Black house Colbost Folk Museum Skye Highland Scotland A black house is a traditional Hebridean dwelling consisting of a double dry stone wall packed with earth for insulation and a roof of turf or reed thatch on top of wooden rafters There was no chimney and smoke from the hearth would have to seep out through the roof The dwellings were usually partitioned with the human occupants living in one end and their livestock in the other Similar houses were used elsewhere in the Scottish Highlands and in Ireland
Work by Peter Thompson
View All
Related Categories
- Top
- Travel
- Photography
- Landscapes (Photography)
- World Cultures
- Landscapes
- Architecture
- Farms
- Architectural Elements
- Museums
- Scotland
- United Kingdom
- Europe
- Country Landscapes
- T
- Artists
- Art
- Subjects
- World Regions
- Browse The United Kingdom
- European Nations
- Landscapes by Style
- Buildings & Structures
- Photography Subjects
- Country Landscapes (Photography)
- Architecture (Photography)
- Houses & Living Environments
- Farms (Photography)
- Buildings (Photography)
- Landmark (Photography)
- Houses (Photography)
- Museums (Photography)
- Homes
- Roofs
- Collections
- Artists by Name
- European Cultures
- Scottish Culture
- Other Subjects
- Architecture by Style
- Other Collections
- British Culture
- Hebrides
- Thompson, Peter
- Heritage Images Collection
- Landscapes by Type
- Back to School