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Volunteer at a crofting / educational centre in the Highlands and learn about the ‘shieling’

Sam Harrison of the Shieling Project | 28-Jul-2016 | 4

This is a farm-based education organisation. Our story is the ‘shieling’ – a tradition where folk went up to the hills with the livestock. The shieling is a traditional practice of moving up to the high ground or moorland with livestock, to live there for the summer. Read more

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