Repopulating the Braes: Shieling practice, upland seasonal industries and agricultural practice in post-medieval Scotland

本研究将探讨屏蔽的做法和其他季节性的高地产业在后中世纪的苏格兰之间的关系，以重新填充，在集体的想象力，所谓的“空”的地方，一旦填补了这种常见的季节性放牧的做法。通过步行调查和测试挖掘之间的关系shieling小屋网站和其他农村高地功能将被询问重新定位高地的地方，苏格兰农村生活的一个重要方面，我们有一些全面的考古研究的理解。随着今天重新引入种植，重要的是我们要认真考虑与高地景观中生活的社会经济可持续性有关的因素。

This research will investigate the relationship between shieling practice and other seasonal upland industries in post-medieval Scotland in order to repopulate, in the collective imagination, supposedly 'empty' places oncefilled by this common transhumance practice. Through walkover survey and test excavation the relationship between shieling hut sites and other rural upland features will be interrogated to reorientour understandings of upland places, an important aspect of Scottish rural life for which we havefew comprehensive archaeological studies. With the re-introduction of crofting today it is important we critically considerfactors relating to the socio-economic sustainability of life in upland landscapes.