Monument record 1828 - AIRIGH A' SGUIR

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Beehive shielings

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Grid reference NB 16300 23300 (point)
Map sheet NB12SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB12SE 1 163 233.

A number of ruined shielings, built of peat moss sods and stones. {Name Book compiled 1851.} (OS 1:10,000 map, 1973 shows three stylised shieling-huts at NB 1633 2337, NB 1637 2333 and NB 1634 2326.)
Name Book 1851.

'A group of beehive shieling-huts.'
Inf: Historic Scotland, September 1992.


Name Book (County), 1998, Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 86, p. 26. (Unpublished document). SWE4254.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Name Book (County). 1998. Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 86, p. 26..

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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