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Chapter 3
Structure & fabric
Alan Jones stuff-thatching threshed long straw into a base coat of gorse at Llanon, Dyfed:
this rare example of the west Wales vernacular is supported by a thick mat of twisted
straw rope across the purlins, and includes a thatched chimney.
Photo: Wilm Jones, Pembrokeshire Thatch & Carpentry Services