32229: GARRY TODALE, LEWIS – SHIELING? (Undated)
Summary:
SHIELING? (Undated)
Location:
NB 0958 2908
Full description:
NB02NE 14 0958 2908
What may be five roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 24). Three unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1973).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 September 1997
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Oral Tradition from Comunn Eachdraidh Uig:
Finlay Maciver, Carishader, identifies the shieling (Gearraidh Todale) as one previously used by residents of Kneep. (2005)
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Shieling
- Period:
- 19th Century
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE132196
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU