33091: AIRIGH NA GILE CARNAICH, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING (Undated)
Sheilings, unroofed
Location:
NB 186 228
Full description:
NB12SE 4 186 228
Two shielings, built of peat moss sods and stones, inhabited for about six weeks in the summer.
Name Book, 1851
The OS 1:10,000 map of 1973 shows a single stylised shieling-hut at NB 1862 2283, with two others in the vicinity, at NB 1846 2286 and NB 1857 2302.
Two roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1853, sheet 31). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 13 August 1997
References:
Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Ross-shire, No. 86, p. 29
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:
- MWE74697
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU