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Any uses for a disused sand quarry?

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  • #32
    youllbemine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭youllbemine


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    Is there not a mountain bike track down near cloughjordan closed up ?

    There is unfortunately. Bike Park Ireland based out of Roscrea. Issues with insurance as I understand.

    They had a great thing going. Hopefully they can open up again at some point in the not so distant future.


  • #33
    AmyMay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭AmyMay


    onrail wrote: »
    I see 15 acres of a disused quarry up for sale. Being sold as agricultural land, but obviously needs fairly significant regrading to render it useful for farming.

    It's up for abut €5k/acre so around half the going rate for nearby farmland. To be honest, I dont think it's be worthwhile trying to re-grade or farm it properly, but maybe there are some other uses people could think of? There's about 100m of road frontage.

    - Solar Panels?
    - Forestry?
    - Try for a couple of sites on the road?

    Any other ideas?

    Ideal for keeping horses on in winter (less mud, low cost) and in summer suits the horses that are prone to obesity or laminitis when kept on grass. They are built to live on plains/desert so this ground suits them well.
    Someone might outwinter cattle on it either but you'd need to be more aware of drainage and run off in that situation.


  • #34
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Out wintering cattle is a fantastic way to get topsoil started on a place like that. They'd want to be fed hay that has grass seed in it. Move the feeders every time they're fed. The cattle dung being trampled in (with seeds in it) provides nutrients for plants to get established.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #35
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 654 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sand pit on the outskirts of kilkenny left for years nothing done with it horses things dumped in it rezoned sold for housing the owner made a fortune out of it.


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