Dry stone hut

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Types of dry stone hut include:

  • Clochán, associated with the south-western Irish seaboard
  • Mitato, found in Greece, especially on the mountains of Crete
  • Orri, associated with Ariège, France
  • Shielings in Scotland
  • Trulli, in Apulia, Italy
  • Bunja, kažun, trim in Croatia[1]
  • stone made roundavel in sotho culture
A clochán on Dingle Peninsula, Kerry, Ireland

Uses of dry-stone huts include temporary shelter for shepherds and their animals, permanent habitations for monks or agricultural workers,[2] storage and cheese making. Dry-stone huts may be thatched or roofed with sod, sometimes bound together with plant roots such as those of Madonna lily or sedum.[3]

Distribution in Europe

References

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