33025: AIRIGH DHUBH, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING (Undated)
Shieling shown on 1st ed. OS map 1854
Location:
NB 109 299
Full description:
NB12NW 1 109 299
What may be one unroofed shieling-hut, which is annotated as a Ruin, and seven roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 24). Five unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 September 1997
References:
1967. ‘Land use by summer sheilings’, Scot Stud. Part No 11. 215-16
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Shieling
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE4080
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU