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main image Croft house and steading, Drim-Sidinish, North Uist, Western Isles
This is a modified form of blackhouse; it has windows – blackhouses have none.

It has a linear layout, with house and outbuildings in line. The walls are very thick. A skin of stonework, within and without, carries the roof beams and a thatched roof on its inner edge.


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