Old Grainstore

Blipped before but worth blipping again, not a breath of air this morning and all calm. This old grainstore was built sometime in the late 1790s when the Napoleonic Wars were rife. Actually it was horribly damp, and one year it was so wet the grain sprouted and festered and was thrown in the bay where it turned the water white!  Later it was used an auxiliary workhouse when Bantry was over-flowing during the Famine. It seems that children, possibly just girls, were housed here. I like to think that they didn't have too horrendous a time for next door to them were the Methodists who opened soup kitchens and did their best to relieve the suffering. Probably foolish wishful thinking but the building closed in 1850 and I'm not sure if it was ever used again. Once we beat our way through briars and nettles to look in. Three huge cavernous sections, now inhabited by rooks and possibly the odd barn owl and a distinclty uncomfortable atmosphere.

Just a reminder that next week is the first anniversary of Derelict Sunday - yes a whole year's worth of decrepitude! Do go out in search of a bit of luscious dereliction and please tag DS52 - remember you can submit an entry any time during the week. What's not to love!