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Aug 3, 2018 · A reconstructed shieling at the Highland Folk Museum PIC: High Life Highland. Peat cutting, looking after animals and cultivation of food are among activities offered at the project.
Sep 10, 2020 · In this blog post, I’ll explore some of the possibilities of using the indigenous Highland practice of using the hills in the summer to graze livestock, a practice known as transhumance or the Shieling System.
Jul 18, 2013 · The shieling system has survived into the present day in Norway, in the northern provinces of Sweden, to a certain extent in Finland, and in many areas of the highlands of Central Europe. It was well known in Britain and in the other North Atlantic Islandssuch as Iceland.
- Hugh Cheape
- 1996
The ruins of shielings are abundant landscape features across Scotland, particularly the Highlands. Etymology. A "shieling" is a summer dwelling on a seasonal pasture high in the hills. [4] . The first recorded use of the term is from 1568. [5] .
Oct 4, 2021 · Shielings appear to have been part of the archaeological landscape since as early as the 5th century in sites such as Dartmoor and Cornwall, and transhumance has been established in the early medieval period throughout Britain through place-names and historical references.
Sep 25, 2007 · A distinctive regional form of an ancient system of pastoral agriculture and transhumance – the shieling system – widespread in Western Europe until relatively recent times, is discussed and related to the development and distribution of upland woodlands.
Aug 21, 2016 · Visiting the Shieling at Struy today, young people have the opportunity to get to grips with skills from ancient to modern: peat cutting to sustainable building, Gaelic work song to tree planting.
