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Black House (Sackville)
A blackhouse is a traditional type of thatched house in the Scottish Highlands. Black House or Blackhouse may refer to: Miscellaneous *Blackhouse (band), a Christian industrial band * ''Black House'' (novel), a 2001 horror novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub * ''The Blackhouse'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Peter May * ''Black House'' (film), a 2007 South Korean film, based on a Japanese book of the same name * Black House (Church of Satan), historic headquarters of the Church of Satan * Black House, Lviv, a Renaissance building on Lviv Market Square in Ukraine * Black House (MMA), a martial arts team and gym in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Headquarters of the British Union of Fascists * '' The Black House'', a 1981 story collection by Patricia Highsmith * ''The Black House'' (album), a 2003 album by black metal band Krieg Places United Kingdom * Blackhouse, Aberdeenshire, a United Kingdom location United States *Hugo Black House, Ashland, Alabama, listed on the National Registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackhouse
A blackhouse ( ga, teach dubh ; gd, t(a)igh-dubh ) is a traditional type of house which used to be common in Ireland, the Hebrides, and the Scottish Highlands. Origin of the name 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 ( ga, teach bán, links=no , ; gd, taigh-geal, links=no ), with their harled (rendered) stone walls. There may also be some confusion arising from the phonetic similarity between the dubh, meaning black, and tughadh, meaning thatch. Description The buildings were generally built with double wall dry-stone walls packed with earth, and were roofed with wooden rafters covered with a thatch of turf with cereal straw or reed. The floor was generally flagstones or packed earth and there was a central hearth for the fire. There was no chimney for the smoke to escape through. Instead the smoke made its way through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
