Why Scottish Stone Huts Outlasted 2,000 Atlantic Winters While Modern Homes Crumble in 50
32K views · Aug 11, 2026 · Entertainment
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@adrienneclarke3953 · 1 month ago
Interesting The Bassandyne Bible<br>Mandatory Ownership: In 1579, the Scottish Parliament passed a law requiring every household with enough wealth to buy a copy of this Bible.
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@amac2573 · 1 month ago
Interesting video. People are so use to thinking of modren transport services that they don't realise that Islanders built and used their own boat to travel, fish and trade around the Islands.
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@Rocwallaby · 1 month ago
Air dried seabird sounds absolutely disgusting. They might keep you alive in a pinch but how miserable.
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@robinsteeden7466 · 4 weeks ago
Gannet today, gannet yesterday and blimey if it don't look like gannet tomorrow!
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@HakkaDakka · 1 month ago
How a pile of stone did not rot? I mean these still last but the quality of life is so much better in the "modern" versions. Like Viking long houses.
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@rfmlets6713 · 1 month ago
I would have thought fishing less dangerous than climbing cliffs.
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@jamesellsworth9673 · 1 month ago
Thank you for posting another fine report! I use many of your tips for making/baking bread in my small senior-citizen apartment.
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@BOXSES · 1 month ago
Imagine being the guy who invented the cleit
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@stuartthorpe · 1 month ago
Fascinating story well told.
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@keithmcwilliams7424 · 1 month ago
There is a suburb of melbourne Australia called st kilder probably named after the people who emigrated from the island of st kilder.🇦🇺
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@uwarch1-nj4xp · 1 month ago
Excellent video. Thank-you for posting it.
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@SpectreOZ · 1 month ago
Landlords seem a tad extreme for such a desolate island, no end to human greed I suppose 🙄
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