I am interested in any additional information about what some people call Scottish barns in America or "New World Scottish Barns".

In upstate New York their are some barns built with reverse-assembly framing which have been credited to Scottish immigrant(s) such as at this link: http://persistencefoundation.org/scottishbarn.htm

A blog about these barns is here (scroll down to "...Scotch Barns..."): http://www.heritagebarns.com/blog/

My questions are:

1. Is their a precedent for reverse assembly framing in Scotland?

2. How many barns in NY have been attributed to Scotsmen?

Thanks;
Jim