31411: AIRIGH GIL A’ BHEALLAICH, LEWIS – SHIELING? (Undated)

Summary:

SHIELING? (Undated)
Centred on NB 244 206

Location:

NB 244 206

Full description:

NB22SW 4 centred on 244 206

What may be twenty-one roofed shieling-huts and a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 36). Sixteen unroofed buildings and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 10 July 1997

Acknowledgement:

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