I have re-blogged this post as it reminds us how fragile our historical remains are and how once action has been taken it is too late. I am sure this was not what the authorities intended and even if an investigation finds the owners exceeded their authority they will probably only be fined. Maybe a fitting response would be to make them, under supervision and at their cost, return it to the condition it was before. The same things happens with protected nature sites and it seems that often the land owner is willing to pay the fine just for the removal of all the hassle and restrictions that go with owning and caring for historic buildings or sites of natural importance.
Coolbanagher Castle via Google Street Veiw
Please forgive me for this post as I may rant quite a bit. Words cannot describe how angry this has made me. On 24th Febuary 2014 after suffering damage during a storm 10 days earlier, Coolbanagher Castle an early Medieval Tower Hall, built in the early 13th century was completely demolished. Many of you will already know how passionate I am about the preservation of these sites, in fact one of the main factors which influenced my photography was to preserve in images as many sites as possible. Unfortunately I never got to shoot the castle whilst it was still standing, so I guess this is the first casualty in my quest. The reason I have not written about this sad turn of events sooner was because I wanted to see the site for myself, and what a sad sight it is. The entire…
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