Origin of The Name
The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. It could be less than 150 years old and may have been synonymous with inferior. On Lewis, in particular, it seems to have been used to distinguish the older blackhouses from some of the newer white-houses (Scottish Gaelic: taigh-geal, ; Irish: tí geal, tí bán), with their harled (mortared) stone walls. There may also be some confusion arising from the phonetic similarity between the dubh, meaning black and tughadh meaning thatch.
The houses in Scotland were built high rather than wide; however, some were built small and wide.
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