Cladh Hallan roundhouses on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
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SJ Images / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4290 x 2849 px | 36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
15 June 2011Location:
South Uist, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandMore information:
The Cladh Hallan roundhouses are a Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (1100-200 BC) settlement on the west coast of the Hebridean island of South Uist. The houses which are visible form the northern end of a terrace of six or seven houses - the remainder are still buried beneath the surrounding sand dunes. The houses would have had sunken floors with thick stone walls and roofs which came down to knee height on the outside. The Middle House shown in the photograph was the largest and most important building and is believed to have been continuously occupied for 900 years from 1100 to 200 BC, being rebuilt several times during this period. It was one of the longest inhabited prehistoric settlements in the world.