Some Early and Primitive Building Forms in Brittany

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ID5970671
AuthorsGwyn I Meirion-Jones (corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume14
Issue1
Pages46-64
Publication date1976-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFolk Life (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/043087776798240602
OpenAlexW2008163740
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

During the course of a long-term survey of the domestic buildings of Brittany, houses of the simplest form, long-houses and single-cell dwellings, have been found widely distributed, some occupying isolated sites, others crowded into hamlets and often in rows (Meirion-Jones 1973a, and in progress). The single-cell dwelling, whether attached to a byre or not, appears to have been the standard unit of family accommodation, probably for the greater part of the rural population, until well into the twentieth century. Whole families lived, cooked, ate and slept in one room, furnished in the simplest manner with a table and benches, a few large cupboards and chests, and one or more box beds arranged near a hearth invariably set against the gable wall. Additional sleeping accommodation was sometimes provided in a loft, also used for hay, the storage of grain, or other farm purposes

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