IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Urbalshinny Road, MAGHERA, BT46 5PD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Urbalshinny Road, BT46 5PD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (1 Images Found)
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Tirkane Sweathouse
Nestled in a secluded area located 2.5 miles to the North West of Maghera, is a well preserved Sweathouse. It was a type of early sauna, used in Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuies, but its origins may date back much further. It is a rectangular structure built against the side of a hill with a roof made of flat stones with a small chimney hole in one corner. The floor is paved with stone.
According to 'Ancient Monuments of Ireland, Vol. 2' these Sweat Houses are the primitive fore runner for the modern Turkish bath, which are now in Germany as Irish Baths. There are only a few such sweathouses remaining in Northern Ireland. http://www.megalithicireland.com/Tirkane.htm
Image: © Kenneth Allen
Taken: 17 Oct 2007
0.16 miles