Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname SHIEL.

SHIEL. A river and loch or lake, in the south-west of Inverness-shire, Scotland. Shiels were shepherd's huts, a term used by the Northumbrian Saxons, to denote the temporary shelters of shepherds.

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