Survey Data
Reg No
30411917
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Outbuilding
Date
1900 - 1940
Coordinates
93385, 204875
Date Recorded
09/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-bay single-storey vernacular outbuilding, built c.1920, having loft to north end. Pitched roof with roped rye straw covering. Rubble limestone walls with boulders incorporated. Square-headed doorway to front, east, elevation with timber battended door, and small loft window in north gable. Sited at right angle to roadside.
Appraisal
This farm building is one of an interesting group of similar structures on Inis Meáin and of a wider group on the Aran Islands. The use and retention of thatch continues a long tradition of thatched roofing in Ireland and the occurrence of thatched outbuildings is also increasingly rare. This example is prominently sited close to Teach Synge.