Toorybrenell

This clochan, traditionally known as ‘Toorybrennel’ or ‘the schoolhouse’, is located in the W half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL011-011001-) known as ‘The Cashel’. It abuts the S side of Templenatinny church (SL001001011-). Clochan or beehive cell of drystone construction, subcircular on plan, internally and externally, with walls of coursed small and medium rubble rising to a slab-built corbelled roof (internally). The structure is set within a terraced area in the north-west of the Cashel where it is conjoined to a smaller corbelled cell (SL001-001084-) on the south and on the north abuts Templenatinny (SL001-001011-). Access is via a narrow alley leading through the terrace revetment from the cemetery (SL001-001029-). The doorway is in the north and is formed by massive single-stone jambs. There is a wall bench at the west or right-hand side (entering) and, opposite the door, a narrow, deep window. There are two low aumbries - at ground level - in the south and east. The external wall face is thicker at the base, stepping in to form a level scarcement around the full circuit of the wall at shoulder level. The floor is currently spread with modern gravel. The clochan has been substantially rebuilt in restoration works. Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Cork. The Collins Press.