Editing Longhouse (section)

=== Other European longhouses ===
Other European longhouse types include the northwest England type in [[Cumbria]],<ref>[http://www.vag.org.uk/VAarticles/clay-dabbins.htm Longhouse in Cumbria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002234550/http://www.vag.org.uk/VAarticles/clay-dabbins.htm |date=2011-10-02 }}</ref> the Scottish longhouse, "[[blackhouse]]" or ''taighean-dubha,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dualchas.com/index.php/Heritage/History.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231144510/http://www.dualchas.com/index.php/Heritage/History.html|url-status=dead|title=Blackhouse in Scotland|archive-date=December 31, 2009}}</ref> and the Scandinavian or [[Vikings|Viking]] ''Langhus/Långhus'' and [[mead hall]].

The Western French longhouse<ref>[http://www.pierreseche.com/VAFrance.html L'Architecture Vernaculaire de la France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311024901/http://www.pierreseche.com/VAFrance.html |date=2009-03-11 }} by Christian Lassure, with a translation in English [http://www.pierreseche.com/VAFranceEnglish.html here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116202211/http://www.pierreseche.com/VAFranceEnglish.html |date=2008-11-16 }}.</ref> or ''maison longue'' from [[Lower Brittany]], [[Normandy]], [[Mayenne]], [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]] (also in the [[Cantal]], [[Lozère]] and the [[Ariège (department)|Pyrenees Ariège]]), is very similar to the western British type with shared livestock quarters and central drain.

The [[Old Frisian longhouse]] or ''Langhuis'' developed into the [[Frisian farmhouse]] by integrating a large barn, typical of the [[Gulf house]] (German: ''Gulfhaus''), which spread since the 16th century from the Southern Netherlands along the North Sea coast to the east and north.