.5m) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m; H 0.8m) in the E side. The interior is rectangular (dims. 1.7m E-W; 1.45m N-S; H 1.35m) with a lintelled roof and four triangular seats (dims. c. 0.3m x c. 0.3m) protruding from the walls, c. 0.45m off the ground. There is no evidence of a mound.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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