Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural Contact
This chapter discusses how Scandinavians would have had to adapt their farming practices to suit the landscapes and soils of Scotland, with cultural contact between Scandinavian and native groups taking place on the farm. Through research into the place-name elements of Gaelic ærgi and Old Norse sae...
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credinunivpr:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474485821.003.0015 2024-06-23T07:52:40+00:00 Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural Contact Foster, Ryan 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474485821.003.0015 en eng Edinburgh University Press The Viking Age in Scotland page 189-194 ISBN 9781474485821 9781474485845 book-chapter 2023 credinunivpr https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474485821.003.0015 2024-05-30T08:14:03Z This chapter discusses how Scandinavians would have had to adapt their farming practices to suit the landscapes and soils of Scotland, with cultural contact between Scandinavian and native groups taking place on the farm. Through research into the place-name elements of Gaelic ærgi and Old Norse saetr it suggests that the use of shielings to separate milk cows from other cattle, rather than grazing them all together in an integrated arable/pastoral infield/outfield system, may have been a practice learnt by the Norse from the native Gaelic farming focus on dairying. As Scandinavians settled the Irish Sea Region, they encountered Gaelic speakers and the use of the specialised milking shieling, and once adopted, this system spread through secondary migration to new settlements in the Faroes and Cumbria, and older ones in the Northern Isles. Book Part Faroes Edinburgh University Press 189 194 |
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This chapter discusses how Scandinavians would have had to adapt their farming practices to suit the landscapes and soils of Scotland, with cultural contact between Scandinavian and native groups taking place on the farm. Through research into the place-name elements of Gaelic ærgi and Old Norse saetr it suggests that the use of shielings to separate milk cows from other cattle, rather than grazing them all together in an integrated arable/pastoral infield/outfield system, may have been a practice learnt by the Norse from the native Gaelic farming focus on dairying. As Scandinavians settled the Irish Sea Region, they encountered Gaelic speakers and the use of the specialised milking shieling, and once adopted, this system spread through secondary migration to new settlements in the Faroes and Cumbria, and older ones in the Northern Isles. |
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