Old travel Blog photograph of a thatched cottage at Broadwall, near Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. In the past, the usual wide range of materials were used, in these south west counties but straw remained the most common thatch. It covered most dwellings in Renfrewshire, according to the Agricultural Report of John Wilson, in 1812 and was being stitched on with twine, in Dunbarton in the 1790’s. Back in Renfrew, Mr Wilson noted the local thatcher’s wages. " Thatching per square yard, with straw supplied. " paid three pence in 1795 and was fifty per cent more 1809.
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