@WOODLANDSTV I was actually watching a video about the history of Britian on the Top Documentaries website and they mentioned that many of the Saxons as well as others in the region made a mixture of straw or grass with mud to reinforce the roof, which made perfect sense if done during a dry season or even a sunny day, it would be the closest you'd probably come to cement i am assuming.

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How would they have been kept warm and dry? Great idea, small, compact, functional.

I think the pit houses were made because it was much easier than trying to build walls strong enough to support a roof, less material as well. Great idea to have kids learn on site. Ive seen beautiful villages built with stone walls that were similarly below ground level.

@WOODLANDSTV And you suppose they'd already store potatoes? back in middle age Europe?

@WOODLANDSTV lol well he obviously wasn't one of the dislikes!!

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Finally, a house people with fear of heights can do roof repairs on.

It seems like this house is not very well insulated. Also, does the house have a door I couldn't see in the video? Because snow would fall into it during the winter, and it would let heat out.

The walls would be great for storing heat in the walls of dirt like an energy bank

It's not like I thought it would look. I always pictured a Scandinavian style longhouse or roundhouse with straw all over the roof. Very interesting none the less.