Monument record 12190 - LEWIS, GEOIDASTER

Summary

SHIELING-HUTS (POSSIBLE), shown on 1st ed OS map, 1854

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Grid reference NB 1962 3943 (point)
Map sheet NB13NE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB13NE 35 11962 3943

What may be two unroofed shieling-huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1854, sheet 18), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1974).
This site might be that identified as a stone setting (see NB13NE 9).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 24 September 1997.

Norse 'saetr' name in '-ster' - possible Viking period shieling
MML 30.5.06

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Jul 29 2005 12:00AM

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