THREE new island books have become available this month, starting with The Historic Sheilings of Pairc by John Randall.
If you walk the remote loch-studded moors of the Pàirc area of Lewis today, you may unexpectedly come across old ruins on green patches of land, often in evocative locations but usually no more than a tumble of rough stones following a roughly circular ground-plan. What are they, and how, when and by whom were they used?
John Randall sheds light on and brings to life the vanished shieling culture of Pàirc, based on historic maps, traditional folklore, and tramping the moors.