Buried Ancient Path Uncovered On Our Homestead Ireland

Join us on todays video called "Buried Ancient Path Uncovered On Our Homestead Ireland" as we continue the mundane job of digging a trench to make a pathway behind the 200 year old stone outbuilding at our homestead in Ireland. As Dawn digs, she uncovers a hidden ancient path that has been untouched for centuries under the built up dirt and debris from the farm. What used to be a path was covered over with time but is now unearthed for us to see and use once again. This ancient path serves as a reminder of the rich history that surrounds us, just waiting to be discovered.
With soaked land being an issue, we take advantage of the ancient pathway and ensure water can flow freely of the stones lining the floor. Once done, we move on to the large mounds of earth, raking and digging we achieve a flat raised area as planned and a path through.
Being complete beginners at farmhouse renovation and really needing a homesteading for beginners guide, we are taking it slowly, enjoying everything we do no matter how hard it is, to one day realise our dream of running a fully functioning homestead from our once derelict Irish Farmhouse
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[@kathryncooper7452]

You must be as fit as a fiddle Dawn with all that grafting, I can wait to see what you unearth.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Excuse me Kath, I was watching Dawn, sure I must be fit too by now! haha Well as a bit of a spoiler.... stones, we found more stones. So the plan is for me to watch Dawn digging some more while I get fitter :-) Have a lovely weekend :-)

[@kathryncooper7452]

😂 I meant to say that I can't wait to see what you unearth! Typo! I don't think it works like that Ben, you have to graft to get fit, not stand there watching Dawn do it! I have a question about the ditches, I'll save it for the next video's comments. Enjoy your weekend.

[@TheHavasu_77]

That is hundreds of years of decomposed ivy and other plant growth, probably manure from old farm animals that used to be there probably chucked out the back windows, and everything else! That’s going to be some very healthy soil for gardening though! I love watching your progress and it makes me wish I could be there to help. Beautiful work you two! 😊💚✨

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good afternoon to you over there, how are you? You are right, our farmer neighbour, not that one, the other one lol, only said yesterday when I asked him what he though it was, he said the same, probably more dung than anything else, but oh yes, things should really grow. You know the sofa bed is still here, an extra pair of hands is always welcome lol. Fly over with Oklahoma Jackie lol. Thank you so much as always :-)

[@TheHavasu_77]

@@thecornerhouseprojectone of these days I want to bring my daughter over for a visit to Dublin, and a nice drive through the Irish countryside would be nice!💚 I’d put her to work as well and off her tablet! 😂

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Well we will be here I am sure. A couple of hours from Dublin, so not too far :-)

[@brendajollymore4229]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@aplace2grow]

I’m jealous of Dawn’s getting to uncover this treasure! That would be my obsession to get a chance to do the digging every day 😂

[@suzannegerstner2841]

Great work at freeing the path to your doorway and an easier out as you said! Before you put in any permanent wall, you might want to see how that third outbuilding aligns and drains. Since you have the space I would make sure to keep those paths nice and wide in case, in the future you might need to get in some machinery, or scaffolding to help you rebuild. Great job as always, thanks for sharing!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Suzanne :-) " Since you have the space I would make sure to keep those paths nice and wide in case, in the future you might need to get in some machinery, or scaffolding to help you rebuild" We love this and both looked at each other and went... ahhh, yes. So thank you for this, a great idea. I smashed my head so many times on the stone lintel when we were pushing the wheel barrow through, digging down through that pile was a pleasure. I must admit, I did duck the first time I walked though the door out of habit. The gap between the two buildings, by the ditch used to be called "The sink" What we have cleared at the land end of the sink let rain water flow really well but we are yet to clear it out properly. It is full of massive stones and dirt. After reading the comments tonight, it could be possible there may be another "path", but we are not sure. Maybe just wishful thinking. Thank you so much Suzanne for watching and commenting:-)

[@bobbiebrandel3152]

Again, wonderful to see you again this morning! Cannot believe the change.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Bobbie, how are you today and how is the weather looking? We are getting there, we can't wait for this area to be "finished" or at least have it looking better than it does now. Have a lovely day and thank you :-)

[@patkilmurray4702]

Greetings to the hardest working couple in the land, amazing progress and wonderful that you've discovered the original ancient path. I can visualise what this area will look like in the future with low walls and plants, it will be rustic and beautiful, can't wait to see it. By that time you will both be as fit as fiddles.❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Awww thank you Pat, it has been a hard few days, but worth every puff and pant. Once done we are hoping it will look really nice, but anything will look nicer than it does now. We like the raised area as it is a little bit different. Lined with a low wall would tie in with the dry stone wall Dawn uncovered. It is all coming together a little bit at a time. Have a lovely evening Pat and thank you :-)

[@s.jillhaskell]

Finally some sunshine 😊 it’s great To see what you unearth in all that earth ! So enjoying watching your challenge

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Jill Oh it was a mix of rain and shine on that day, coats and then t-shirts, it didn't know what to do. Today was glorious, on a whole it was sunshine all day and we were at the bottom of the land in the open space so it was so nice. Well fingers crossed, if numerous commenters are right, you may get to see us unearthing a possible courtyard by the side of the stone path. It will be a lot of digging, or maybe even a mini digger haha. Thank you Jill for watching and commenting. Pleased you are enjoying our videos :-)

[@debbiefine2756]

Great job. Looking good! I can't wait to see your garden appear. It will make a wonderful resting area and for you to admire all your hard work. Love you guys❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! 🤩 ooh you and us both, to be able to sit somewhere and look out over it all is going to be truly amazing especially after all this work! ❤️

[@mycoolcraig9294]

I would imagine you are a lot Fitter, after all this work!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh my goodness yes, from how much it hurt at the beginning of moving over and doing the house to now is so different! a bit achy at the end of the day but come the following morning it’s all gone again!

[@jmck6320]

Well Dawn ,Ben and daughter! Back breaking work! I have a feeling that there is a cobble yard under that mound. We found a cobble yard at the front of our ruin. Best wishes. Joe

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Joe, thanks for joining us as always. You are the second person to say that this evening, but can't we just pretend there may not be a cobble yard as it will mean digging all of that soil out hahaha. Luka is a good little worker, when he popped around the corner at the end he was out chopping wood for his fire. I used to do it, now he does it, I haven't done it in months. Thanks, as always for watching and commenting :-)

[@symondays]

Dawn and Ben you are my real life heroes ! I'm loving the work you're doing to restore the history of this house. Congratulations ! Kisses from Brasil

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww that sooooo lovely, thank you very much indeed. Trying to keep everything is important to us, especially the 200+ year old outbuildings. All we need to do is look after them and hopefully they will stand for another 200 years. Thank you so much again. Have a lovely afternoon / evening :-)

[@dishmurphy6539]

