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Away from the flock....where's Damian Hirst then? - Hebrides-0568
Ruined Shieling house - Hebrides-0581
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- Lewis, abandoned shieling building
A deserted shieling building, the Shielings, Lewis. Shielings were/are the buildings were the locals stayed every summer to cut peat - usually 1-2 weeks a year. It had been going on for 1,000s of years. Recently as the locals shifted to oil, the buildings fell into serious disrepair. While I was there the Lewis windfarm was being hotly debated, the application for which has since been turned down - I wonder with oil prices and credit crunch whether the island will regret that decision? And go back to cutting more peat again? - Lewis, deserted shieling building
A deserted shieling building, the Shielings, Lewis. Shielings were/are the buildings were the locals stayed every summer to cut peat - usually 1-2 weeks a year. It had been going on for 1,000s of years. Recently as the locals shifted to oil, the buildings fell into serious disrepair. While I was there the Lewis windfarm was being hotly debated, the application for which has since been turned down - I wonder with oil prices and credit crunch whether the island will regret that decision? And go back to cutting more peat again? - Hebrides-0639
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