Structure in Moneylahan

Structure

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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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL006-060

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Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre (publisher); individual photographer not stated, discoverdromahairpark.ie
Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Willie Duffin, Wikimedia Commons
John M / Geograph, www.geograph.ie
P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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