31365: AIRIGH A’ CHUAILEIN, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)

Sheilings on this part of the moor were used by Bernera crofters prior to 1872, when sporting estates were established at Morsgail and Scaliscro. The grazing right on this land was taken off them and they were forced to move nearer home.

Summary:

SHIELING (Undated)
Sheilings, unroofed

Location:

NB 197 240

Full description:

NB12SE 6 197 240

A number of shielings built of peat moss sods and stones to which is attached a small portion of green or arable pasture. One shieling is in ruins.
Name Book 1851

One unroofed shieling-hu, which is annotated as a Ruin, and four roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1853, sheet 31). Five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 August 1997

References:

Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Ross-shire, No. 86, p. 56

Acknowledgement:

Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.