Building on a fairy fort?

Dickie1985 · 17-07-2016 04:28PM #1

Does anybody know if it is legal build a house on a Fairy Fort?

OverRide · 17-07-2016 04:36PM

I'd advise against it
When Dorothy's house landed on and killed the wicked witch of the north,there was awful trouble

ZETOR_IS_BETTER · 17-07-2016 04:44PM

Dickie1985 wrote: »

Does anybody know if it is legal build a house on a Fairy Fort?

Don't think you can. AFAIK they are protected under the monuments act.

Cavanjack · 17-07-2016 05:45PM

Dickie1985 wrote: »

Does anybody know if it is legal build a house on a Fairy Fort?

Wouldn't think so. There was a note on my planning the distance the house was going to be from a fairy fort

kowtow · 17-07-2016 05:47PM

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Don't think you can. AFAIK they are protected under the monuments act.

You'd wonder how the fairies got away with it in the first place.

They must have had someone on the council I suppose..

laoch na mona · 17-07-2016 06:18PM

They are protected archaeological monuments, it's illegal to build on or to remove them. On the plus side you own a bit of Irish history:)

pjproby · 17-07-2016 06:21PM

Remember John DeLorean-built the car factory over one!

Renegade Mechanic · 17-07-2016 06:28PM

pjproby wrote: »

Remember John DeLorean-built the car factory over one!

And Sean Quinn moved one in Cavan little over two decades ago.
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patsy_mccabe · 17-07-2016 06:33PM

I'd shake Holy Water on your keyboard if I were you. Have you lost your mind?

ganmo · 17-07-2016 08:13PM

laoch na mona wrote: »

They are protected archaeological monuments, it's illegal to build on or to remove them. On the plus side you own a bit of Irish history:)

didn't they destroy an archeological site when building the m3 so there has to be some method of doing it legally

kollegeknight · 17-07-2016 08:18PM

A yank came over and paid well in the council office and had a fort less than 10meters from his sitting room window. Fell out with the neighbours as he thought they were moving things around. He sold the house to a young couple and we never heard of anything strange since.

Full Marx · 17-07-2016 10:10PM

Dickie1985 wrote: »

Does anybody know if it is legal build a house on a Fairy Fort?

Its not legal, and only a complete philistine would want to wantonly destroy an important piece of our heritage by building on it

gctest50 · 17-07-2016 10:16PM

Full Marx wrote: »

Its not legal, and only a complete philistine would want to wantonly destroy an important piece of our heritage by building on it

It's not Stonehenge like

moleyv · 17-07-2016 10:19PM

Check on the heritage.ie mapping system to see if it is a recorded monument.

zetecescort · 17-07-2016 10:20PM

court case in Cork a few years ago

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/farmer-i-didnt-know-felled-forts-were-monuments-213298.html

EndaHonesty · 17-07-2016 10:23PM

gctest50 wrote: »

It's not Stonehenge like

You're right, Stonehenge is nothing to do with Irish heritage.

gctest50 · 17-07-2016 10:31PM

EndaHonesty wrote: »

You're right, Stonehenge is nothing to do with Irish heritage.

Hill of Tara then

Water John · 17-07-2016 10:40PM

I would not touch any archeological significant site. We are not that tight on sites or land.
Zetec, not sure if it as his first time.

Padster90s · 17-07-2016 10:58PM

You could always check with the fairies! Build four small, stable piles of stones in the for corners of where you plan to build, leave for a day and a night and if any of them are fully knocked over its apparently a no from the fairies. My granny was big into all that stuff! Its interesting but I don't really believe it. Good luck!

Ursus Horribilis · 17-07-2016 11:01PM

Hmm. The OP hasn't been back since he started the thread. Maybe the fairies got him.

_Brian · 18-07-2016 08:13AM

Water John wrote: »

I would not touch any archeological significant site. We are not that tight on sites or land.
Zetec, not sure if it as his first time.

I think your right, aren't these ancient burial grounds, why disturb them ??

TopTec · 18-07-2016 09:01AM

_Brian wrote: »

I think your right, aren't these ancient burial grounds, why disturb them ??

Most are protected settlements, stock and people moved in behind fortified wooden walls during times of attack from raiders. Lots of them round about here, 5 within 1k of my place. Almost certainly are some burials just outside the walls though.

TT

laoch na mona · 18-07-2016 05:21PM

_Brian wrote: »

I think your right, aren't these ancient burial grounds, why disturb them ??

fairy forts is a catchall term for iorn age ring forts, medieval mottes, burial cairns and any other earthen monuments. Theres a few down my way that look like old ringforts, while one in the nearest village is a medieval motte.

I never understood why some landowners are so against conservation, theres a few I know of who spent money on bulldozing them for the sake of maybe 30 foot of grazing land max

kk.man · 19-07-2016 12:10AM

laoch na mona wrote: »

fairy forts is a catchall term for iorn age ring forts, medieval mottes, burial cairns and any other earthen monuments. Theres a few down my way that look like old ringforts, while one in the nearest village is a medieval motte.

I never understood why some landowners are so against conservation, theres a few I know of who spent money on bulldozing them for the sake of maybe 30 foot of grazing land max

I wouldn't touch one if you gave me all the money in the world. Did i read somewhere Sean Quinn moved one from his quarry?

Nekarsulm · 19-07-2016 09:07AM

He moved a Cairn type structure, as the entire hill it was standing on was being quarried away. Relocated it to a position on the golf course.

It was either that, or run it through the crusher.

kerry cow · 24-07-2016 05:15PM

A guy in kerry 3 to 4 yrs ago tampered with one got a 25 k fine , rte news , plastered across every paper and possibly a supended sentence .
Any one who Fock with the fairies will eventually pay the price .

Bullocks · 24-07-2016 05:29PM

kerry cow wrote: »

A guy in kerry 3 to 4 yrs ago tampered with one got a 25 k fine , rte news , plastered across every paper and possibly a supended sentence .
Any one who Fock with the fairies will eventually pay the price .

I remember that , I don't think it was the fairies that landed him in court though .

laoch na mona · 24-07-2016 07:29PM

Bullocks wrote: »

I remember that , I don't think it was the fairies that landed him in court though .

maybe the fairies control the courts and live in barristers wigs :eek:

or maybe the state rightly has laws protecting our national heritage.

Either way best to leave 'fairy forts' alone

Sam Kade · 24-07-2016 10:19PM

There is a quarry in North cork where the queen of the fairies lived, when the quarry first started there strange things happened machinery going on fire for no reason. They had a mass there and things quietened down since. They say you should never step onto a fairy fort at 12 midday or 12 midnight, I know a man that did and never stepped out again.

patsy_mccabe · 24-07-2016 10:27PM

We have a fort on our land. There's two trees knocked down in there and I'm slow to go in and cut them for firing.
Funny but I had a wild cow get her head caught in the fork of a tree last year. I had to cut the branch with a chainsaw only a few inches from the cows neck. During all this I was remembering all the times my Grandmother had warned me to keep out of the place when I was young.

Mrs cockett · 24-07-2016 10:36PM

[During all this I was remembering all the times my Grandmother had warned me to keep out of the place when I was young.[/QUOTE]

the old people were no fools

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