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Preferred term

Blackhouses  

Definition

  • Low, single-story stone, often windowless, housebarns of Scotland [AAT]; usually long and narrow, with one or more additional buildings laid parallel to it and sharing a common wall; the thatched roof traditionally had no chimney [Undiscovered Scotland]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Black houses
  • Black-houses

Notation

  • 119608

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-G1NL1R2H-5

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