Highland Village - living in a black house:
People in Highland and Island Scotland lived in thatched houses called Black Houses throughout the 17th, 18th, 19th and even the 20th centuries. Historian and folklorist Margaret Bennett takes us to a traditional Black House in The Highland Folk Museum in Kingussie. She tells us how they were built, why they were designed in such a way and how the inhabitants lived off the land.
People in Highland and Island Scotland lived in thatched houses called Black Houses throughout the 17th, 18th, 19th and even the 20th centuries. Historian and folklorist Margaret Bennett takes us to a traditional Black House in The Highland Folk Museum in Kingussie. She tells us how they were built, why they were designed in such a way and how the inhabitants lived off the land.
