Eglish Heritage Trail 20 Cadian Sweat House Traditional Cache

This series of caches are placed along the Eglish Heritage Trail and are designed to highlight the history of the area and the wonderful work of the Eglish Historical Society who are responsible for the historical information included below.

20 Cadian Sweat House (no public access): The Sweat House is one of the best preserved of its type in the country, and was traditionally used to heal certain illnesses -it was thoroughly heated by a turf fire, the lighted material was removed, patients entered and sweated in the heated air. They then jumped in a pool of water and were rubbed with a coarse cloth before returning home.

The cache is a test tube cylinder hidden from sight. Parking is along side but the road is narrow so pull well in. Point of interest 21, Cadian Fairy Mound (no public access at present) was said in older times to be the home of fairies. There is not cache located there.