Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Ballinlig (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlig (tirerrill By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sweat Ho. (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 54.06631, -8.29010
- SMR number
- SL041-003----
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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
On a W-facing slope overlooking Lough Agh to SW. Not marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The area is densely covered with vegetation and the sweathouse was not located.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.