Not to worry. We can see how much work you’ve done and as always it’s impressive Congratulations on passing 4,220 subs and Happy belated St Patrick’s Day ☘️💚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Dish, how was your long weekend? We had a lazy(ish) day Saturday, and dug Sunday. The colour of it all just blends into the bit next to it. I am sure once we get the raised area finished it will show up.... hopefully. We are over the moon with the number of subscribers we are getting, it seems KZbin finally noticed us :-) We are also over the moon with how many channel members we now have, and what is nice, is that you are one of them. Have a lovely evening :-)

[@vickiellibby7051]

My aunt Patty had my cousin Mary Anna on St. Patrick's Day. Happy Birthday 🎉❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww happy birthday to your cousin! 🥳❤️

[@maureenthompson158]

Exciting to see the path and other features appearing as you do such backbreaking work!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s a beautiful path, needs a few replacements stones putting in but amazing to think that may had been there a couple of hundred years! 😮 the hard work doesn’t t matter when you come across something like that 😊

[@horza4530]

Great work guys. You really are hard at it. Amazing to see the old path coming up. Genealogy has been a major hobby of mine for nearly 40 years. I find it fascinating to think of the people who constructed that building and walked up and down that path so many generations ago. They would have lived in a very different world to the one we live in today. I know you've looked into the history of the house and land. Have you checked it out on Griffith's Valuation? There are maps that go along with it that show exactly where the house was and who was living there in the mid 1800s. From there you can check out the local parish registers and on into the civil record database and the 1901 and 1911 censuses etc.. If you want any pointers, just let me know. Keep up the good work. ;)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! It’s been a hard slog but to see all the things like the path appear and those big flag stepping stones has made all the hard work worthwhile. Oh my goodness, yes, you and me both with the genealogy! I love it, I started my family tree about 20 years ago now and I just love it, all the piecing the information together to find out who’s who! I love anything history too and I have the same thoughts as you, it’s quite mind blowing isn’t it to think about all the people that come before walking the same path you are! 😮 Yeah been on the Griffiths valuation, the maps show so many more buildings than stand now, it’s quite fascinating. As of today there is just us and the farmer, who helped us when the outbuilding roof fell in, who live here but back then there were 5 different families living here. I have traced back to the 1830’s with civil records the family that lived here until we bought it. It has always been the same family for all of those years which is absolutely mind blowing isn’t it? The censuses are great too, for seeing how many buildings were owned by the family and what was here at the time. We’ve met 3 of people who lived here as children and adults and it’s been lovely to be able to do that and to hear about the house and the land. We just want to learn all we can about how the land ran and well…just everything we can really! 😂

[@SweetOne.]

That's a lot of hard work, well done!! That will keep so much water out of the outbuildings and draining into the ditch as intended. The side of the raised garden will be the perfect place to practice building a short dry stone wall and will look so pretty too and a dry stone wall will allow the raised area to drain, you could also use cinder blocks as a retaining wall for the raised garden. What a massive difference already!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Janie, we hope you are well. Thank you very much. Just seeing the water flowing from under the outbuilding the other day was great, but to realise just how much water came from the roof and on to the what was soil was eye opening. A gutter is now on the list. It is only on the list though so don't tell me off in a few days time when you don't see it hahaha. That is the same thinking we had Janie with the wall, just a low one, but hopefully we can make it look really nice. I think we have a few spare stones of various sizes lol. The drainage from the wall should be a real positive. That and sorting the boggy bit over the bedrock we hope we can sort the mud. I extended my bridge channel today and once emptied it just trickled from the top to the bottom so that is the start of hopefully a success. A huge difference, we are really looking forward to getting this bit "finished" though. Thank you as always. Have a lovely evening. See you Wednesday :-)

[@SweetOne.]

@@thecornerhouseproject I can't wait to see what you have done since. Looking forward to Wednesday!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Just a tidy for not, not much :-)

[@SweetOne.]

@@thecornerhouseproject I would be down for a week after all that digging. ouch!! You deserve a rest - if you can get Dawn to take a break lol You might have to take her out for a day to get her to stop working, maybe a 2nd hand shop for a browse around?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahahaha, you are funny. I will let you try and talk Dawn into a rest or day off. She just enjoys every bit of it (I think she is nuts) :-)

[@marcusd2380]

Thank you Dawn for trying to update on the D2. That square mouth shovel u are using is hard work and ur spade is two short. For doing this type of work use the long Irish spade to dig as you stand on top of the pile. Keep digging out of a face. Then use the long tail shovel to clean up like ur doing with your shovel. The long tail has a long shaft and has a pointed blade which is sharp. As I commented before these are cheap at local builders or Agri stores all over Ireland. Once u use these you will always reach for them. Also it’s great to start getting a relationship with ur local Agri and builders merchants. They have kit that works and cheaper too. The D2 is expensive but the stores mention will have algacides that are cheaper and do as good a job. If it help I can put a video up of the tools so u can we derstand them. But Dawn u have made serious progress and well worth doing. This is a long comment but look up doagh famine village. It’s in Donegal but well worth a day trip to see. They have old cottages etc up there to walk around and get a feel for what u have.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I must hang my head in shame, because we do have one of those long handle shovels with the pointed blade but completely forgot to use it but since so many people have said about the possibility of more stone being beneath the raised area I will use it to dig back a bit more. I got quite excited when I saw them in the local agri shop in Mohill. I will have a look for algacide in there too because I’d like to spray all of the outbuildings…because the couple of patches that we’ve sprayed with the D2 are looking great and it would be nice to get rid of the algae to brighten the stones up, but like you say, the D2 is expensive and to do all of the walls would cost a fortune lol. I will look up doagh famine village thank you, that would be an interesting day I think. Thank you for taking the time to explain everything that you did, it’s very much appreciated 😊

[@ellenchapman5293]

Hi Dawn and Ben, what a brilliant discovery, can't help wondering if there might actually be a whole stone stockyard under the rest of it. Never a dull day keeping up with you two, today's episode was extra special. What is top of your Birthday list, a deep massage, perhaps ? X

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Ellen, how are you today? Not you too? hahaha, I am sure you don't like us to stop digging hahaha. We are going to have to dig a few extra holes and have a look aren't we? At the moment we haven't cleared right to the edge of the "path" yet but it will be done in the next day or so. We will let you know what we find. Would it be amazing if there is a stone yard. Fingers crossed. Thank you so much, as always Ellen, for joining us :-)

[@colettelavery7452]

Wow what a difference you both have made at the back of the outbuildings. Some really hard graft put in at that digging out all of that soil and rocks ,not stones. Blisters back shoulders aches and pains but what a fantastic achievement you both have made. Hard to believe what it was like two weeks ago .You may drift away to other jobs but the work is being done. Take care and God Bless you both xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yeah some of them have been quite rock like! It’s sooo nice to be able to see the whole of the outbuildings now without all the soil covering the base of it. Most definitely some aches and pains but completely worth the aches! Drifting away to other jobs keeps it interesting lol and like you say work is still being done just elsewhere 😂 You take care too Colette. Xx

[@neutonrenda2303]

Congratulations on getting more subscribers, I think the more you get, the faster it's going to climb up with numbers. Your content is always something I look forward to watching.❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thank you, we’re glad you like them. We always look forward to you commenting too! We have been amazed at how many subscribers we have gone up by! It’s sooo exciting! The views on the videos too have gone nuts! 🥳🥳 we’re all very excited by it here! Hahaha. It truly is amazing! 🤩

[@Oregontrailblazin]

Absolutely Beautifully DONE !

