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Bothies are primitive shelters found primarily in Scotland (particularly in the Highlands) but also in remote parts of Wales and northern England.Highland Scotland has a low density of population by European standards, and in many remote areas the population has declined over the last 200 years due to emigration following the Highland Clearances and the Highland Potato Famine, together with ...
Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland. A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate. Bothies are found in remote mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England, Ulster and Wales.
The Mountain Bothies Association (MBA) is a Scottish registered charity. [1] It looks after 104 bothies and two emergency mountain shelters (not to be mistaken for or confused with a mountain hut, as the Fords of Avon and Garbh Choire refuges are little more than a heavily weather protected shed). [2]
List of buildings and structures illustrated on Scottish banknotes; List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies; List of breweries in Scotland;
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Pages in category "Rural Scotland" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies; Bothy; Burn ...
Corrour Bothy in October 2009. Corrour Bothy is a simple stone building on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located below Coire Odhar between The Devil's Point and Cairn Toul on the western side of the River Dee in the Lairig Ghru. The bothy is a single room with a fireplace and chimney in its northern gable.
Bothy ballads are songs sung by farm labourers in the northeast region of Scotland. Bothies are farm outbuildings, where unmarried labourers used to sleep, often in harsh conditions. [ 1 ] In the evening, to entertain themselves, these bothy bands sang.