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honeydip | 15:43 Fri 01st Mar 2013 | Law
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I want to buy some land in the mountains but who owns it?
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Ben Nevis
15:44 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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OK but who actually owns ben nevis? If it is unregistered can you register it?
15:45 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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http://www.jmt.org/ben-nevis-estate.asp
15:47 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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Sir Hugh Munro must own a lot in Scotland. Half of the mountains there seem to be named after him.
15:51 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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My OH owns a mountain. It just happens to be on the land he owns.
15:52 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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I have a mountain of debt. Does that count?
15:55 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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There's a bloke called Andy who owns a whole range of them in South America.
15:56 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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If you are being highly technical, the Queen does by virtue of being monarch, just as she owns every piece of land in the Kingdoms. What we call landowners are merely people who she allows to have the land 'freehold' with quiet enjoyment, holding it free of interference.

But, that bit of legal history aside, you'll find that every mountain is owned freehold by some legal personality: a company, partnership, trust, individual, or office (The Bishop of Norwich is probably a personality for this purpose, and I don't even know the man)
15:58 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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Well that's what we allow her to think. The Tower awaits the monarch who displeases the people.
16:04 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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There are an awful lot of Mountains, can we not narrow it down a bit, are you thinking where you live, in France?
16:07 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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Crying.......
16:46 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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..however if it's North America you're interested in, I can put you in touch with my mate Rocky.
00:01 Sat 02nd Mar 2013
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I can offer you some excellent double-glazing for your new house in the mountains, from my mate in Everest.......
00:05 Sat 02nd Mar 2013
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(p.s. as long as you give him a Mont Blanc pen for signing the contract)
00:06 Sat 02nd Mar 2013
Avatar Image maggiebee
OMG what was said about ChatterBank on an earlier post is all true! You're all stark raving bonkers and I'm proud to be a member of this club!
00:09 Sat 02nd Mar 2013
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I strongly suspect that honeydip is not quite as naive - or as opinionated as he would have us believe. :o)
00:14 Sat 02nd Mar 2013
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without doing any research most if not all the mountains in Scotland belong to either the land owners, the National Trust, or the John Muir Trust.
00:22 Sat 02nd Mar 2013

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