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much indeed. This digging out is hard work, but are are nearly there. Thank you for always watching and commenting :-)

[@liandereuling]

That's a lot of hard work! What a wonderful find that old path! I love watching you both. Lots of love from the Netherlands! Liande. 😘

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It has been some hard work but when you find a path like that it’s definitely worth the work! Welcome from the Netherlands! 😘

[@kimgraham4459]

Your channel is growing!! I enjoy watching you uncover your treasures and parts of the past, but I wish there was an easier way for you. :) Thanks for sharing your journey with us!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It really is and we’re chuffed to bits with how well it’s been going! 🥳🥳 Ooh yes we do too and there is, if we could have a digger, but there’s so many factors against it, that in our minds it’s easier in the long run for us to do it. It’ll be worth it once we’re finished but there’s just soooo much to dig 😂 No problem at all with sharing it we’re happy to do just that!😘

[@dorygeancunningham8027]

Dawn I bought the stuff to spray on the house to rid it of moss and it is working a treat! Thanks for sharing. I am sad to say we are under a freeze warning for the next two days which does not bode well for the blossoms, especially the DC cherry blossoms. I spent one summer building a graded retaining wall at our old house, and it was a chore. We had clay earth to move, although your soil looks about the same consistency. If it is, I hope you two are resting your backs. Fingers crossed that you are able to move the earth so that it becomes a less a boggy mess in the future.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww that’s great to hear! It’s good stuff isn’t it? I think we will try to get a larger quantity of something similar because the bottle we have is quite expensive to get in a large quantity but another commenter has said that there are places around here that do very similar products but a lot cheaper, so we’re looking forward to getting the whole of the outbuildings sprayed and brightening them up. Oh no with the freeze warning! Ooh I hope it doesn’t get as cold as they say it will and that your blossoms survive! Ours is pretty good soil for the most part but a bit clay like here and there. We’ve had a more sedentary couple of days with some tidying of some of the mess we’ve made whilst doing the land, so the backs have had a rest of sorts! 😂 ❤️❤️

[@Mitch-Hendren]

Good evening. Happy Paddys day. 👍 Love what you've been doing. Makes such a difference. Been a bit damp hasn't it? Not to worry summer is coming,,.....I've heard it'll be on may the 20th till june the second this year . So be ready for it 😋😋👍 All joking aside a few weeks to dry out otll take on a whole new image. Really hoping youve found the start of the original farmyard. There would have been one .and assuming that the outhouse was the original farm house. Makes sense to have it there... Don't bother with a digger . They're highly overrated. ( Theyre not really im just being contrary) Hope to see youz soon . Mitch .

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening! Happy paddy’s day to you too….even though it’s gone by now lol. Thank you 🤩 yes it’s looking so different now….still muddy but a more ordered muddy! Haha Yeah has been a touch damp! Haha that’s good enough for us with the summer dates….because we moved over June 21st last year and the summer ended that day I think! It rained the moment we got off the plane and it’s barely stopped since! Soo looking forward to some warmer weather, the rain I don’t mind so much because on a whole it never really lasts too long does it. Oh we do too! We were going to dig some more today but decided to have a quick tidy up around the land a bit because we’ve not had much time to tidy up after ourselves, gives our bones and muscles a rest too! Haha yeah that’s what we thought with a digger 🤣 🤣 we prefer making things difficult for ourselves! Hope to see you soon too!

[@kieronbowker9983]

Wow. There is a lot of earth to move to get down to the original levels of the path and foundations. Where will it go, given all the winter water you encounter and the ditch/stream that borders your land? Good luck by the way guys and keep going! I hope you have a warm/dry space in the house.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Kieron, thanks for watching and commenting. All of the dirt removed went on the raised area which we will keep raised. The dug out area will help with the drainage of this area and if needed we can stick some gravel channels in to direct it down and into the ditch. We want to really get this area as water logged free as possible. With most of if being on solid rock, we may have to remove some dirt and use gravel for that too. I can't see us being able to break the rock by hand :-( The whole house is dry and the kitchen is always warm due to the range always being lit. Hopefully we can get a log stove in the living room soon and get a load of heat on that side of the house too. All in all though, it is a warm house. Thanks again Kieron :-)

[@andrewarnst9673]

Your doing a great job the pair off you I no how hard it is digging and leveling by hand doing exactly the same thing myself I moved from England to the Highlands 2 years ago and still doing the gardens now the weather we have is pretty much similar to your weather so it's really hard work and messy but you'll get there in the end even though you feel your fighting a losing battle good luck

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Andrew, thank you for commenting :-) 2 years, oh no. 2 weeks up here was had enough lol. We have the bottom area under control now, well, we think in some sort of state of control. The weather really doesn't help does it, it makes it all heavier and slower, but it still gets done. The top area was somewhere close to sorted and then it is possible there is original larger stones under all of the earth we were going to leave as a raised area so watch this space. More on the in tomorrows video. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)

[@jeanrichardson2044]

With some guttering on that outbuilding, redirecting the water to the drain will make a lot of difference. Clearing the soil will certainly allow it to dry out though.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes, I think that will be something we need to do sooner rather than later as there’s a fair bit of water coming off that roof…or we get another ibc and fill that lol either way we do need to get some guttering on it.

[@cynthiabruns7178]

The backyard is looking so much better, you must be rediscovering a few muscles with all that work!! The path along the back wall is an exciting discovery as well.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yes we are! Bit of muscle ache here and there, not as bad as we thought it might be although running out of a bit of stamina finally now! Sooo exciting finding that path! Really did feel like we were uncovering history!

