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[Cob] Cob Citadel, Rumania

Susan Hagan su.hagan at hotmail.co.uk
Fri Aug 28 00:22:18 CDT 2009 

Here is the link,
 
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/suhagan/ViscriCobCitadelRumania?authkey=Gv1sRgCPn_kYDV5oWcNw&feat=directlink


I thought cob loving people out there might enjoy seeing these photos that I took of the Cob Citadel in Viscri, Rumania. When the village was threatened the residents would remove themselves and their livestock to the citadel, obviously high on the hill.  Each family had their own reserved place.  It was built in the 11th Century!
!
I will compile an album of Barns in BUlgaria  and post it to the web over the next couple of days for those that are interested.
 
have a 'light day' as we say here! 
 
Su Hagan

  
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> I live in Bulgaria and all the barns here are stone based, sometimes only a 18 inches stem wall above the ground, with a foundation of course, and then masses of cob and adobe. Mine is like that. I looked at a house the other day that had a 200foot long, 20 foot wide cob barn that was built in 1939. 2 Storeys too! Still standing and very good condition. 
> 
> Su Hagan (Cob in Bulgaria)
> 
> 
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> 
> > From: coblist-request at deatech.com
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> > From: Dean Sherwin <costman at verizon.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Cob] cob stables
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> > cob sounds perfect for stables. In its home county, cob was used for 
> > numerous farm buildings and I never heard that it could not stand up 
> > to horses & cattle. On my brother's farm in Devon there is a cob 
> > barn and the walls are very strong, I cannot imagine it being felled 
> > by a kick. But I also understand that where thoroughbreds are 
> > concerned it is not uncommon to line the stalls with wood anyway, to 
> > protect both them and the walls whatever they are made of.
> > Interestingly there is a recipe somewhere for painting cob walls and 
> > discouraging cattle from licking them to get the salts from the 
> > earth. The damp tongues will certainly wear away the walls! It may 
> > be in Clough Williams Ellis' book, Building In Cob Pise and Stabilized Earth.
> > Dean
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Message: 2
> > >Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:29:18 +0100
> > >From: Andy Dunn - Luibh <andy at luibh.ie>
> > >Subject: [Cob] cob walls for stables
> > >To: coblist at deatech.com
> > >Message-ID: <092B14D0-7C10-4E04-AEA1-2AA43A5AC052 at luibh.ie>
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> > >Hi there,
> > >
> > >We're planning on building a few stables hopefully over the next few
> > >months, and are going to use cob in some form. One of the questions we
> > >have is whether cob on its own (with lime plaster), would be strong
> > >enough to withstand horses kicks, or if we should include some
> > >powdered lime to the mix to make it even stronger.
> > >
> > >There is a great tradition of building with cob in this local area, as
> > >many of the old cottages are built from the grey/yellow 'daub' in the
> > >ground, which unfortunately makes bad quality land for farming but
> > >great for building.
> > >
> > >Im quite a purist and would ideally just use clay/sand/straw but my
> > >wife is concerned that wouldn't be enough to withstand a full kick
> > >from a large horse.
> > >
> > >Any advice much appreciated.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Andy Dunn
> > >
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> > >andy at luibh.ie
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> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:38:09 -0800
> From: rodger at inbox.com
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Cob Barns
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> Send photo's please!!!!!!!!
> Very exciting.
> Rodger
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: su.hagan at hotmail.co.uk
> > Sent: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:26:20 +0000
> > To: coblist at deatech.com
> > Subject: [Cob] Cob Barns
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I live in Bulgaria and all the barns here are stone based, sometimes only
> > a 18 inches stem wall above the ground, with a foundation of course, and
> > then masses of cob and adobe. Mine is like that. I looked at a house
> > the other day that had a 200foot long, 20 foot wide cob barn that was
> > built in 1939. 2 Storeys too! Still standing and very good condition.
> > 
> > Su Hagan (Cob in Bulgaria)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> From: coblist-request at deatech.com
> >> Subject: Coblist Digest, Vol 7, Issue 129
> >> To: coblist at deatech.com
> >> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:00:03 -0700
> >> 
> >> Send Coblist mailing list submissions to
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> >> than "Re: Contents of Coblist digest..."
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> >> 
> >> Today's Topics:
> >> 
> >> 1. Re: cob stables (Dean Sherwin)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> 
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:14:36 -0400
> >> From: Dean Sherwin <costman at verizon.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [Cob] cob stables
> >> To: coblist at deatech.com
> >> Message-ID: <0KMD00LEP689LWHJ at vms173019.mailsrvcs.net>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> >> 
> >> cob sounds perfect for stables. In its home county, cob was used for
> >> numerous farm buildings and I never heard that it could not stand up
> >> to horses & cattle. On my brother's farm in Devon there is a cob
> >> barn and the walls are very strong, I cannot imagine it being felled
> >> by a kick. But I also understand that where thoroughbreds are
> >> concerned it is not uncommon to line the stalls with wood anyway, to
> >> protect both them and the walls whatever they are made of.
> >> Interestingly there is a recipe somewhere for painting cob walls and
> >> discouraging cattle from licking them to get the salts from the
> >> earth. The damp tongues will certainly wear away the walls! It may
> >> be in Clough Williams Ellis' book, Building In Cob Pise and Stabilized
> >> Earth.
> >> Dean
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> >Message: 2
> >> >Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:29:18 +0100
> >> >From: Andy Dunn - Luibh <andy at luibh.ie>
> >> >Subject: [Cob] cob walls for stables
> >> >To: coblist at deatech.com
> >> >Message-ID: <092B14D0-7C10-4E04-AEA1-2AA43A5AC052 at luibh.ie>
> >> >Content-Type:
> >> >text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >>> 
> >> >Hi there,
> >>> 
> >> >We're planning on building a few stables hopefully over the next few
> >> >months, and are going to use cob in some form. One of the questions we
> >> >have is whether cob on its own (with lime plaster), would be strong
> >> >enough to withstand horses kicks, or if we should include some
> >> >powdered lime to the mix to make it even stronger.
> >>> 
> >> >There is a great tradition of building with cob in this local area, as
> >> >many of the old cottages are built from the grey/yellow 'daub' in the
> >> >ground, which unfortunately makes bad quality land for farming but
> >> >great for building.
> >>> 
> >> >Im quite a purist and would ideally just use clay/sand/straw but my
> >> >wife is concerned that wouldn't be enough to withstand a full kick
> >> >from a large horse.
> >>> 
> >> >Any advice much appreciated.
> >>> 
> >> >--
> >> >Andy Dunn
> >>> 
> >> >www.luibh.ie
> >> >andy at luibh.ie
> >> >00 353 86 0230879
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> >Web Development & Hosting
> >>> 
> >> >PHP | Perl/CGI | mySQL | Javascript
> >> >AJAX | jQuery | CakePHP | RubyOnRails
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> >------------------------------
> >>> 
> >> >_______________________________________________
> >> >Coblist mailing list
> >> >Coblist at deatech.com
> >> >http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> >End of Coblist Digest, Vol 7, Issue 127
> >> >***************************************
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Dean Sherwin CPE
> >> Certified Professional Estimator
> >> LEED Accredited Professional
> >> CONSTRUCTION COST MANAGEMENT
> >> 3, Cherry Street
> >> PO Box 11
> >> Media, PA 19063-0011
> >> (610)892 8860
> >> fax (610) 892 7862
> >> costman at verizon.net
> >> 
> >> ------------------------------
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