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Blackhouse E. View of South end.
B 11203
Description Blackhouse E. View of South end.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 11203
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416643
Scope and Content Black House E, Village, St Kilda Black House E, was built in the 1860s and is a typical black house, that is a traditional Hebridian house with thick un-mortared walls and a thatched roof. Probably the last of its type, it was constructed for the newly-married Donald Ferguson. This shows the view along the south half of the building looking down the slope to the other houses of the village. In late 1860, a hurricane devastated St Kilda and in the next year the landlord sent craftsmen from the mainland to build new houses. Many of the older black houses remained in service, but no more were built. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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