Sweathouse by Cadian
The hard-to-find Sweathouse of Cadian ( Irish Céidín ) is two kilometers southwest of Eglish in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . The Sweathouse is one of the best preserved in Ireland. It is at the far corner of a small muddy field, close to the field boundary and on the bank of a small river. It is on the "Eglish Heritage Trail".
The entrance is about 75 cm high and the oval building measures about 1.35 x 1.5 m inside. The dry stone walls are about 1.5 m high. The outside of the welding house is about two meters high. Originally it was roofed with three long slabs and small stones that filled the spaces. A small triangular hole served as a smoke outlet. However, in the last few years it has suffered a bit and now there is a hole of about 40 cm in the roof.
context
Widespread across Europe there are a large number of cantilever structures made of dry stone, such as the domed structures of the Hebrides , which are very similar to sweathouses. However, all other types have doors, as opposed to the tiny entrances of Irish sweathouses. Irish sweathouses (16 are reasonably preserved) either continue a prehistoric tradition of inhaling mind-altering drugs, or they functioned as saunas. One means of expanding consciousness is the conical lime head (Psilocybe semilanceata) or "magic mushroom", which can be found all over the island.
See also
literature
- R. Battaglia: Richerche Paleontologiche e Folkloristiche Sulla Casa Istriana Primitiva. Atti e Memorie della Societa Istriana di Archeologia e Storia Patria 38: 2 1926
- Gerhard Rohlfs: Primitive domed buildings in Europe. 1957
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 26 '37 " N , 6 ° 48' 58.6" W.