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To visualize what a d rocf I& like, mnsiderk l~(t-nintrnnth-eenmry phnopph
fmm lreland rhowing flat stoner holding down the rod mof on a turf and stone house in
Donegal (Fi$uce 46). Similvly shaped Sons were found in Ihe Renews haKe collapy,
suggscing their use for the same function. b addition to holding the scds in plm. lqe
stoner would serve rhe dwl purpose of adding weight to the mof. The high rindstha
buffet the cost of Newfoundland. especially in winter, could easily dirlcdgc a p rly
secured or lightweight mf fmm ~ s V u e ~ .
Evidence fmm the mupation IVnIum knenth the h m m I k suggn~ hat the flmr
plan w& divided into two arws. The eastern one-third was taken up by the hearth ma.
whlle L e main ponion of the house had a flmr composed largely of sandy clay, a l ea in
npproxim~tely twc-thirb of the living ma The greasy, sandy clay malrix dimvend
over top of the beach cobbles har bxn interpreted as an onhen flmr. Csnainly, the
beachcobbles would not have been n suitable flmring material as the low composition
of the cobbler would have made fM UNure fmtin Lenses of the cream-coloured sandy
clay were recorded in the flmr SmNm, along with in sit* pM rherdr and kash cobbler
mixed throughout. These lenxr ue idenucal in muir and eolouras Ihe rubmtl found in
a bormw ptc several meters fmm the houx whiehruggess thnt the flmr material was dug
from this pit.
The kmh was typical d revenleenth~nfq conager, alhugh it did display terrain