What is a lead roof? A history of the use of lead for roofs in Scotland

Learn about how durable and recyclable lead is and why it made a great roofing material. And did you know, lead can also be used for highly decorated elements!

This film is part of the Building Scotland series of short films celebrating Scotland’s traditional building materials. Scotland’s traditional buildings are one of the country’s most unique and cherished features. These buildings both draw visitors from around the world and create a sense of place and identity for the people that live in Scotland. This series of fourteen short films celebrates the raw materials which were used to create Scotland’s traditional buildings - from stone and slate, to earth, glass and iron.

This series accompanies a publication of the same title, Building Scotland, launched in March 2010 by Minister for Culture Fiona Hyslop.

A Circa Media Production for Historic Scotland. Edited and designed by Andrew McGregor. With special thanks to the National Library of Scotland Scottish Screen Archive.

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