A modest shelter
Ailinpieti is a one-room hut built of logs. It has a plank roof and a slate fireplace in a corner near the doorway. The foundation is a layer of large natural rocks stacked on top of logs with dovetail joints. The stone masonry of the fireplace continues all the way to the roof. This was later repaired with bricks recovered from a sunken brick ship. A single-glazed window with six panes was located opposite the door. A table and a bench were under the window. A wooden bunk stretching along the entire left side of the hut was divided into two by a partition board. A hatch in the ceiling above the bed on the right allowed access to the attic. A ventilation opening above the wooden bunk provided light.
A lot of carving decorated the walls. The wall was later covered with cardboard. A cold porch was located in the front section of the hut. Another unheated storage room was located on the north side of the hut. These were built from vertical boards and had wood floors. The door to Ailinpieti has wooden hinges.
The land rises, the world changes
Ailinpieti fishing hut is located near a harbour used by the Hailuoto islanders. The hut is surrounded by several boat launching and landing sites that are now quite far from the shore due to land uplift. The rocks in the area have a lot of etchings on them. The stone next to Ailinpieti is marked with the year 1773. The well was dug in the 1800s. A barrel daymark to guide fishers was made in the 1930s, but there may also have been another daymark earlier. Sarvi sauna, which was still standing in the 1970s, was built in 1833.
Ailinpieti was built in the 1860s. The first owner was Arvid Ailinpieti, whose descendants used the building until the 1960s. It was empty after that. After Ailinpieti became state property in the early 1990s, it was protected by a Ministry of the Environment decision. The building was restored in 1994.
