32457: LOCH CROISTEAN, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)

Summary:

SHIELING (Undated)

Location:

NB 109 290

Full description:

NB12NW 25 109 290

What may be two unroofed shieling-huts, which are annotated as Ruins, and four roofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1854, sheet 24). Five unroofed buildings which are annotated as Old Shielings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 September 1997

Acknowledgement:

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