Map Reference: Balephuil 46
Name Type: building
Meaning: The big house of the herdboy
Other Forms:
Related Places: Taigh or Bothan a' Bhuachaille Bhig
Information:"The upper house stood in a fold enclosed by a crumbling stone and turf dyke...the dwelling contained a small chamber near the entrance which fitted the description of it as a dog's kennel, while two slab lined pits were said to have been used to store p[otatoes, which were part of his pay...According to our informant [John Brown -Iain Thearlaich, 1973] it had fallen out of use long before his father was born in 1882" p236.
The pits were pollagan and there are lazy beds to be seen - JB Higher than Taigh or Bothan a' Bhuachaille Bhig - JB.
Local Form:
Languages : GaelicInformants: John Brown, Balephuil in Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover by Eric Cregeen, ed. Margaret Bennett, John Donald, 2004, p236 and SA 1973/135.
Informant 2: John Brown, SA1973.135
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