the yurt
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR YURT IS AVAILABLE FROM EASTER UNTIL OCTOBER ONLY.
So ... what's a yurt?
So ... what's a ger?
with thanks to www.woodlandyurts.co.uk
A nomadic home.
Parc-y-teg's yurt, hand-made by Woodland Yurts in Clevedon, Somerset, is covered with 12oz fire, water and rot-proofed, cotton duck canvas. This fits over a frame made from 'local' woods - hazel, chestnut, ash and oak. It is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship!
Your Yurt sits on a specially-made base with an extended deck, so that you can sit outside in fine weather.
The Yurt is positioned in a quiet corner of one of the lower meadows. The idea is that it will be a place of contemplation and relaxation for adults, and an extra play area for children, or somewhere for a picnic, or it could be a castle, or where the princess is kept prisoner by the wicked witch ... The Yurt is part-furnished with lightweight, comfortable chairs, bean bags and rugs.
THERE IS NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THIS ADDED FACILITY - HOWEVER ...
· House bedlinen may NOT be taken to the Yurt
· Dogs are NOT permitted in the Yurt
· The yurt is an amenity for existing guests only - extra people
may NOT holiday at Parc-y-teg and use the Yurt.
who lives in yurts?
Mongolia is the great stronghold of the yurt, where the ger is still home to three-quarters of the population. To the south, the Inner Mongolia region of China is populated by ger-dwellers. To the north, the people of Tuva and the Buryat region of Siberia live in gers. In Eastern Siberia , the reindeer herding Koryak people live in yurt-like yarangas.
The southernmost range of the bentwood yurt, where it is still in common use by nomadic peoples, covers Iran , Iraq , Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan . To the west of Mongolia , in Kazakstan , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan and North-Eastern China, a region as a whole formerly known as Turkestan , the yurt is the traditional and still popular nomadic dwelling. The national flag of the newly independent Kyrgyzstan depicts a red yurt-crown at its centre.
During the middle-ages the Magyars of Hungary dwelt in yurts, where they are still in occasional use today. Bentwood yurts were used in Central and Eastern Turkey until the 1960s.
