A group of restored blackhouses at the NW end of Garenin (Na Gearrannan) crofting township, Isle of Lewis, above the village bay.


A group of restored blackhouses at the NW end of Garenin crofting township above the village bay. Lived in till 1974, the last to be inhabited in the Western Isles. Self-catering cottages, museum, resource centre & shop.


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Location: Garenin (Gearrannan) Blackhouse Village, Upper Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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