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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
Sod Buildings
by Linda Hoad
In Historians,
Preliminary Architectural Studies,
Volume 01, Unpublished Report HG 02
(Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972,
Report Number H G 02 01 05)
There are no documentary
references to sod buildings as such, although sod was a common roofing material. However,
plans 731-1 and 731-3 (see the illustrations for piquet construction) illustrate several
sod buildings, which, from their location, served as échaffauds or fish houses. There
buildings built on jetties as illustrated, would have been subject to damage by storms,
tides, and ice, and probably required constant repairs. The documents do not indicate what
material was used in the construction of échaffauds, and more research will be required
to determine the exact nature of sod buildings.
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