32252: AIRIGH AIRD, LEWIS – SHIELING? (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING? (Undated)
Location:
NB 0928 3061
Full description:
NB03SE 35 0928 3061
What may be one roofed shieling-hut is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 24). One unroofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 3 September 1997
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Oral Tradition, Comunn Eachdraidh Uig:
Finlay Maciver, Carishader, identifies the shieling as Airigh Iain Gillies and used by the residents of Carishader. (2005)
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Shieling
- Period:
- 19th Century
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE132219
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU
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