Dry stone hut

Types of dry stone hut include: Uses of dry-stone huts include temporary shelter for shepherds and their animals, permanent habitations for monks or agricultural workers, storage and cheese making. Dry-stone huts may be thatched or roofed with sod, sometimes bound together with plant roots such as those of Madonna lily or sedum.
 * Clochán, associated with the south-western Irish seaboard
 * Mitato, found in Greece, especially on the mountains of Crete
 * Orri, associated with Ariège, France
 * Shielings in Scotland
 * Trulli, in Apulia, Italy
 * stone made roundavel in sotho culture