[@louisehadlock9463]

I am thoroughly enjoying your responses to the viewer comments. I feel I have learned much more about your progress, plans and learnings about the property than I can glean from your in-video conversation. I hope you enjoy responding because it must take a long time. I concur that the paving next to the wall is guttering. Your observation of a gradient makes sense in that context. Also additional paving makes sense as there seems to be plenty of big stone & not gravel in the area. A dry yard for ease of work and hoof health would be the farmer's preference. I also concur on moving the raised soil further back from the building, additional paving or not, to give yourself ease of building access. (Where will you be walking your proposed future livestock?) And, if I were to be clearing up this area and had disposable time and energy, I would build that proposed wall of stone with a wide paving walkway at it's base. It would be a seat, a ledge to lean on working the raised bed, a flat surface for garden implements,, harvest, whatever moves from the land to the house. And it would look great. Thanks for all your efforts (Not possible for you, but I was associated with a meadow drainage project long ago & far away, that did the ditch network with TNT. Worked a treat. No issues redistributing the burden.)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you and we’re glad you enjoy reading the comments, there is always so much more in the comments than we could ever fit into a video and also people raise things in comments that we may not have either thought of or maybe not thought to explain our reasoning behind the things we are doing or have done. We do enjoy reading and replying to the comments, it does take a fair while, but we both feel that people take their time to comment and we should take time to respond to as many points as we can. We have learnt so much from you all, so much more than if we were to look for answers ourselves. We love figuring out how the land does and should work so it’s been important to us to take it slow so we don’t do the wrong thing that in the long run causes us more work long term. We apply the same principal with the house. The floors we had to replace there and then but the rest we will learn what’s best as we live here. 😊 I pictured in my mind the wall that you explained and it sounds like it would look lovely and also be really useful in the long run because, yes we do plan on having animals, might be a little while yet as we have lots still to do to get the land secure enough but we are really looking forward to this. That’s our trouble with the burden, nowhere realistically to put it lol. We needed 2 acres to be able to lose it! Haha.

[@luvinggod3]

How does your back do all that digging? Amazing! Do you ever wonder all the feet that walked on those stones? So cool, I wonder what their lives were like

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Renee. Our backs.... I think they just got used to it in the end although we do ache now and then lol. There is a flag stone on the building Dawn is repairing at the moment which is worn down from feet and animal hooves which was quite a special find for us. Just a reminder of the age of it all. Thank you for your continued watching and commenting :-)

[@Joannafwatson]

Even more convinced now that’s the original farmhouse with an attached byre! I think you may well find the path is actually a wee courtyard (for horses) and what you’ve been shovelling is actually former animal dung. The raised beds would therefore be fantastic for growing fruit and veggies :-) I can’t believe how hard Dawn works, what an inspiration :-)

[@jmck6320]

Yup. At our house in co down the older cottage was replaced by the newer house. Then used as a byre and a stable

[@thecornerhouseproject]

So many people have said about that being a possible courtyard….i think we might be doing a few exploratory digs to see what we have there. The stones that we uncovered do still go under the raised area so I think that’s probably a good place to start..maybe keep chipping away at the edge to see what it uncovers. The farmer neighbour stopped for a chat yesterday and said the very same with the soil being animal dung, it’s beautiful to dig when you’re not hitting stones and tree roots! Haha. Looking forward to seeing how well things grow in it! Thank you that’s very kind of you….i think Ben would call it being stubborn! 😉

[@jmck6320]

@@thecornerhouseproject determined 💪

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Tired lol.

[@Cuernavacachica02]

Wow, guys!! You’ve gotten so much done!! It’s so impressive! I can’t believe you’re not crying from pain yet!! Love watching you. Hmmm. An archeologist huh, Dawn? 😅😊 Sounds good to me! Congratulations on the new number!!!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha no tears yet, a few moans and groans when attempting to stand upright! 😂 ooh yeah that would suit me down to the ground, I have the patience to stay for hours searching for things lol and oh my goodness yes, the subscribers have gone nuts, we’re chuffed to bits and a little bit amazed! Long may it continue! 😂

[@rontanser9369]

What a wonderful find that old path, I wonder how many decades that’s been buried you never know you might find another path

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Ron, thank you for watching and commenting :-) There may be one at the side of the building in the gap, we have that to clear next, but just with a little dig, if there was one it may be gone. We will keep our fingers crossed though. You (and maybe a few others) will be the first to know if we find another :-) Have a nice evening :-)

[@andie1769]

Great progress! You must be so fit! 🍀

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! We’ve gotten fitter since we moved here strangely! 😂 quite unfit before moving over!

[@belle6219]

Your progress is astonishing! I can see your reasons for doing this by hand. It's back-breaking work 😱, but allows you to carefully discover the lay of the land, where stones were placed to create paths, how the water runs, and so forth. It's an excavation that deserves thoughtfulness. It's still a muddy mess, but much tidier! I can envision the path out to the bridge.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Awww thank you! We are so glad that you can see why we are doing it the way we are. You have hit the nail on the head with why we are doing it this way…we love the history of this place especially the land and the outbuildings because they are so old, it’s fascinating to see things that have been hidden for so long slowly be revealed and we get to learn why things have been placed where they are. Haha yes it definitely is a tidier muddy mess, had a bit more of a tidy today….still muddy 🤣…but a little more tidier than yesterday! Ben can’t wait to build a bridge! ❤️

[@rickymatz1020]

that building is going to breathe again especially with that drainage on the side , keep it up , luv what you're doing (burra south australia)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ooh welcome from Australia! Bet it’s lovely and warm there right now? It’s lovely to see the water start to flow in the ditches because then you know it’s not pooling where it shouldn’t be! Hahaha

[@boukanastasia]

΄΄I believe I was an archaeologist in a past life΄΄😂😂😂Well done to both of you great work👍👍👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

I do wonder! lol I love hunting for treasures…always have! Thank you very much, it’s been a slog but we’re finally getting there!

[@neutonrenda2303]

You guys feeling like the digger that could.😂 Worth it though, it's looking absolutely amazing, what a difference.👍❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oh believe me it has gone through our heads here and there! lol but the want to get it cleared carefully has kept us going…..just about! 😉

[@morrigans_cottage]

Looking incredible! Very hard work going on over there! I did the smallest amount of shovelling this weekend and I’m wrecked, I don’t know how you’ve done so much!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! It’s hard going digging isn’t it? First few shovels you think “ok, this isn’t so bad” and then the muscle burn kicks in! Haha I need to catch up yours, I’m so behind with everything at the moment 🫣

[@vickiellibby7051]

Well done ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! ❤️

[@carolinerobinson8442]

Looking good you two !!! Hear you are having an Irish visitor soon have fun ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Caroline, we do indeed. She can't be far away by now. Thank you as always for watching and commenting and hope you are all well.

