23rd July 2011, 11:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 23rd July 2011, 11:54 PM by trowelfodder.)
Yeah the sweat lodge argument was where i was thinking with this one - particularly in Ireland where the structural and historical evidence is so much more compelling than with us
Check out this website for some striking similar structures
http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/sweathouses2.htm and
and Barfield, L.H. 1991. ‘Hot stones: hot food or hot baths? Burnt mounds and hot stone technology. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.
Barfield, L.H and Hodder, M.A . 1987. ‘Burnt mounds as saunas and the prehistory of bathing? Antiquity 61.
Check out this website for some striking similar structures
http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/sweathouses2.htm and
and Barfield, L.H. 1991. ‘Hot stones: hot food or hot baths? Burnt mounds and hot stone technology. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.
Barfield, L.H and Hodder, M.A . 1987. ‘Burnt mounds as saunas and the prehistory of bathing? Antiquity 61.