Teachanalais — Inishmurray

Located immediately N of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL001-001001-) known as the ‘Cashel’. Traditionally known as ‘Teachanalais’ (Teach an Allais or ‘sweat house’). This tiny cell or clochaun stands below the outer wall face of the Cashel on the north side. A low, narrow doorway on the north side gives access to simple cell, oblong on plan with rounded corners, and with coursed rubble walls corbelled to flat roof lintels formed by two large sandstone slabs. The cell measures 1.5 wide within walls 0.5 m thick. It is 1 m high internally, 1.3 m overall (in fact the floor slopes upwards from the rear wall towards the entrance). The doorway is 0.6 m wide and 0.5 m high. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018