Corrour Bothy its local dialect— suggest an alternative origin for the place name as a shelter for the currour or forester's assistant. In the author writes that the people of mar used Coirie Odhar as a summer shieling for their cattle in the early part of the nineteenth century, but in the later part "the area was kept clear for deer". The original bothy was built in 1877 to house a deer watcher during the summer, and it housed several including Charles Robertson, John Macintosh, and Frank Scott before the estate stopped using the bothy in the 1920s. In the author gives
Bothy until recent years as gathering points for local men and were often situated in an old hut or caravan. The etymology of the word "bothy" is uncertain. Suggestions include a relation to both "hut" as in Irish "bothán" and Scottish Gaelic "bothan" or "bothag"; a corruption of the Welsh term "bwthyn", also meaning small cottage; and a derivation from Norse "būð", cognate with English "booth" with a diminutive ending. Most bothies are ruined buildings which have been restored to a basic standard, providing a windproof and watertight shelter. They vary in size from little more than a large box up