[@reannejarvis9464]

That was hard yakka. My muscles ached in sympathy. 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏿🤘🏼💋❤️

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Ooh it really was, had to keep taking a breather to get through it all! 50 year old bodies don’t do so well with lots of digging! 🤣

[@reannejarvis9464]

@@thecornerhouseproject my 74 yr old gardening since 6 yrs old can’t any more. Have found two reasonable maintenance people

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Reasonable and good I home Reanne. My mum a tad older than yourself has found some really good workers at a good price. She still loves to get out there but everything takes so much longer and is a lot heavier than it used to be. Thank you so much for replying :-)

[@kaye-q1k]

Beavers are very busy with building dams repairing dams and putting away food for winter. Not to mention raising their kits. Well you two took a page out of the beaver book when your not digging raking clipping and improving your land we find you in the house. And not with your feet up resting your busy again improving the house. I think you should be called the Busy Beavers. I must say I have always loved and admired beavers.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

That is lovely Kathleen thank you so much. The Corner House with the Busy Beavers, it is quite a mouthful but I am sure I can make it fit somehow haha. There isn't much that will stop us to be honest, we love it. Inside, outside, rain or shine. There is so much to do and we want it all done yesterday. Thank you again and I will see what I can do with the beavers. Keep your eyes peeled :-) Thank you again Kathleen, have a nice evening :-)

[@smasim67]

Great work! Some serious dedication and love seeing the changes.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Simon. Yep, we keep on going, the finish line must be somewhere. Thank you for watching and commenting and for being a subscriber for long :-)

[@CynthiaEvans-i2f]

I was wondering as well, if the digging around the foundation is going to cause water to pool there. Other than that, the two of you have put in a lot of hard work. Well done!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Cynthia. What we dug out in Fridays video actually let the water which was under the outbuilding to flow out into the ditch. Now we have unearthed the "path" all of the water flows down to the ditch. We have a bit of work to do to stop pooling, but that is much better than it sitting in the soil not going anyway. Gutters will make a huge difference there too, I just need to get round to putting some up. I am guessing we will be lucky to see a pool once there is a gutter. Thank you as always for watching and commenting. Every comment helps the channel grow. Have a lovely evening :-)

[@wandakoehorst8734]

Your discovered path was hidden under years of compost. The space between the "new" house and the old outbuildings for sure has paths hidden under layers of compost as well. That is why its totally muddy there. People didn't have raingutters 300yrs ago. They were clever and used sloped paths and spaces to get rid of too much water. Great achievement

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Wanda and also for watching two videos one after another. No gutters is exactly why we think the paths are there and to walk around. You could be quite right with more paths and hopefully in time we may find another one or maybe more than one. It is possible that there was, maybe still is, a path in the section between the buildings, at present there is a lot of soil and massive stones. That is on the soon to be done list though. Thank you again for watching and commenting :-)

[@jaymurtagh]

Well done, you two. A lot of back breaking work done. But nice surprise, to find the old stonework.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Jay. We are really please :)

[@GWENCroud]

Wow ,Dawn n Ben what progress you are making Absolutely 😊 Fabulous job ,but hard work. once it's completed you can look back and be proud😂❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We are really proud already Auntie Gwen but we are looking forward to completed.... one day. Hope you are well xx

[@shellywilliams5559]

Do you think that all the yard could be the same under all that soil? ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Shelly Wouldn't it be fantastic. A couple of other comments have said this and we would love it if that were the case. The downside is that finding out means a whole lot more digging hahaha. Maybe one day we will find out. Thank you so much for watching and commenting today :-)

[@maureendavies2753]

Your apple trees need a good trim. Take most of the old branches down to where the wood is still alive. It will take awhile for new branches to become viable. That bent tree might need a prop. If it breaks and splits it can let bad things enter a prop will strengthen it

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We have the trees propped or we did until some cows visited the land! 😂 We plan on giving the trees a good trim once the growing season is over. Fingers crossed we can keep at least 2 of them. The windswept one, we’re not so sure about as it is lying in the ground.

[@marionmounsey4737]

What can I say your both amazing ❤️🤩the amount of work you’ve done is incredible 🤗my favourite channel, no wonder you are getting so many subscribers, you deserve it, just love watching your progress xx❤️

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you so much Marion. The place is starting to look a bit tidier isn't it. We can't believe the number of people that have chosen to subscribe all of a sudden, we can't believe the numbers. We are very flattered. Thank you so much for always watching and always commenting a with such nice words. We will see you Wednesday :-)

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

bloody amazin what u have uncovered ,love watchin u 2 ,welll done ,cant wait till next one, roll on xx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It’s lovely isn’t it?! I got quite excited when I realised they weren’t just rogue stones and they made up a path! Aww thank you! We’re very happy to hear you like watching us! Not too long to wait! ❤️xx

[@DianaHughes-m4u]

i just love watchin ur progreesss , its great xxx@@thecornerhouseproject

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We will keep on going :-)

[@neutonrenda2303]

That pathway is looking promising, such a great reward for your hard work. Depending on what you are going to be using the outbuilding with your access to the garden, you should consider a little coffee/tea bar for winter and g&t serving bar for summer lol. It could be a great potting shed with benefits.😂❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha oh my goodness I love it! I hadn’t seen it until you said that but it really does lend itself well to the little buildings that you see on a day trip to the seaside! Bloody love it! ❤️

[@dcimedic]

So I’m in the middle of digging up my front yard for a paver walkway. I can totally sympathize with you guys digging I haven’t felt this sore in years. Those stones may be doing exactly what they were intended to do. It could be a drip gully for the runoff from the roof.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

That sounds like hard work. We had soft soil and a few rocks here and there, but yes, it does make you ache a little lol. We agree completely with the stones. Not only a walkway behind the building but pushed the water down to the ditch. There is a gap between two of the stones (a hole) and it takes AGES to fill up when it rains, so we don't know where that is going. Could that be a drip gully? Good luck with the digging and hope your aches pass soon :-) Thank you as always :-)

[@LewisC1944]

Finding the path must have given you a buzz. We can see the height difference of the ground and appreciate the hard work it has taken to start to see your "garden" taking shape. What happened with the chimney? XX

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Carol Yeah it really did, we do like finding original bits and pieces. We will never know when they we put there, but going with the height being level with the bottom of the building we are thinking 200 years + ago, when the building was first built. The chimney.... Friday was the day which is now tomorrow for trying to get the flue liner down. Fingers crossed :-) xx

[@CatherineH.-gf7mm]

Maybe a mini excavator?? Good luck!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

And take all the hard work away Catherine? hahaha. By the time we have got to where we are now, which is always just that little bit more, it is too late for one. As Dawn said in the video, the way we have done it is in a controlled, contained way which lets us sift through what we dig and rake removing roots, any bits of rubbish and sometimes unearthing a "treasure" from time to time. Not much more back backing stuff to do now.... we don't think... until we find something else haha. Thank you Catherine for watching and commenting :-)

[@sharonheron7559]

Sharing your excitement at the discovery of that really old path.😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thank you Sharon! It really was exciting….funny how a few stones can make you feel that way! Haha

[@theleahblack]

What a job! Looking great. I can picture it with the stone wall along the path.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Leah, how are you doing? Oh it's a job, but a good one. Yes, I am liking the idea of a stone retaining wall, just a low one, but if we do it right it should look nice. Thank you for being here and being a channel member too :-)

[@theleahblack]

@@thecornerhouseproject I guess I'm muddling through. It's a wonderful distraction to watch your progress and just hear other friendly voices. Bless you for opening your journey to all of us.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Muddling through is better than not muddling through I suppose. You are most welcome :-)

[@bobdickweed]

Hard Work will pay off in the end , you can sit back and relax andsay toyourself , We did that

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha, that is so funny you should say that. We look up at the ceilings and say to each other "we did that" and we are really proud of it too. The end is somewhere, and what a lovely way to try and find it :-) Thank you Bob for watching and commenting today :-)

[@TheHavasu_77]

I can’t donate monthly, but I can give a little bit once in a while. Happy St. Paddy’s Day a day late as well! 😊💚

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Wow, thank you so so much, that is so so kind. You know this means so much to us xxx

[@neutonrenda2303]

Can't wait to see how it looks dry. I think you'll be surprised how much it's going to change with the seasons.👍

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Oooh us too! We moved over in June of last year, just at the end of the heatwave that Ireland had just had and then…..it proceeded to be the wettest summer on record! So, this year we are hoping for good things!

