GRAZINGS Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Shielings Hill and marginal grazings Droving Clearance for livestock Sheep, shelters etc Plan and section of shieling hut, Uishal, Lewis Shieling grounds were uncultivated, often upland areas where livestock could be taken in summer to prevent them damaging unfenced growing crops. The practice is documented back to at least the 12th century and, though now extinct, can be traced in place names; -shiel (Northumbrian English), -ary (Gaelic 'airidh') and -setter (Norse 'setr'). Resource pack   1     2     3     4