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The homes are filled with quirky leaded glass windows, uneven angles and heaps of wood shingles, resembling a thatched straw roof.

Today, Mr. Fox writes, there are merely “300 thatched buildings left in the whole of Scotland, and just three Highland thatchers capable of maintaining them.”

"People were still thatching roofs and replanting," she said, warning that "for those communities, it will be even harder to reset".

The frequent cutting also reduces thatch buildup and creates healthier, thicker grass, while minimizing the use of pesticides.

Dozens of small, thatched huts, their walls made from mountain stone, dot the rolling green hills.