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Tuesday 5 February 2013

Cave Dwellings and Hobbit Holes

http://www.beckhamcavelodge.com/index.html

I discovered this place on line years ago when I was looking for property in Arkansas. It was for sale at the time for the price one pays for a country house in Surrey, a small one, about 4.5 million dollars.

There is more history to this than on the website. I know it. I wonder if any of my readers do?

Just for the record, I always wanted to live off-grid. In the Midwest, one can find cave houses and off-grids....just a thought for you all to ponder.

http://ellerg.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/caves-that-will-rock-your-world-part.html

This post above is dated, but gives you an idea of more cave houses. Here is a photo of one from a site from Greece. And here is another site in St. Louis, with links to more...

http://dornob.com/huge-cave-house-unique-modern-underground-mega-home/


In addition for the heck of it are underground sod houses built with some of the same age-old principles as sod prairie houses, but with a difference. I love this one below.

http://dornob.com/underground-home-modern-house-with-a-green-roof/



And, in case one wants to live like a hobbit..yes, there are hobbit holes. This one, pictured above and below, is in Wales and the website is fantastic in telling one how to build such a place.

http://www.simondale.net/