What is recorded here

Structure in Moneylahan is a structure in Moneylahan, County Sligo, Ireland. The small rectangular building sits on a steep slope above scrub and loose stones, with three drystone walls reaching heights between 0.85m and 1.4m while the fourth side has collapsed into scattered stones. At least three angled stones near the top of the highest wall may have supported a corbelled roof, and the wall composition suggests a date after 1700 AD rather than the older sweathouse claimed in local tradition.

Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Sweathouse Possible' in both publications. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. On a steep NNE-facing slope immediately above an area of scrub and loose stones. Small rectangular building (int. dims. 1.55m NNE-SSW; 0.85m WNW-ESE) whose SSW side, and the SSW half of the WNW and ESE sides are built into the hillside. The structure is defined by a well-constructed drystone walls (Wth. 0.56m) on the SSW, WNW and ESE sides. That at SSW side is the highest (H 1.4m). Although lower, those at the WNW and ESE sides are still substantial (H 0.85m). The NNE wall, where the entrance must have been, has collapsed and is marked now only by a few stones strewn on the ground. At least three flat, narrow stones at a slight upward angle are visible at the top of the SSW wall which may be the springing for a corbelled roof. The floor level is now comprised of earth and grass. Superficially this resembles an infilled well. There is a local tradition that this is the remains of a sweathouse. The composition of the walls strongly suggest that this structure is post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 August 2012

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