Shieling
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A shieling is a hut on a seasonal cattle pasture high in the hills, once common in upland or rural places in Scotland. Oval, circular or rectangular on plan, they were often constructed of dry stone o
Ruined shieling south of Oban
18th-century shielings on the isle of Jura, from Thomas Pennant's 1776 Voyage to the Hebrides
A ruined shieling close to the Loch Langavat path, Isle of Lewis
The scant ruins of a summer shieling at Catlodge, near Laggan, marked by a green area around the building where the land had been cleared, which contrasts with the heather moorland
Transhumance
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Transhumance is a type of mobile pastoralism in which grazing livestock are moved in herds seasonally between several fixed pastures, in contrast to sedentary pastoralism, where the livestock remain a
Shieling
…any window openings. More loosely, the term may denote a seasonal mountain pasture for the grazing of cattle in summer. Seasonal pasturage implies transhumance between the shieling and a valley settlement in winter. Many Scottish songs have been written about life in shielings, often concerning courtship and…
Transhumance in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Moving sheep up along a drovers' road in the Massif Central, France
Romanian and Vlach transhumance in Balkans
Vlach shepherd in Banat