When the clan assembles for the moot, those who cannot guest within the homes of kinfolk within the fort pick one of these bothies as temporary accommodation. During the moot, throngs of people crowd these narrow spaces, filling it with noise, odors, laughter and anger.
Clan folk tend to have a regular bothy where they and their ancestors have gathered year-after-year. The bothies belong to the whole clan but taking another family’s bothy would be an insult.
At other times of the year, these walls shelter traders and clan folk who come to trade at the seasonal market.