Talk:Bothy
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This article describes the modern "mountain shelter" bothy but it says little or nothing about the farm toun bothy from which it is derived. There is a need for a description of the evolution and history of the bothy to be added to the article. -- Derek Ross | Talk
- Agree. I thought about that when I first discovered this article recently. Please see DSL:
- I am rather surprised to see that the earliest citation in DSL is as recent as 1771:
- 1771 T. Pennant Tour in Scot. 1769 102: "Bothay, a dairy-house, where the Highland shepherds, or graziers, live during summer with their herds and flocks, and during that season make butter and cheese."
- But probably the kind of people familiar with bothies didn't write about them much?
- Probably bothies deserve a mention when someone starts the Transhumance farming article. Agricultural topics are extremely poorly catered for here at Wikipedia, compared to some other science and industry topics. --Mais oui! 06:46, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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- My mistake. The article does exist, so I just redirected the above redlink to point at Transhumance. The Isle of Lewis gets a mention, but not bothies. --Mais oui! 06:48, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
