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Thread #25936   Message #2418525
Posted By: greg stephens
20-Aug-08 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'
Subject: RE: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'
Arkholme, in Lunesdale, NW England, uses the equivalent of the airigh Gaelic version. The meaning of the "summer pasture" should be noted, in a lot of placenames. A shieling/airigh/argun etc etc is not only the hut, it can be the land where the hut is.