Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/01/046

Address :
Sweat House Corraghy Rosslea Co. Fermanagh BT92 7DZ

Townland:
Corraghy

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Sweat House

Former Use
Sweat House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
247/5

IG Ref:
H4646 3320

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A beehive shaped rubble stone sweat house set in wetland at the foot of a steep slope at the E of Corraghy Townland. SE face contains a low rectangular opening with stone lintel. The structure contains no other openings. Setting: The sweat house is aligned directly S of a group comprising a turf house (HB12/01/047) and a stable (HB12/01/081). It is heavily overgrown and set in marshy ground with a stream and wooded area to the left. It is now enclosed by a wire fence and is accessed by a heavy modern timber gate.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Too small a structure to show on any OS map. Date is therefore uncertain.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An example of a sweat house, a structure associated with this part of County Fermanagh, but rare in general. This example is located by a stream at the foot of a steep slope. It forms part of a group including a turf-house (HB12/01/047) and stable / byre (HB12/01/081) situated directly to N at the top of the slope.

General Comments

Date of Survey

14 September 2000