Blackhouse Ruins
by Lesley Evered
Title
Blackhouse Ruins
Artist
Lesley Evered
Medium
Photograph - Camera: Nikon Coolpix E3200
Description
One of the preserved but ruined blackhouses of Arnol on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland (UK) (Western Isles)..............
This picture has been featured in the following 3 groups:
Scotland, 16th June 2020........
England Scotland Wales And Northern Ireland The United Kingdom, 16th June 2020...
Images That Excite You, 17th June 2020......
In the village of Arnol – Isle of Lewis blackhouses stand side by side with the more modern dwellings nicknamed “whitehouses”. The blackhouses were dwellings which had straw thatched roofs and included areas where the animals or livestock were housed. There were no chimneys – and a peat fire was kept burning in the central living and kitchen area “Whitehouses” really only came into existence later when legal pressures and health regulations started to demand that the livestock should be housed in separate dwellings.
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June 15th, 2020
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Comments (4)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Lesley Evered replied:
Thanks very much John for this message...I am so pleased to see that you have included this picture in your features..thanks.
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