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--- roun:roundhouses [2025/12/05 18:59] – [What are roundhouses?] asimong
+++ roun:roundhouses [2025/12/19 15:52] (current) – [What are the benefits of roundhouses?] dave
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-![](round1.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/palloza-etc-2-268x1024.jpg)
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-Traditional roundhouses from around the world. From top: Palloza (Spain), Trulli (Italy), Clochan (Ireland), Hogan (Navajo, US), Rondavel (Lesotho).
+_Traditional roundhouses from around the world. From top: Palloza (Spain), Trulli (Italy), Clochan (Ireland), Hogan (Navajo, US), Rondavel (Lesotho)._
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-![](round2.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-that-roundhouse-1.jpg)
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-Tony Wrench's famous home - '[That Roundhouse](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/3k-eco-home-attitude-building-codes-regulations-interview-tony-wrench)' in Pembrokeshire; after a battle with the planning authorities, he's been allowed to live there.
+_Tony Wrench's famous home - '[That Roundhouse](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/3k-eco-home-attitude-building-codes-regulations-interview-tony-wrench)' in Pembrokeshire; after a battle with the planning authorities, he's been allowed to live there._
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-![](round3.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-reciprocal-1.jpg)
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-Reciprocal roof frame from below.
+_Reciprocal roof frame from below._
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-[Tony Wrench's roundhouse](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/3k-eco-home-attitude-building-codes-regulations-interview-tony-wrench) from the air - see how it blends into its environment.
+_[Tony Wrench's roundhouse](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/3k-eco-home-attitude-building-codes-regulations-interview-tony-wrench) from the air - see how it blends into its environment._
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 ## What are the benefits of roundhouses?
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-![](round4.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-charlie-1.jpg)
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-About to remove the 'Charlie stick' from a reciprocal frame roof
+//About to remove the 'Charlie stick' from a reciprocal frame roof
 (Wholewoods roundhouse in London).
+//
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-![](round5.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-whirling-1.jpg)
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-Constructing a 'whirling log' roof (on a Wholewoods roundhouse course).
+_Constructing a 'whirling log' roof (on a Wholewoods roundhouse course)._
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-Building a cordwood and cob roundhouse in Cornwall.
+_Building a cordwood and cob roundhouse in Cornwall._
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-![](round6.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-bronze-age-1.jpg)
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-Reconstruction of a Bronze Age thatched roundhouse on the site of a Bronze Age village at Flag Fen museum near Peterborough.
+_Reconstruction of a Bronze Age thatched roundhouse on the site of a Bronze Age village at Flag Fen museum near Peterborough._
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-![](round7.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-tinkers-bubble-1.jpg)
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-A modern thatched roundhouse at Tinker's Bubble community in Somerset.
+_A modern thatched roundhouse at Tinker's Bubble community in Somerset._
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-![](round8.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-snow-1.png)
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-Snow on the roof is a good sign – no heat loss through the roof.
+_Snow on the roof is a good sign – no heat loss through the roof._
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-![](round9.jpeg)
+![](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/roundhouses-kath-1.jpg)
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-Roundhouse with a round wood frame, waiting for the roof to be covered and the walls to be infilled (Wholewoods roundhouse in Devon).
+_Roundhouse with a round wood frame, waiting for the roof to be covered and the walls to be infilled (Wholewoods roundhouse in Devon)._
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 - ['That Roundhouse'](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/3k-eco-home-attitude-building-codes-regulations-interview-tony-wrench) - the story of Tony Wrench's roundhouse and his battle with the planners in Pembrokeshire.
 - [Reciprocal Frame Structures Made Easy](https://cms.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/reciprocal-roofs.pdf) - I wouldn't go that far, but an interesting paper on reciprocal roofs.
+- [Prehistoric Society](https://prehistoricsociety.org/sites/prehistoricsociety.org/files/resources/ps-intros-ia-2-roundhouses.pdf) roundhouses factsheet
+- [Roundhouses in Britain and America](https://greywolf.druidry.co.uk/2014/11/roundhouses-in-britain-and-america/)
+- [Avalon Archaeology](https://swheritage.org.uk/avalon-archaeology/our-story/iron-age-roundhouse/) - reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse
+- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhouse_(dwelling)
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic