Bothy got married, they had to give up the accommodation in the bothy. The most famous person to live in a bothy of this type was Percy Thrower when he worked in the Royal gardens. Another example of an estate bothy is the one at Horwood House, which held just five men. There is also one at Attingham Park which is being restored along with the walled gardens. Because they are freely available to all, the continued existence of bothies relies on users helping look after them. Over the years, the Mountain Bothies Association has developed a Bothy Code that sets
Corrour Bothy is used as a name for the locality as well as specifically as a name for the bothy itself, the name being derived from Coire Odhar according to , who continues: In the author gives the local pronunciation as "Corower", but without explanation. However in the section "Hints on Gaelic pronunciation" appears to suggest the final-vowels of "Coire" (and corrie) are dropped to give "kor", and that the "dh" in "Odhar" are silent because they follow a vowel—giving what sounds like "kor-Oar", or like the "cor-ower" suggested in . In spite of the earlier work and his understanding of Gaelic—and