Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Mihanboy, County Roscommon, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.