[@pendolinoable]

Fantastic. Well worth the hard work. I am wondering though, if there could be an entire stone yard out the back or have you found the edge of the path?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha, quite a few people have suggested this could be the case. We are going to have to have an exploratory did aren't we? We haven't cleared to the very edge of the stones yet but that will be next. We just wanted to get the self made mounds down so we could walk out the door normally. It won't be long though. Thank you for watching and commenting and also your input :-)

[@maryallen6334]

Think what you're saving on gym membership. It's coming along beautifully.Also a thought. Buy another tote, position it where the water runs off the roof - (guttering?) have it near where you're working now and get the pressure washer to clean up some of those rocks and maybe even create a wider path ..It would be easier than digging for sure and I have one myself which is easy to use.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha yes saving a fortune! Ooh now there’s a thought…you mean blast the soil down? We had thought about getting the pressure washer to clean the stones off, hadn’t thought of the blasting the soil! Could get messy I would presume? 😉

[@claudebernardin1096]

For safe walking…..I think I’d consider covering the path in good natural gravel. Pebble gravel of some size so that ground water can seep down and away. I’d also line that path with bricks on ends to stabilize the mud bank. Maybe even cement the brick. Later you could get some larger flat stepping stones to lay over the gravel bed.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

That’s a good idea, but we really like the look of the stones and it would seem a shame to cover over that history all over again. Bricks on end for the mud bank is a great idea and we did think we would shore it up somehow but hadn’t thiught that far ahead of what we would do it with lol so thank you for that.😊

[@doreenzahra1719]

Two very hard working people where do you get your energy i cannot wait to see it all when you are finished i look forward to your videos all the time you both are amazing please do not overdo it love from Australia

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good morning Doreen, how are you today? We won't overdo it, or at least we will try not to. Where do we get our energy? We don't know, I think it is the motivation and drive to keep moving forwards as we have a lot to do. We know it doesn't all have to be done in one day, but two days would be nice haha. Thank you so much for watching and commenting all the way from Australia. See you Wednesday :-)

[@billymacneil3839]

At the end of all that diggin by hand you'll be fit or dead lol its coming along pretty good i would be lookin at gettin a small tractor for when ya get the gardens goin.Anything to help with the hard labour bys that and some whisky for medicinal purposes lol...

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha, hopefully fit Billy, but we will let you know how it goes lol. A small tractor sounds great, there are so many attachments now they are incredible. Not sure we have enough land to warrant one but might out one on the "you never know" list. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@annaburke5781]

Wonderful Progress so blessed to be sharing your journey thank you

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thank you! We’re very pleased that you are sharing it with us! ❤️

[@susanlecuirot1573]

Great job, you’ve worked so hard! All that beautiful “black gold” soil would give you an amazing vegetable growing area?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Susan, thank you very much. Black gold indeed, there is so much of it all over the land. Up here though is really good quality. I am sure we will be filling a bed or two with it in the future. Thank you for watching and commenting this evening :)

[@tracybush8115]

Yes Dawn, it does seem to be hard work and wow, you guys really knocked through that curved area to nearly reach the doorway - it looks like the level where Ben is standing is about a foot (12") higher up than the ground level, does that seem right? Love love love the path of stones. Do take a rest haha - as if you will!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes I would say it is about 12 inches higher. Oh it really is, it starts out not too bad but the more days that go by….it gets harder and harder 😂 ooh yes, the path is bloody amazing! We were so pleased when we realised that there was a path there! Hmmm a rest? Well, in the evening I always think “I need a rest” then tomorrow comes and good to go again. 🤣

[@alanlucas2886]

yay hi ben and dawn happy monday

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Happy Monday to you too Alan!

[@gerriannedavis8670]

Greeting from Philadelphia ! Wonderful dedication and it's amazing to watch your progress . You are in Mohill, correct? Whereabouts in Mohill.My family lives there,

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hello in Philadelphia! Thank you very much, we are very dedicated to all of this, probably too dedicated sometimes 😂 we’re just outside of Mohill…about 15 mins away. We do love Mohill though, it was our first encounter of how lovely the people are over here when we went into Marie’s Deli in Mohill back in May last year!

[@stevesearle6687]

Well done to both of you great work, sleep well

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you! Strangely we have been sleeping really well lately! 😉

[@daniellebeckers1912]

Ik heb jullie net ontdekt, en jullie zijn super goed bezig. Ik blijf jullie volgen!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Bedankt Danielle en welkom op ons kanaal. Bedankt voor het kijken en reageren. We hopen dat je het ook leuk zult vinden om enkele van onze eerdere video's te bekijken. Nogmaals bedankt :-)

[@Willywagga]

The back of this shed is filled with very old effluent from the bryre/cow shed, decades of manure, that will make anything grow. Can't buy it. Fabulous work.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Funnily enough the farmer neighbour stopped for a chat yesterday and said exactly the same! 😂 it really is good soil out there…if it would stop raining for a second it would be a pleasure raking and digging it! 🤣

[@livefollower3339]

Tell you a lady you’re a grafter for sure but like myself keep going don’t push yourself too hard no one to stop

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Dawn can certainly work hard, actually, always works hard. It is hard to get her to stop sometimes but she knows when she has done enough... sometimes. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@claudebernardin1096]

I’d also consider cutting a drain ditch in the yard to keep the water running down and away towards your side drain ditch.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yep on the list to do….its a very long list! Haha. Ben dug one across to the ditch today to try and drain some of the land where we’re working, it’s not a finished article but it hopefully will help a bit.

