33093: GEARRAIDH MOHAL MOR, LEWIS – SHIELING (Undated)

Summary:

SHIELING (Undated)
Shielings recorded in Name Book, and shown on 1st ed OS 1853

Location:

NB 1682 2448

Full description:

NB12SE 8 1682 2448

Three shielings, built of peat moss sods and stones.
Name Book 1851

The OS 1:10,000 map of 1973 shows a single stylised shieling-hut at NB 1681 2448.

Three roofed shieling-huts, one of which lies approximately 250m to the N, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Island of Lewis 1853, sheet 31). One unroofed building is 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. 41

Acknowledgement:

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