Blackhouse Village

by Lesley Evered

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Blackhouse Village

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Lesley Evered

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Photograph - Camera: Nikon Coolpix E3200

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The Blackhouse village at Na Gearrannan, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland UK.................

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Huddled atop a hill overlooking the fierce Atlantic is a quaint cluster of stone cottages. This once-abandoned village both preserves a piece of the Outer Hebrides’ past and serves as a picturesque place for travellers to spend a night or two.
This cluster of houses was built in the late 1800s. They’re the traditional blackhouses that once dotted the Hebridean landscape.
For centuries, Highlanders and their livestock lived in these one-room abodes. The houses, which featured packed earth floors, drystone walls, and thatched roofs, offered refuge from the wild North Atlantic weather. A fire in the central hearth kept the space warm, and a divider separated the human inhabitants from their farm animals, which remained huddled at one end of the building.
Between 1945 and 1965, the other crofts and blackhouses on the Isle of Lewis received running water and electricity. People lived in these houses until the 1970s, when the village’s remaining elderly residents moved into more modern homes that didn’t require as much upkeep. It seemed as though the village would then be lost to time, destined to crumble and decay until it was no more than a ruin. But in 1989, Urras nan Gearrannan, the local trust, set to work restoring and preserving these historic buildings. Now, the renovated blackhouses are available as holiday accommodation. (https://www.atlasobscura.com)...

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June 12th, 2020

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