Thatched Blackhouse on Skye
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Thatched Blackhouse on Skye
Classmark: LAVC/PHO/P0107
Creator(s): Chapman, John
Site Location(s): Subject - Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom( 57.431, -6.57258 )
Date(s): 1975
Size and medium: 1 mounted photographic print.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/411034
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Thatched side-building at crofter's blackhouse, restored and in use as part of the Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye. Hay sledge(?) and cartwheel propped up against front wall. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0108. Includes a reference to LAVC/FLF/3/7/5, a file which includes information on building techniques including thatching.
Originally held in Photo File: Farms - Houses and Buildings.
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