Black House

The Clearances also got to the Outer Hebrides, and all over the island are 
abandoned dry-stone dwellings, usually just the walls--black houses. When 
they got to using mortar, they became known as white houses. Anyhow, 
there are black houses on exhibit near Bragar, which we visited. Above, 
Vicki outside the black house; note netting, held down by stones, holding 
the thatch roof down.

Interior

Hearth--that is, peat coals burning in the middle of the floor --no chimney; 
easier to smoke fish that way...

Box beds

Of course, the animals lived under the same roof too