Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Doongelagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doongelagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho. (1838).
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11262, -8.31991
- SMR number
- SL034-072----
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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)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Sweathouse'. Not included in the RMP (1995). On a hillside, on the W shore of Lough Bo. On the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map is a feature bearing the designation 'Sweat Ho.' No remains of a sweathouse were identified at this location. This is probably post-1700 AD in date.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC
Date of upload: 11 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.