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Creevaghbaun : Sweat House

CountyGalway
Grid RefM 493 494
GPSM 49253 49428
Longitude8° 45' 52.84" W
Latitude53° 29' 32.69" N
Nearest TownTaum (6.6 Km)
OS Sheet46
UTM zone29U
UTM x515612.23987985
UTM y5927075.5887531
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 27th March 2005

This is not what I've come to expect from sweathouses. Usually they are tucked away in hidden places, but this one is in the middle of a field next to a holy well. Despite being signposted as being a sweathouse I'm not sure that it is on. The 3m x 2m building with its large door just doesn't fit the model.

That aside it's a lovely little building with a very nice example of a stone roof.

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