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Gearrannan is positioned at the end of a road with just the Atlantic... (more)

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One of the blackhouses at Gearrannan, showing clearly the ledge formed by... (more)

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As well as the reconstructed and refurbished blackhouses at Gearrannan,... (more)

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A view of the main street through Gearrannan Blackhouse Village as it... (more)

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Narrow, loose-surfaced road which is lined by refurbished black houses.... (more)

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Abandoned in 1955 after 300 years of occupation, the old village has... (more)

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Refurbished black houses - now with chimneys and windows to fit the 21st... (more)

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Gatliffe Trust hostel in the blackhouse village at Gearrannan.... (more)

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Three of the restored "blackhouses" can be seen along the... (more)

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A view down the main street of Gearrannan. The building on the right is a... (more)

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Unique holiday village and visitor centre on the west coast of Lewis,... (more)

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Two of the refurbished blackhouses along the main street of Gearrannan... (more)

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Blackhouse village with museum and holiday houses, near Carloway /... (more)

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This blackhouse has not yet been fully restored as can be told from the... (more)

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Restored blackhouses on Lewis, now a museum and holiday homes.

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As the village nears the sea, the ground falls away as can be seen in... (more)

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This view of the end of a blackhouse shows some of the roof features... (more)

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Near the top of the village (i.e. on the landward side) this refurbished... (more)

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There are several ruined former crofts at the seaward end of Gearrannan.... (more)

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One of the ruined blackhouses at the seaward end of Gearrannan village. I... (more)

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This ruined croft or blackhouse at the seaward end of Gearrannan village,... (more)

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The crofts known as blackhouses have walled gardens where their produce... (more)

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These two crofts together form the entrance, café and shop for Gearrannan... (more)

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This blackhouse is the first one encountered in the village (though... (more)

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Each croft would have had its own strip of land to farm. The walls seen... (more)

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Traditional field strips descending to the Loch Charlabhaig shoreline,... (more)

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This postbox stands alongside a design of bus shelter possibly unique to... (more)

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Isle of Lewis, Dun Carloway Broch. Dun Carloway is a broch situated in... (more)

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Looking west from the broch to relatively modern houses.

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Isle of Lewis, Dun Carloway Broch. Dun Carloway is a broch situated in... (more)

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Isle of Lewis, Dun Carloway, Loch Carloway. Dun Carloway is a broch... (more)

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Isle of Lewis, Dun Carloway Broch, information plaque. Dun Carloway is a... (more)

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Hamlet of croft and holiday houses to the west of the celebrated Carloway... (more)

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The small village of Carloway.

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The mapped names here are a little confusing. It isn't clear whether... (more)

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Looking southwest from the broch over the strip fields, to the sea at Loch Rog an Ear.

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The cultivable land here is divided into narrow strips running down to... (more)

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Dail Beag is a good starting point for a walk along the west coast of... (more)

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While many post offices have a buzzer which sounds as the door opens, the... (more)

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Loch a' Bhaile & Tolastadh a' Chaolais beyond.

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Viewed from the loop road into Tolastadh a' Chaolais from the A858,... (more)

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Looking down this loch from its northern end, with the main part of the... (more)

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Looking across the loch, which runs alongside the road through the... (more)

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The grazing land is well fenced, presumably to keep livestock away from... (more)

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This postbox stands more or less in the centre of the village, in front... (more)

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In the crofting community of Tolastadh a' Chaolais.

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At the crofting community of Tolastadh a' Chaolais.

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Part of the crofting community of Tolastadh a' Chaolais on the... (more)

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The oldest inhabited settlement on the island of Great Bernera /... (more)

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Unusual rock pattern showing through the grass at Tobson, the oldest... (more)

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