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Carrying grass to build roofs in Ethiopia
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A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, North Devon, England
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Inside view of an Inca roof in one of the few reconstructed buildings of Machu Picchu

Thatching is building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches. The vegetation is put on top of each other so as to make sure water stays away from the inner roof.

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  • Pub.williams.arp.750pix

    A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, North Devon, England

  • PrayerAtBesakih

    The multi-tiered Meru towers of Besakih temple, Bali, uses black ijuk fibres.

  • Ogi Shirakawa06n3200

    Straw-thatched house at historic village of Shirakawa-go (World Heritage Site) in Japan.

  • Moirlanich Longhouse thatched roof 2

    Excavation of the thatch at Moirlanich Longhouse

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    River houses on the River Kwai.

  • Partially thatched roof

    Farm-house in the Netherlands near Alkmaar. The combination of thatch and roof tiles is quite common in that area.

  • Lucy in the sky

    Thatched hut in Lesotho.

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    Thatch Works on a house in Mecklenburg, Germany

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    Fishermen's Church Born auf dem Darß

  • Thatched cottage in the sand dunes by Denmark

    Thatched cottages in the sand dunes, Denmark

  • Ireland Victor Grigas 2011-29

    Thatched roof house in Kilmore Quay, Ireland

  • Cahire

    Cahire Breton cottages at Plougoumelen, Brittany, France

  • Thatched roofs in Kerene

    Thatched roofs in Kerene (Ethiopia

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    Thatching miscanthus field in Sandager, Denmark

  • Grassland on Imba Abba Salama

    Grassland with thatching grass on Imba Abba Salama Mt. in Haddinnet, Ethiopia

  • Closeup of thatching Ben W Bell 31 7 2005

    A closeup of the thatching.

  • Thatching Knots

    Bundling technique used in straw thatching.

  • Thatched Roof Inside View

    Inside view of a straw-thatched house.

  • Thatched roof with snow in Oga City Akita Prefecture March 2017

    Thatched roof with snow, Japan

  • Thatched Roof Moss

    Outside layer of moss and lichen growing on thatch.

  • Thatching - Jheel Meel - Kolkata 2011-12-22 7659

    Thatching by hay for making Pandals at Kolkata.

  • Besakih Bali Indonesia Pura-Besakih-04

    Thatched roof made of ijuk black arenga pinnata fibres, Besakih, Bali.

  • Heather thatching on Leanach Cottage, Culloden

    Heather thatching, Culloden, Scotland.

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