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There are thousands of examples to draw from. A typical Scottish bothy is the Salmon Fisherman's Bothy, Newtonhill, which is perched above the Burn of Elsick near its mouth at the North Sea. [3] Another Scottish example from the peak of the salmon fishing in the 1890s is the fisherman's bothy at the mouth of the Burn of Muchalls.
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 ...
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.
Ben Alder (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Eallair) [2] is the highest mountain in the remote area of the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ericht and Glen Spean.It rises to 1,148 metres (3,766 ft), making it the 25th highest Munro.
Achmelvich lies three miles (five kilometres) northwest of Lochinver, and 40 miles (65 kilometres) north of Ullapool, in the northwest of the Scotland, accessed by single-track road which leads from the B869 coastal tourist route. Despite the difficult road, the area is popular with tourists.
The Shiant Islands [1] (/ ʃ æ n t /; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Mòra [nə ˈhelanən ˈmoːɾə] or Na h-Eileanan Seunta [nə ˈhelanən ˈʃiant̪ə] ⓘ) or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are five miles (eight kilometres) southeast of the Isle of ...
The Lairig Leacach bothy with the peak of Stob Bàn behind. Stob Bàn is a mountain situated in the Lochaber region of Highland , Scotland , 16 kilometres east of Fort William . It reaches a height of 977 metres (3205 feet) and lies in a group of hills known as the Grey Corries which includes three other Munros and nine Munro "Tops" along an ...
Gleann Dubh Lighe (also spelled Gleann Dubh-lighe) is a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, located at the foot of Streap in the Northwest Highlands mountain range.The Dubh Lighe river flows through the length of the valley. [1]