
What is recorded here
One chamber, one roof, one living edge: a D-shaped sweathouse built into the boundary wall between Kinard West and Tobarnamoodane, with a north entrance, corbelled stone roof, and cobble floor. It still stands near settlement, small enough to enter deliberately and close enough to a stream that water, heat and breath would have belonged to the same daily rhythm. People may have gone there to be cleansed, marked, remembered or made strong; the wall around it suggests the practice was ordinary, not hidden.
Incorporated into a stone wall, which is the townland boundary between Kinard West and Tobarnamoodane. Indicated on the 25-inch OS map and situated close to settlement. Drystone with flat lintelled entrance to N (approx. H: 0.9m; W:0.6m). A D-shaped chamber with corbelled roof with flags and cobble floor. Stream c.30m to east.
Compiled by: Aidan Harte
Date of upload/revision: 14 March 2022
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- What survives
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