Yes, your shed does need a base. This is to give it a solid, level foundation. Open soil will not help with the longevity of the shed itself or the contents within. The best materials to use to make your shed base are concrete, natural stone or wood.
West Linton
West Linton is a town and also civil parish in southerly Scotland, on the A702. It was previously in the county of Peeblesshire, but since city government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders. Most of its locals are travelers, owing to the town's distance to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles (26 km) to the north eastern. West Linton has a long history, and holds an annual traditional event called the Whipman Play. The village of Linton is of ancient origin. Its name stems from a Celtic element (cognate with the contemporary Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, as well as contemporary Welsh "Llyn") implying a lake or pool, a pool in a river, or a channel (as in Loch Linnhe, part of which is called An Linne Dhubh, the black pool, or Dublin, an Anglicisation of dubh as well as linn, meaning black swimming pool) and the Gaelic "dun" Welsh "din"), for a citadel, fortified area, or military camp (related to the modern English community, using the Saxon "tun", a ranch or collection of homes), and also is evidently ideal, as the town shows up to have actually been surrounded by lakes, swimming pools and also marshes. At one time it was called Lyntoun Roderyck, determined perhaps with Roderyck or Riderch, King of Strathclyde, whose territory included this area, or with a neighborhood chieftain of that name. The Scottish Gaelic variation of the place name is a partial translation, Ruairidh being a Gaelic type of Roderick. The prefix "West" was obtained many centuries later to clear up the distinction from East Linton in East Lothian.
