Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sweathouse
Reagoulane, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reagoulane
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64364, -8.10609
- SMR number
- TS045-025----
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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
In an area called 'Poulgorm', the sweathouse is built into a S-facing slope with a stream c. 20m to the SW. The stream runs NW-SE into the Multeen River. A roughly circular structure (int. diam. 1.59m N-S; 1.54m E-W; int. H 1.95m; ext. H 2m; wall T 0.75m) composed of dry-stone walling with a corbelled roof which is capped by a single, large, cracked capstone. It is entered through a narrow doorway in the S (H 0.87m; Wth 0.36m). A field bank runs NW-SE from the SE quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.