But they were driven back by a hail of huge roof slates.

The roof slates had been carefully replaced with no gaps.

A roofing slate brochure is available which includes more detailed information.

The roof slates are also made of a local material-Horsham stone.

It was restructured in 1846, although the original roof slate is still intact.

The lower story was grey stone, the upper whitewashed wood, the roof slate.

The soaring market for roof slates, helped by a return to traditional architecture and materials, has come just in time.

A roofing slate beside the man had some illegible writing on it.

This was stone cut from the mountainside for nearly two hundred years but which wasn't good enough to make roof slates.

By far the largest single component of the cargo was 7 000 roofing slates.

"A few roof slates were damaged, but the house itself is still there," Ooiwaga said.

The chimney stood intact, but all around it roof slates were cracking in the heat.

The design challenge was to create an efficient solar panel that looked like a traditional Welsh roof slate.

It has now become apparent that the roof slates and holding nails have perished.

Roofing slates are used in many countries, though ceramic tiles have gradually taken over.

Also found at the site were pottery, roof slates, bracelets and querns.

At one end the loft was blocked off by roofing slates and old nesting materials.

The cathedral underwent major renovations during 2006 and 2007, including the replacement of the original roof slates.

The roof slates are held together without cement, only by the weight of the slates above them.

It is built of ashlar limestone with roof slates.

The last roof slates were laid today.

There was a thriving export trade in the famous roofing slates of Delabole at one time.

Roofing slate came from across the river, in Lafayette, New Jersey.

Even so, they did most of the work themselves and only used professionals for external rendering and fixing roof slates.

Is the roof slate or tile?