[@DejanKeepingitReal]

Use a shovel to dig as much as you can rather than the mattock - much easier on your shoulders and arms. I’ve dug trenches for years. Unless it’s very hard clay filled with rock - using your leg on a post hole shovel is by far easier! A good grub hoe can also help clearing loose soil - long handled of course like the shovel. Dig straight into a wheel barrow and remove away from your work site. Please use the right hand tools it will make your life exponentially easier and make the work go fast! You’re a damn hard working woman! ❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you for saying so ❤️ The mattock is harder on the arms but it was a necessary evil for doing this because there are so many large and small stones, roots and bits of rubbish, plastic, glass and metal and anything else you could possibly imagine on this land and buried in the soil so it just made it easier to pull it down to pick out all the bits that stop the digging and hurt your body when the shovel/spade smashes into it. The soil itself with all of these things removed is lovely, but also very waterlogged and heavy. I don’t think you can see on this video but there are 4 huge garden bags of rubbish dotted around that we have just pulled out of this area that we are working on. It’s been a lot harder going than it looks on the videos. The plan was to use the soil to level the out the surrounding area so we were putting the soil onto the top for that reason rather than digging it away and we had planned on only digging that one width of pathway out…hmm…how things changed 😂 in the more up to date videos we have started to remove and take away the soil in the barrow. All the best laid plans and all that 😂 I must say also, I find it quite difficult handling/using the long handled tools maybe it’s because I’m 5ft tall? I just find them very awkward and heavy and our tools much easier to use.

[@DejanKeepingitReal]

@@thecornerhouseproject Your very welcome I have the utmost respect especially for a hard working woman like yourself! it’s a huge job no doubt! - The outcome will be gorgeous! I’ve always avoided the pick/ mattock as much as possible and I’m a strong man - I find using a shovel easier but I understand that what’s good for one may not be the best for all. I was just concerned you were needlessly working too hard! All the power to you guys - I love your content! Your property is amazing too! I’m a huge fan!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

@@DejanKeepingitReal Thank you 🤩 Yeah definitely a bigger job than we anticipated, we were only going to dig a metre wide pathway! lol and then we found the stones…..and the rest is history (literally). The mattock is hard going but I love it for the ease of breaking through it all. Neither of us has done anything like this before and I’m sure it shows at times lol we will most likely look back over our videos in years to come and realise we made it hard for ourselves 😂 We’re very glad you are enjoying the videos, it’s very nice to hear 😊

[@lindahill9215]

I was watching Mr. Bloke on KZbin. They are in France. I saw the round wheel thing you found a couple of weeks ago. Ex37. Right in the beginning its looks like the whole thing. I don't what it is but I thought you would like to see. Mr. Bloke ex 37. Let us know what it is. Love your treasures😊

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Linda We will have to have a look, thank you. Ours are two cart wheels and we have also found either the one of two carts frame, or both the one side of two carts. We don't think we have enough to fix them though haha. When we cleared the first outbuilding we found a cart wheel which still had some rubber around it, sadly it had all perished and the metal wheel had rotted through. Thank you for the info and thank you for always watching and commenting. Have a nice evening :-)

[@10928rob]

Hang in there you are working so hard, and doing a fantastic job, and not in the best of conditions, I heard Ronnie Barker a few times in the background, must have been around to give you a bit of encouragement, and Ben had his jacket off twice, things must be warming up a bit, well done again. xxx❤

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Pa! It was really hard going but got there in the end! Once I saw those stones on the floor, it kept me going! 😂 Ronnie Barker likes to announce himself once in a while. I know! it definitely means he is working too hard when the jacket and then the hoodie comes off too! I know one thing Pa….I am glad we are doing this in the cold weather because I would not be able to have done this in the summer! I would’ve exploded! 🤣 love you and mumma too. Xx❤️❤️

[@10928rob]

@@thecornerhouseproject ❤️

[@thecornerhouseproject]

xxx

[@colinchick2692]

Rather than hire a digger I would be tempted to hire some kind of massive sieve to get the roots etc out then build raised beds ( that will help with drainage) to stop erosion by the rain. You have some amazing soil to fill them with.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

It makes a nice change from being advised to get a digger lol. It would be lovely wouldn't it, but think of the double digging we would have to do, my arms are aching with just the though Colin haha. When we rake the soil we pull out any sticks and bits as we go, and it isn't a bad result to be honest. What was shown in this video is pre-cleaning rake. We will have bits of plastic coming to the surface for a long time from we think where one plastic bag was turned into a mouse nest and low and behold, 4000 bits of plastic. But the roots we try to remove as many as we can. We think we have a plan for the drainage and I lengthened the section I dig previous down to the ditch today, the top section kept tricking where the water was running from other places, so that is a good start. Thanks for joining us again Colin and commenting. Have a nice evening :-)

[@mocarra100]

I was watching another Irish farm video, and they were talking about 30 seconds of a time-lapse is about an hour's worth of work. I thought oh my gosh and I'm always saying I want more time lapses lol plus none of us ever think about the editing. A digger would be great but I'm sure there are hundreds of dollars to rent? I wouldn't have money to do something like that I would have to be digging. But I know what you mean Dawn, I think I was an archaeologist in a previous life also amongst a bunch of other things I keep telling myself 😂 you know doctor psychologist etc lol another great video! Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS you should have seen my mouth when you guys cleared that whole area flat wow excellent job! I started singing the hallelujah chorus! Just think you guys have this on video to look back when this garden is established and say we did all that backbreaking work ourselves. You guys should be very very very very proud of yourselves!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good afternoon Jackie, how is Oklahoma today? Yes, time lapse really eats up your video content very quickly. Most of the time lapse in this video was set to 7000% At that speed, a 6 minute 11 second clip lasts 5.09 seconds, I can't play it back in editing mode on my computer as it doesn't have enough processing power. I have to to wait until it spits out the finished video before I can see it in high speed. You are right, to get a digger for a few days does cost quite a bit and our very limited funds find it hard to get a mini digger in, so we have done it all by hand. It is good for the soul and heart rate. Dawn has always loved history and wanted to be an archaeologist and a investigator and a vet and so on and so on... seems you two are one of the same :-) Dawn said you have done a PS, So I will send this and reply again :-) Thank you Jackie, as always :-)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much Jackie. It is funny as I said to Dawn not long ago... "Can you hear someone singing the chorus from hallelujah" hahaha We also have all of the unedited video stuff too. Like Rob and Clare of West Cork Wander, we have sooo many hours of stuff. I wouldn't know where to start watching it, but it is lovely knowing we have it. We are truly very very very very proud of ourselves lol. Thank you again Jackie, it is always pleasure and we so love your "PS" bits.

