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Castles of Scotland on Instagram: "The Gearrannan and Arnol Blackhouses on the Isle of Lewis by @castlesofscotland

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 peat fire in the central hearth kept the space warm, and a divider separated the human inhabitants from their farm animals. Sharing with animals made the house warmer and meant fewer buildings were needed. The blackhouse has a central door and inside is an aig an teine (‘living room’) and a bathaich (‘cattle byre’), with a parallel sabhal (‘barn’).

The Arnol blackhouse is a unique relic. Once the home of a Hebridean crofting family and their animals, the thatch Isle Of Lewis, Great Scot, Dry Stone Wall, Dry Stone, Thatched Roof, Running Water, The Isle, Modern Homes, Farm Animals

Castles of Scotland on Instagram: "The Gearrannan and Arnol Blackhouses on the Isle of Lewis by @castlesofscotland 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 peat fire in the central hearth kept the space warm, and a divider separated the human inhabitants from their farm animals. Sharing with animals made the house…

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