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The Earthlodge
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The earth lodge is the most recent construction at Anam Cara,
which was built with the help of many volunteers whose efforts can be viewed
here at Anam
Cara's
photo
bucket repository.
Building started in the April of 2008 and with a team of 15 hands the
building quickly took shape as 60 tonnes of stone were placed on top of each
other.
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The
roof is a reciprocal based system using locally cut timber from Muir of Ord
and then covered with straw, heather and finally turf to allow it to
disappear. |
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With one metre
thick stone walls, turf roof and cob floor, this cave in the hillside is
practically invisible.
After some tasteful landscaping and the addition of some very heavy duty
wooden doors the building is finally ready for use.
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It
has been used for a couple of day events already this year and is now fully
furnished with skins, hides, skulls and bird wings. |
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If you are
interested further in the building of this cave in the earth a PDF
document is available to download by
clicking here. |
