Friday, 13 September 2013

Lewis Houses

Unused island house decorated for 'Katie Morag' production set, Tolsta Chaolais, Isle of Lewis

  • Isle of Struay sign - location is Isle of Struay (FYI it's a  fictional island)
  • Post office signs and letter box on wall - building is a post office
  • green paint - slightly eccentric owners?? building designed to be eye catching
  • Snow sem - looked after
  • gravel path lined with stones - well maintained
  • storm windows - rough weather
  • slates roof - not exceptionally old, roof maintained well
  • figures in doorway - some significance of the building to the figures, souvenir??
  • figures wearing coats - cool climate
  • lace curtains - old fashioned homeliness

Iron age Broch, Doune, Carloway, Isle of Lewis

  • curvature of the stones - round shaped building
  • large sections missing - no longer a dwelling place
  • neat rows of bricks used to build - intelligent constructors
  • low openings - lived in by small folk?
  • figures in middle opening - easily accessible to get too
  • figures small and hard to make out - scale of structure is large


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