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The use of ‘skailie’ in Medieval and Post-Medieval Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Bruce Walker
Bruce Walker*
Affiliation:
School of Architecture, Duncan of Jordanstone College, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT, Scotland.
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Recent archaeological reports from excavations carried out round the Royal castles and palaces suggest that a completely new chronology of roof covering for high-status buildings in Scotland should now be formulated.

Keywords

skailieScotlandroofing materialslateshingle
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 287 , March 2001 , pp. 163 - 171
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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