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I was up around Westport/Achill at the week end.
Didn't see the 'henge but on Achill I couldn't believe the sprawls of houses of all shapes and sizes on every road, lane and track around Keel.
I said to myself must be easy to get planning permission around here
Seven Worlds will Collide
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Nice little write up in the Mayo this week.
On a side note, i was in work today, we had a funeral reception, generally we're not open this time of year for food mid week as it's tumble weed season. The door flew open and (cue theme tune from The good, the bad, and the ugly) Two "mainlanders
landed in looking for sangidges and táe... they were just after visiting?............. Yup the Henge... so i dunno. From a business point of view this could be a big spinner for the season.
As a local? He can go Fu... Swivel!
Linky to Mayo news story.
http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14448:archaeologist-objects-to-achill-henge&catid=23:news&Itemid=46
Archaeologist objects to Achill-henge
Edwin McGreal
As Mayo County Council prepare to make their decision this week on whether the controversial Achill-henge development on a hilltop in Pollagh should be classed as an exempted development, an Achill-based archaeologist has spoken out against the structure.
Theresa McDonald is the Managing Director of the renowned Achill Archaeological Field School and a leading member of the Achill Historial and Archaeological Society, this week she outlined her objections to the Stonehenge-esque structure built at Pollagh in November by controversial developer Joe McNamara.
“We’re worried that there is an archeological site, mostly prehistoric, less than half a kilometre from the site,” she told The Mayo News. “It is mostly covered by bog, as are a lot of sites in Ireland. There was also an old railway line from Slieve Mor going through the site of the so-called ‘henge’ to Purteen Harbour, that’s gone now because of the unauthorised development.
“The [archaeological] site is on the Sites and Monuments Record for Co Mayo. There is evidence of there possibly being a bronze age monument and we don’t know how extensive the site is, in theory it could stretch to the site of the Henge,” said Ms McDonald.
Ms McDonald, whose Field School has in the region of 100 students due to come to the island this year, says that one of the steps Joe McNamara would have had to take in a planning application was an archaeological survey.
“There is a planning process there and I don’t see why this should be an exception. If the gentleman in question, Mr McNamara, had applied for planning permission to Mayo County Council, he would have been asked to employ an archeologist to survey the site and see if there are archeological deposits in the vicinity. The council would then base their planning decision partly on this basis,” added Ms McDonald.
The committee of the Achill Historical and Archaeological Society have also expressed their objection to the development. In a letter to The Mayo News Gerard Mangan, Secretary of the Achill Historical and Archaeological Society, said that allowing the development to stand would have ‘grave implications for the future preservation’ of other archaeological sites in the area as ‘it may lead to other inappropriate developments elsewhere in the area’.
Senior Planning Officer with Mayo County Council, Iain Douglas confirmed to The Mayo News yesterday that they would have a decision this week in relation to Joe McNamara’s application to have the Achill-henge development classified as exempt from planning. Should Mayo County Council refuse that application, Mr McNamara can appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
Meanwhile both Mayo County Council and Joe McNamara will return to the High Court on January 31 next. The council have indicated that they will seek an order compelling Mr McNamara to take the unauthorised development down0 -
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teddansonswig wrote: »finally made it west for my annual sitbythefireandwatchtherain
followed the well signposted way up behind the hotel to the 'henge thanks to whoever painted them!
its huge! i was expecting big but.... some amount of work went into this
the first photo is in the center, any ideas what it might be??
looks like a flucht fia to me(hope thats the right spelling)
its located just behind where im standing in the other photo
Thanks for the pics! Havent a clue what they represent, but the pic with you in it is great for an idea of the scale of the thing!teddansonswig wrote: »some amount of work went into this
Now for my biggest issue.
If he put half as much fúcking work into the planning and develpoment of the site like the rest of the country have to do then he wouldint be in the eye of the shít storm that he's in \ Of coures he wouldint have half the free publicity either.
Joe is not stupid, in fact, complety the opposite, steps ahead. To be admired and the council would do well to have all their paper work in order. This man will take alot of knocking, as will his concrete. 0 -
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mayo COCO have decided to let us look at some of the backing documents to the section 5 which makes for very interesting reading. Mr Joe is going to smack some botbot imo!
The final declaration by MCC has been withheld though? :rolleyes:
http://www.mayococo.ie/PlanSearch/mcc4/PlanningViewer/displayafile.asp?filenum=11781&la=1
and there is a map of how to get there too, how kind.0 -
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keep you eye out for a sign on the right when you pass the achill head hotel.
aye, found it eventually. it's about 1km past the hotel. parked at the farmer's shed - but still nearly took the sump off the car on the way up that far!! tis a pity some witless wonders have found the need to daub it with graffitti though. i long for the day when writing 't*ts* and *ars*' on something no longer signifies some sort of bravado to the the simpleminded, i really do. :rolleyes:
anyway here's a photo i took of it:
i hope he gets to finish it. it'd be nice if there was some landscaping done around it and whatever is meant for the centre gets finished.mayo COCO have decided to let us look at some of the backing documents to the section 5 which makes for very interesting reading. Mr Joe is going to smack some botbot imo!
The final declaration by MCC has been withheld though? :rolleyes:
http://www.mayococo.ie/PlanSearch/mcc4/PlanningViewer/displayafile.asp?filenum=11781&la=1
and there is a map of how to get there too, how kind.
out of interest, why does that make interesting reading?? apart from learning that some guy in wicklow uses the opportunity to agree with it to make his point that he doesn't like white gables?! :pac:0 -
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yeah, i did read that.
and technically he does have a point. he's just playing them at their own game as far as i can see. fair play to him, at least he's having a go. i do kinda pity the people who live on that road though. if we'd known where it was we'd not have driven up the road so far. it can't be fun having so many cars up and down all the time. that road's just not built for it.
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yeah, i did read that.
and technically he does have a point. he's just playing them at their own game as far as i can see. fair play to him, at least he's having a go. i do kinda pity the people who live on that road though. if we'd known where it was we'd not have driven up the road so far. it can't be fun having so many cars up and down all the time. that road's just not built for it.
his family home is up that road0 -
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