Byre lantern
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Title
Byre lantern
Description
Tradional Shetland farmsteads had outbuildings connected to the house, so people could go through to the byre to tend to the cattle, even in the strongest winter gale. For centuries light came from fish-oil lamps. Once imported glass became common around 1800, people used candle lanterns because they protected the flame from draughts. Home & the Land gallery FPL 65678
Publisher
EULAC
Contributor
museums@eu-lac.org
Format
text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object
Language
English
Type
3D Object
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Europeana
Country
Scotland
Europeana Data Provider
Shetland Museum and Archive
Object
https://sketchfab.com/models/d43f01ef81a54bd19250a26a8a72bb19/embed
Europeana Type
3D
3D Object Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://eu-lac.org/vmwiki/index.php/Byre_lantern
DescriptionEN
Tradional Shetland farmsteads had outbuildings connected to the house, so people could go through to the byre to tend to the cattle, even in the strongest winter gale. For centuries light came from fish-oil lamps. Once imported glass became common around 1800, people used candle lanterns because they protected the flame from draughts. Home & the Land gallery FPL 65678
Files
Collection
Citation
“Byre lantern,” EU-LAC, accessed September 30, 2026, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/190.
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