33089: GEARRAIDH BRUICHE BREIVAT, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)

Summary:

SHIELING (Undated)
Sheilings, unroofed

Location:

NB 192 218

Full description:

NB12SE 2 192 218

A number of shielings built of peat moss sods and stones. Some are in ruins.
Name Book 1851

One roofed shieling-hut and four unroofed shieling-huts, which are annotated as Ruins, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1853, sheet 31). Five unroofed buildings, two of which have two compartments, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 14 August 1997

References:

Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Ross-shire, No. 86, p. 33

Acknowledgement:

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