Little White Nant Wallter Cottage in the Museum of Welsh Life, 2004

Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans.
Nant Wallter Cottage. Built circa 1770; re-erected at the museum in 1993.

This cottage was originally located at Taliaris, Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire. It is the only building in the museum which has walls constructed of clay or mud. The clay was dug on the site of the building and mixed with straw and stone dust. It was then laid in layers which were allowed to dry for several days before the next layer could be added. The straw thatch on the roof is laid on gorse and wattle on a timber base.

The original occupants of the cottage worked on the Taliaris estate.

Text from: myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wfha2000/walespic/050123.htm#1