And we thought there might be some sort of foundation. Joke's on us.

The house is set on 9 piers made from piles of stone.  The fieldstone that looked like it might be the foundation was for show and to keep larger animals from moving in underneath the house and making their own cozy little home.  We'll be changing that!!

As was pointed out to me, we are lucky that the house is still standing. The soil under the piers is sand.  The main floor of the house is nearly level with only about 4 inches height difference between the highest and lowest points.  There have been 11 earthquakes in Maine over a 3.5 magnitude in the last 90 years with the most recent occurrence taking place in Lake Arrowhead, ME on October 16, 2012 with a magnitude of 4.5. (http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/hazards/quake/quake.htm) Lake Arrowhead is about 15 miles from Cornish. Thank you Scott Swett for bringing the house's stability to my attention.

For a 90 year old house, having only sagged a couple of inches and not shifted on its shaky supports, is pretty darn close to miraculous. Maybe we should change it's name from the wee house to the lucky house.  I'll have to ask Martin how to say that in Irish.