The Shieling by the Bay, Rhughasinish, Loch Carnan, Isle of South Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 April 1985. Cottage.
The Shieling by the Bay, Rhughasinish, Loch Carnan, Isle of South Uist
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bonework-tallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NF 821 445
- Coordinates
- 57.38037, -7.29041
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Shieling by the Bay is a single-storey, three-bay cottage built in 1908, designed in the Skye-type style with a central door. It features rubble-built walls that are slightly battered with curved angles. There is a single window in the center of the west elevation and end chimney stacks. The roof is thatched with marram grass, secured with ropes and stone weights.
After 2003, the cottage was renovated to serve as holiday accommodation. Additionally, a stone outbuilding with a thatched roof was constructed to the north after 2005.
Local climate
The Shieling by the Bay, Rhughasinish, Loch Carnan, Isle of South Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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