As land and food for animals were scarce on the Isle of Lewis, women and children used to spend the summer months with the sheep in the moors. They lived in small shielings that still exist in some places.
shielings
shielings
As land and food for animals were scarce on the Isle of Lewis, women and children used to spend the summer months with the sheep in the moors. They lived in small shielings that still exist in some places.