Allt Gleann Tota Michag, Lewis
Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Allt Gleann Tota Michag, Lewis
Classification Shieling Hut (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 136475
Site Number NB44SE 41
NGR NB 4740 4159
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136475
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (12 May 2021 - 13 July 2021)
NB 4740 4159 Recorded on Canmore (ID: 136475) as a possible shieling, but quite unlike any shieling we have seen. All that remains are c0.3m wide, 0.4m high turf wall footings of a c3 x 2m rectangular building, built hard up against a steep bank, on the S side of the Allt Cearagol. The observed footprint and location recalls that of illicit stills – of which there were reputedly many on this stream. We also noticed that it was well hidden on the approach from any angle. We therefore suggest that this site is the remains of an illicit still rather than a shieling.
Archive: NRHE and CNES SMR (intended)
Funder: Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac – Back Historical Society
Ian Mchardy – Back Historical Society – Commun Eachdraidh Sgire a’ Bhac (CEBAC)
(Source: DES Vol 22)
Note
What may be a single unroofed shieling-hut annotated 'ruin' is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Island of Lewis, Ross-shire 1852, sheet 15), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 30 June 1997.
