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 ![keldur](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/keldur.jpg "Icelandic earth-sheltered houses") ![keldur](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/keldur.jpg "Icelandic earth-sheltered houses")
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- Earth-sheltered houses at Keldur in Iceland.+ _Earth-sheltered houses at Keldur in Iceland._
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 ![simondale](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/simondale-386x1024.jpg "Earth-sheltered houses are sometimes reminiscent of a 'hobbit house'") ![simondale](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/simondale-386x1024.jpg "Earth-sheltered houses are sometimes reminiscent of a 'hobbit house'")
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- Building an earth-sheltered 'hobbit house' - from the top: preparing the ground; building the frame; finished house, interior; and exterior. Cost, around £3000. Source, [Simon Dale](http://www.simondale.net/).+ _Building an earth-sheltered 'hobbit house' - from the top: preparing the ground; building the frame; finished house, interior; and exterior. Cost, around £3000. Source, [Simon Dale](http://www.simondale.net/)._
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 ![100_0308](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/100_0308-357x1024.jpg "An earth sheltered house with berming granite walls and cob internal walls") ![100_0308](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/100_0308-357x1024.jpg "An earth sheltered house with berming granite walls and cob internal walls")
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- Self-build earth-shelter - walls: drainage; berming granite walls; posts to support roof; building cob internal walls.+ _Self-build earth-shelter - walls: drainage; berming granite walls; posts to support roof; building cob internal walls._
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 ![roof](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/roof-304x1024.jpg "Different stages of a self-build earth-sheltered house project") ![roof](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/roof-304x1024.jpg "Different stages of a self-build earth-sheltered house project")
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- Self-build earth-shelter - roof: board and insulation; waterproof membrane; trailer of turf; turfed roof; flue from stove through roof.+ _Self-build earth-shelter - roof: board and insulation; waterproof membrane; trailer of turf; turfed roof; flue from stove through roof._
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 ![brighton](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/brighton.jpg "An earth-sheltered building open to the public in Brighton") ![brighton](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/brighton.jpg "An earth-sheltered building open to the public in Brighton")
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- Brighton Earthship - open to the public. See [Low Carbon Trust](http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/).+ _Brighton Earthship - open to the public. See [Low Carbon Trust](http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/)._
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