in his 1899 book "the lost pibroch", neil munro refers to the shieling as something temporary: "the women, posting blankets for the coming shieling..."; "it was about the time antrim... came scouring through our glens..., with not a shieling from end to end, except on the slopes of shira glen..."; "...for never a shieling passed but the brosey folks came pouring down glenstrae, scythe, sword, and spear, and went back with the cattle before them..."