Replica Iron Age (Pictish) figure of eight house at head of Bosta beach, Great Bernera, Lewis: oat straw fastened down by netting, coir ropes & stones

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Replica Iron Age (pre-Viking) figure-of-eight house at head of Bosta beach: shows oat straw fastened down by netting, coir ropes & stones, raven-sticks at hipped ends. Built by Jim Crawford close to site of 1990s excavations of a group of 3, C6th-8thAD structures. Photo taken June 2004, thatch has since been replaced by turves.

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Size: 4963px × 3622px
Location: Bosta (Bostadh) Iron Age House, Great Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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