[@TomMurphy-n6n]

nice bit of history, dont think by removing soil you would be affecting the foundations if it was rock maybe yes but i think its no bother

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you Tom. Yeah a great find. Everyone is wondering if we will find more. Hopefully. Yes we agree. The stones we are down to are not the bottom ones, only to the path level. The last thing we want is for the wall to fall out. Thank you for watching and commenting tonight :-)

[@babs2522]

Thanks!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww Babs, thank you so so much, that is very kind indeed. Have a lovely evening :-)

[@babs2522]

Your welcome xx @@thecornerhouseproject

[@thecornerhouseproject]

And now a channel member also, you are spoiling us, thank you so much. Watch out for your thank you :-)

[@annielouis1729]

Bonsoir, je vous regarde depuis quelques jours. Vous avez beaucoup de persévérance. Je me suis abonnées à votre chaine. Bonne soirée. Cordialement

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Bonsoir Annie, merci de nous rejoindre encore une fois :-) Oui, nous continuerons jusqu'à ce que tout soit fait. Une fois que ce sera fait, je suis sûr qu’il y aura encore beaucoup à faire avec les animaux et la maison. Merci encore :-)

[@Bently2849]

Wow, wow!!! You are doing such an amazing job. Maybe now would be the time for a digger rental for a few days to give your bodies and muscles a rest and finish the area right in front of the back door to the outbuildings??!!?? Not that I would want you to stop getting all of that exercise but just be a bit kinder to your bodies... Course, putting in a retaining wall and leaving the dirt certainly is another option. However, the archeologist in me would want to go through all of that soil and see what I might find. Best of luck with whatever path you decide to go down.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Good evening Cristy, nice to see you :-) Too late for a digger now, we have nearly finished the digging, I did say nearly though haha. Oh we are soooo fit, I wasn't out of breath once haha. A retaining wall might be possible as I think we have a couple of stones lying around we might be able to use. We are thinking a retaining wall as it will be in keeping with the buildings around it. Thank you as always Cristy, have a lovely evening :-)

[@Bently2849]

😊!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

:-)

[@SerendipitySharon]

I wouldn't be surprised if you discovered that the path is actually a stoned courtyard of sorts. Hard work for sure, but perhaps it is a quality-based lifestyle you are choosing to unearth literally the history of your land. Was what you call the outbuilding the original cottage?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Awww I would LOVE that if you are right! Downside would mean we have to dig all of that out to find out! 😂 I do wonder if you’re right though as when I was digging along the edge it does feel like the stones go into that raised area. Maybe we can do a small exploratory dig and see if your theory is right? 😉 It is hard work most definitely but seeing history appear before your eyes is so exciting! I’m not sure with the outbuilding but I would think because of the lack of chimney, it may have always been just outbuildings…not sure though. Wouldn’t it be lovely if everything back in the day was documented? We do now know that the building that doesn’t belong to us used to house horses. I did put a picture up on instagram a while ago of all the buildings that were around this little plot. I’ll stick it on Facebook as well if you wanted to have a look. We finally got round to sorting a Facebook page!

[@Joannafwatson]

The fire was probably originally in the centre of the house and the smoke escaped from a hole in the roof :-)

[@thecornerhouseproject]

We understand that the house was built in two halves. The first being the kitchen side (the right hand side as you look at the front of the house) and then the living room (Parlour) was built at a later date. The house dates back an educated guess from dates of birth 120 years, and the eldest of the family now is 80, so we know the second part it 80+, we are thinking 100 years. The parlour was never used except on special occasions. Not even at Christmas. Thank you Joanna for watching and commenting :-)

[@sharonkincaid6474]

U R AMAZING!!! I will keep watching and subscribing BUT I don’t know what’s going on with KZbin or how to change it. Also - it is happening with other channels I watch. Keep up the good work - maybe take more breaks!!!❤️🤗❤️

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww thank you!! Does it keep unsubscribing you? Regardless, we’re very glad that you will keep watching and subscribing! Haha…not sure about the breaks…today was a little less taxing so that could class as a break! 😉 just a little light tidying today! ❤️😘

[@claudebernardin1096]

Better safe than sorry or muddy

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha definitely muddy!

[@GraceSmith-e3o]

Wondering if there is a cobblestone area under all that mud? ( or maybe you don’t want to know🤣!) congrats on your subscriber numbers.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Lots of people have said that too…the thought is in our head now so I think we will be digging a little more to have a peek at it! Fingers crossed there’s nothing there and we don’t have to dig anymore! 🤣 seriously though if we do find there might be something there then maybe a very careful digger driver might be called upon to scrape it back because that’s a lot of soil to hand dig out! Haha Thank you with the subscribers! We are soooo surprised and excited by how well it is going at the moment! Fingers crossed it continues!

[@wint44]

I wonder if time team would be interested

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Eric. We think it is something lots of places still have. Our shock was the fact that we actually have it all too, it was just all hidden with soil / manure. It will be kept in one form or another for maybe a patio area in the future. Thank you for watching and commenting today :-)

[@RobertEdward-y7b]

How about pressure washing that path to reveal the spots which need patching ?

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Yes I think we will do that…because although we have a lot of rain here we also have a lot of mud that isn’t washing away just yet. Luckily because it rains a lot we have quite a lot of water in our tanks to do just that!

[@bwitched3810]

This is probably a lame question but will you seed it after to grow grass . My gosh your poor backs , xxx

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Sandy, we don't think it is a lame question, it is good question. We have been chatting and will more than likely seed it to start with. The roots should give the top a bit of strength and will help stop mud. I think once your back ache so much, you don't feel it anymore hahaha. Thank you Sandy for always watching :-)

[@coby6417]

🌟👏👍🍀💐

[@thecornerhouseproject]

⛏️⚒️👷🏼💧💐🌷🌹🌸🌺

[@claudeross126]

Saint Peter asked Dawn, any regrets in life, Dawn answered a DIGGER LOL

[@thecornerhouseproject]

😂🤣😆⛏️

[@alanlucas2886]

lol both mad tho looking great tho see you wed at 6

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thanks Alan. As you know, a bit of hard work never killed anyone... well, not yet. See you Wednesday :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject me get Digger lol

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hahaha

[@jeanrichardson2044]

That was funny, one moment you areboth wrapped in rainwear as always, then for a brief moment in summer clothes and sunshine.

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Haha yeah it is like that sometimes! The weather changes soo quickly. If we’re lucky the showers are a quick passover and then back to brilliant sunshine! ☀️

[@trudilm3864]

He married well!

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi Trudi I did indeed and I am very lucky. Dawn works and works and works. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)

[@trudilm3864]

I wish the very best - to the both of you!@@thecornerhouseproject

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Thank you very much Trudi :-)

[@artistikworld4058]

Early cuckoo?🎉

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Sadly none yet, the one in our intro is the first one we heard when we moved over to Ireland and we hadn’t heard one for years and years. It shouldn’t be long before we hear them though ❤️

[@miloudzebboudji8556]

ho

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hi ?

[@alanlucas2886]

and before you ask bedroom still not finish and no laptop haha ill

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Aww no 😔 that’s rubbish then!

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject yes not been well all weekend hay ho

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Hopefully you are feeling brighter now :-)

[@alanlucas2886]

@@thecornerhouseproject should have my new laptop today so are we ready for 6 pm

[@thecornerhouseproject]

Did you get your laptop?