Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of white cottages with thatched roofs on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the village of Glamis in Angus Region. As the first waterproof roofing material used in Scotland, thatch can be dated back as far as the Bronze Age. Scots often used long stemmed plants like reeds found along the River Tay, or straw. heather, bracken, broom and marram grass. The plants were dried out, bundled together and piled up to create a robust roof that sloughed off rain and kept houses and cottages cool in Summer and warm in Winter. By the end of the 1790s, thatch in Scotland was increasingly confined to poorer rural communities and agricultural structures. In more remote areas, the local traditions of thatching continued well into the 20th century. Thatched buildings in Scotland are part of our rich, diverse built heritage and contribute to our sense of place and regional distinctiveness.
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