20th March 2008, 02:26 PM
"In fact the more I look at the really big iron age ones I am convinced that they must have been domes if they had any hope of being a structure at all particularly the ones which show no evidence of internal posts although even if they do they could have been for scaffolding."
Uo1, what's the biggest round house you know of which doesn't have internal posts - the biggest reconstructions are the Butser ones which are double ring, the largest I have recontructed is an internal diameter sigle ring. I reckon its possible to build larger single ring withoughtmaking them up as domes (a method which would raise all sorts of problems in terms of shedding water from the tip of the thatch)although until someone will sponsor me to the tune of quite a lot of squid I can't try building a larger one.
Uo1, what's the biggest round house you know of which doesn't have internal posts - the biggest reconstructions are the Butser ones which are double ring, the largest I have recontructed is an internal diameter sigle ring. I reckon its possible to build larger single ring withoughtmaking them up as domes (a method which would raise all sorts of problems in terms of shedding water from the tip of the thatch)although until someone will sponsor me to the tune of quite a lot of squid I can't try building a larger one.