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Post by rolandsj on May 21, 2021 14:46:37 GMT
Towards the end of David's talk last night, he asked us if we knew of settlements in Highland during the period 1266-1750. This is the period in which the North Uist houses seem to be missing. He and his colleagues have identified island elite settlements during this period, and shielings, but not ordinary houses. So, do we have lots of houses during that period in Highland? If so, where are they? David would be interested......
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Post by Jonathan Wordsworth on May 23, 2021 21:04:25 GMT
There is a useful article on creel houses by Hugh Cheape which can be accessed here - pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/2038541/VB37_pp31to50_Cheape_CreelHouses_SPREADS.pdfNorth Uist is certainly not unique in its lack of medieval buildings and indeed the discrete size of the island actually makes it easier to define areas where buildings may or may not be. I have occasionally come across thin skins of buildings and I think it is quite possible that the poorer folk in the highlands might not always be able to access larger timbers to erect as couples, instead constructing a basket construction of wattles capped with turves which would leave virtually no footprint when demolished. Certainly in some areas like the Western Isles access to timber for couples and other roofing materials might be expensive for poorer tenants, especially if you had just been burnt out of your home by a raid from a rival clan. Not all areas ere timber rich like Lochaber. |
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Pronunciation of baile
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Post by Pronunciation of baile on May 25, 2021 13:48:27 GMT
Great talk! However, pronuciation of "baile" is not bale, but ba-luh ( a as in hat) and the plural, bailtean, being bal-tchin, not bale-teen.
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