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Building a roundhouse - the roof

Ian Daniel, 11 June 2010

Over the last fortnight we've been working on the roof and it's almost finished. We've used seven bails of reed to thatch the roof, each bail contains between 80-100 bundles of reed. As you can see we've gone through quite a lot!

Take a look at photographs. You can see the bundles being placed in between the hazel rod purlins before Dafydd uses a wooden paddle to beat the roof into shape.

 

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Michelle
11 June 2010, 14:47
Visited yesterday and saw how the work was coming on. It's looking great and a really good exhibit in itself to see how its built. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!