SOMERSET MASTER THATCHERS ASSOCIATION

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Producing Wheat Reed for thatching is a long labour intensive process. This sequence shows the various stages, from cutting the standing wheat through to the finished thatched roof.

Cutting the wheat with the binder

The sheaves drying in stooks

Sheaves being made into a rick

Dried sheaves being combed

Completed bundles of Wheat reed

The finished job

Thanks to Robert Hesketh for allowing us to use some of  his images on this site.

See his book  Cob and Thatch available direct from him at 52 Priory, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9HU. At £2.99 plus £1.00 p&p,  or from bookselers

Reedmaking images supplied by Richard Butterfield and others by

Ted Parks