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 Shieling hut, Cnoc Dubh, Lewis, Outer Hebrides Shieling grounds distanced livestock from unenclosed growing crops and exploited seasonally rich but often less accessible land. The huts were the homes of the people who went to tend the animals. This beehive-like shieling was still in use in 1866. The corbelled roof was still in place, though much of its outer coating of turf had gone. Access was via the very low entrance in the centre of the picture. Resource pack   1     2     3     4