Re: Re: Long houses

From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_...>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:20:59 +0000


ian_hammond_cooper_at_... wrote:
>
> Best pictures I can find so far on the web.
>
> http://myrkur.tripod.com/longhouses.htm
> (you too can build you orn longhouse)

...

These seem to be Icelandic style long houses, and so are suitable models for Heortlings in the highlands (such as the Fire Bull), but not in the lowlands.

I have my doubts about the accuracy of the isometric views, however. The point of dry stone walls is surely to reduce the need for timber, yet the those illustrations seem to show the stone walls as merely padding. Also, the turf on the roof seems much thicker than I'd have expected.

The floorplans are good, however.

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