Tour Scotland photograph of a thatched cottage in Glamis village, Scotland. Near Glamis Castle a 14th century keep which has been extended extensively over the years. Thatched cottages were the norm in rural Scotland for many years as building practices of bygone Scotland ran to lightweight, irregular materials, such as wattle and daub walls, and cruck beams. These walls were simply not made to take much weight, and thatch was by far the lightest weight material available.
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