Viking Houses Straw Roof

The icelandic turf houses and the viking longhouse were general living buildings in medieval scandinavian architecture.

Viking houses straw roof. The function of these carvings was likely to protect the inhabitants of the house. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in norway and large parts of the rest of scandinavia. Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of finland and the scandinavian peninsula. These buildings were used for farming the roofs were covered with earth and grass was planted in the soil.

The longhouses had bowed walls in plan forming a ship like outline. With straw roof house with thatched roof. Old house with thatched roof situated at lake on isle of skye scotland ancient snowy palloza round houses made with stone and straw with icicles. Outside the house was often supported by sloping posts.

The hearth was central to life in the longhouse. Home is where the hearth is. We have concrete evidence of viking longhouse doors as opposed to walls roofs and windows because they like the supporting posts left clearly purposeful holes in the ground. Countryside buildings were built of wood and they were similar to log cabins.

Viking houses were one story buildings with slanted roofs. The walls were lined with clay or consisted of wooden planks placed vertically into the ground which supported the roof along with two rows of internal posts.