Overview
Rum, Glen Harris, Allt Lag Sleitir 1 is recorded as Shieling Hut (post Medieval) at Scotland Highland. It preserves evidence of a place used for homes, seasonal shelter, farming or shared daily work. The source record also describes the surviving evidence; its details are kept below.
Who lived here and when
The record identifies Rum, Glen Harris, Allt Lag Sleitir 1 as Shieling Hut (post Medieval). It does not safely name every person, family or worker who used it, or fix all phases to exact years.
Homes and daily life
The recorded type points to a place used for homes, seasonal shelter, farming or shared daily work. That explains the likely everyday purpose without claiming people, tools or customs that the exact record does not prove.
What was found
The saved source says: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rum, Glen Harris, Allt Lag Sleitir 1 as Shieling Hut (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Why it ended
The saved record does not establish one certain ending. A change in farming, water level, trade, fuel, ownership, route or settlement pattern may have ended the use, but no single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Rum, Glen Harris, Allt Lag Sleitir 1 fixes a real piece of work or daily life to an exact place. Even where names are lost, its remains show how people obtained food and materials, organised land, made homes or adapted to the local ground.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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