33052: AIRIGH A’ SGUIR – SHIELING (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING (Undated)
Beehive shielings
Location:
NB 163 233
Full description:
NB12SE 1 163 233.
A number of ruined shielings, built of peat moss sods and stones. {Name Book compiled 1851.} (OS 1:10,000 map, 1973 shows three stylised shieling-huts at NB 1633 2337, NB 1637 2333 and NB 1634 2326.)
Name Book 1851.
‘A group of beehive shieling-huts.’
Inf: Historic Scotland, September 1992.
References:
Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 86, p. 26.
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
See also this record.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Shieling
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE72083
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU