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Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland, UK, Europe.

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Gearrannan Blackhouse Village features 9 restored traditional thatched cottages, built in the late 1800s and lived in until 1974, the last to be inhabited in the Western Isles. In 1989 the Garenin Trust restored the houses, and over a decade later the restored Blackhouse village was opened by HRH Princess Anne. Managed by Gearrannan Village Ltd, it offers services to both tourists and the local community, including 4 self-catering cottages, a Café, a museum (blackhouse set in 1955), a resource centre and a small gift shop. Garenin (Gaelic: Na Gearrannan) is a crofting township. This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.

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Gearrannan Blackhouse Village on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Gearrannan Blackhouse Village features 9 restored traditional thatched cottages, built in the late 1800s and lived in until 1974, the last to be inhabited in the Western Isles. In 1989 the Garenin Trust restored the houses, and over a decade later the restored Blackhouse village was opened by HRH Princess Anne. Managed by Gearrannan Village Ltd, it offers services to both tourists and the local community, including 4 self-catering cottages, a Café, a museum (blackhouse set in 1955), a resource centre and a small gift shop. Garenin (Gaelic: Na Gearrannan) is a crofting township. This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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