UNCERTAIN · SWEAT HOUSE

Sweat house

Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 10820
Period
UNCERTAIN
Site type
SWEAT HOUSE
Nation
Northern Ireland
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Sweat house is an uncertain sweat house located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument is recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under designation HED NI NISMR MonID 10820. Sweat houses, or sudatories, are traditionally associated with medieval and early modern therapeutic practice, though examples from Ireland are often difficult to date with precision and their exact functional interpretation remains subject to scholarly debate. The uncertainty of this particular site's classification reflects the wider challenges in identifying and interpreting such structures in the Irish archaeological record, where physical evidence alone may be insufficient to confirm definitively the original purpose and period of construction.

Sweat house is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 10820. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Sweat house?

Sweat house is an uncertain sweat house located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 10820.

What period does Sweat house date from?

Sweat house dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a sweat house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Sweat house?

Sweat house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 10820.

What other scheduled monuments are near Sweat house?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sweat house (0.6 km), Temple cill na cashna, killycawna, templemoyle. multiperiod church, graveyard, penal site & killeen (5.7 km), Cross (6.1 km).

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