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Sweathouse

Mihanboy, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sweathouse, Mihanboy, 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
Mihanboy
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.41107, -8.01970
SMR number
RO052-033----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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

Located in the N face of a flat-bottomed quarry (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 10m E-W; D 1.5m at N to c. 4m at W) which is on the W side of a N-S road. The quarry is marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map but the sweat-houses are not. A rectangular house (ext. dims c. 10m E-W; c. 3.5mN-S) was built against the N wall of the quarry but this is now reduced to the base of the walls (max. H 1m). There are two sweat-houses placed c. 4m apart. The W structure is tear-shaped (int. dims 1.3m N-S; 0.95m E-W; H 0.6m), roofed with a large capstone, and has a small rectangular opening (Wth 0.45m; H 0.55m). The E structure has a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.4m; H 0.75m) and opens into a rectangular chamber (max. dims 1.6m N-S; 1.07m E-W; H 1m) roofed with two large capstones.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 29 April, 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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