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Thatching at Skye Cottage Museum
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CEP - Skye
Some traditional thatching skills being put into practice at Skye Museum of Island Life. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
17 June 1981
Skye Cottage Museum
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CEP - Skye
The Skye Museum of Island Life is situated on the Northern tip of Skye, near Kilmuir. It was opened in 1965 to the public to showcase the traditions that are intrinsic to the history and culture of Scotland's Western Isles. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
17 June 1981
Thatched cottage, North Ford causeway
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CEP - North Uist
Traditional black house (crofters cottage) on the North Ford causeway between North Uist and Benbecula. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
08 July 1964
2 thatched cottages, Malacleit
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CEP - North Uist
2 thatched cottages, Malacleit, North Uist. The central traditional black house is still preserved today (2017), with the ruins of the background cottage also still remaining. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
09 July 1964
Thatched cottage, Hougharry
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CEP - North Uist
Thatched cottage in the village of Hougharry, North Uist. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
09 July 1964
Croft houses at Scarinish, Tiree
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Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Croft houses at Scarinish, Tiree. The older thatched roofs, weighed down by netting, bricks and stones are being replaced by modern felt roofs, lending a characteristic appearance to the buildings on Tiree.
26 September 2013
Croft houses at Scarinish, Tiree
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Tiree - Scarinish and Gott Bay
Croft houses at Scarinish, Tiree. Th eolder thatched roofs are being replaced by modern felt roofs, lending a characteristic appearance to the buildings on Tiree.
26 September 2013
Cattle and croft house, Sandaig, Tiree
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Tiree - Sandaig, Balevullin and Balephetrish
Cattle and thatched croft house, Sandaig, Tiree
23 September 2013
Black house, na Gearrannan, Lewis
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Western Isles - Lewis
Black house, na Gearrannan, Lewis, showing the thick wall and the large stones weighing down the net which retains the thatched roof in the face of winter gales.
10 July 2010
thatched croft house, Aird Mhor, South Uist
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Western Isles - South Uist
thatched croft house, Aird Mhor, South Uist, with Benbecula seen across the sound of Bagh nam Faoileann.
