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Old 03-01-2009, 03:26 PM
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Default Interesting about thatched rooves........HOWEVER....
.......re "wood underneath"..........they did have RAFTERS and, running 90 degrees to them (or lengthwise), they had PURLINS (which are rare nowadays). The straw would not have defied gravity without these structures.

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