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  2. But and ben - Wikipedia

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    Derelict but and ben near Lochhill. But and ben (or butt and ben) is an architectural style for a simple building, usually applied to a residence. The etymology is from the Scots term for a two-roomed cottage. [1]

  3. Two-up two-down - Wikipedia

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    Two-up two-down is a type of small house with two rooms on the ground floor and two bedrooms upstairs. [1] [2] [3] There are many types of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, and these are among the most modest. Those built before 1875, the pre-regulation terraces, shared one toilet between several households.

  4. Blackhouse - Wikipedia

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    Restored blackhouse in a museum on Trotternish, Skye. The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. On the Isle of Lewis, in particular, it seems to have been used to distinguish the older blackhouses from some of the newer white-houses (Irish: teach bán [ˌtʲax ˈbˠaːnˠ], teach geal [ˌtʲax ˈɟalˠ]; Scottish Gaelic: taigh-geal [t̪ʰə ˈkʲal̪ˠ]), with their harled (rendered ...

  5. Scottish Gaelic place names - Wikipedia

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    The place type in the list for Scotland records all inhabited areas as City. According to British government definitions, there are only eight Scottish cities; [1] they are Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling. The other locations may be described by such terms as town, burgh, village, hamlet ...

  6. Clan Henderson - Wikipedia

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    The Clan Henderson (Clann Eanruig) also known as House of Henderson is a Scottish clan. [3] The clan's historical seat is at Fordell Castle in Dalgety Bay , Fife . The current clan chief is Alistair Henderson of Fordell.

  7. Housing in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The standard layout of a house throughout Scotland before agricultural improvement was a byre-dwelling or longhouse or blackhouse with humans and livestock sharing a common roof, often separated by only a partition wall, leading to the byre (barn) [32] Contemporaries noted that cottages in the Highlands and Islands tended to be cruder, with ...

  8. Peel tower - Wikipedia

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    Arnside Tower, a late-medieval pele tower in Cumbria Smailholm Tower near Kelso in Scotland Preston Tower, Northumberland. Peel towers (also spelt pele) [1] are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. [2]

  9. Bothy - Wikipedia

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    Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland. A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate. Bothies are found in remote mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England, Ulster and Wales.