31571: LSFH 37 Beinn Iobheir – SHIELING (Medieval to Post Medieval – 1266 AD to 1900 AD)

Summary:

SHIELING (Medieval to Post Medieval – 1266 AD to 1900 AD)
Sheiling

Location:

NB 28786 16541

Full description:

"Situated on the northern slopes of Beinn Lobheir looking over the northern shore of Loch Seaforth Head the fragmentary remains of this subcircular sheiling measures 5 x 5 metres and survives only as the fragmentary scatter of stones of the remains of a stone lining or toe of a turf built sheiling. There are no visible signs of an entrance or any internal features. The location of this sheiling, in close proximity to the remains of a pre-crofting settlement (25) might seem unusual, however, for long periods in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area was cleared of permanent settlement and as a result may well have been used as temporary or seasonal grazing lands." (Burgess 2004, 51)

References:

Chris Burgess, Northamptonshire Archaeology. 2004. Northamptonshire Archaeology Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Eilean Chalium Chille and the Putative Site of the Seaforth Head Castle. Part No Loch Seaforth Head Gazeteer.

Acknowledgement:

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