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Category: Bothies and Howffs

Places to kip in the great outdoors

Perthshire’s Buffalo Hut

This tiny stone hut was constructed around 1840 on the slopes of Birnam Hill, near Dunkeld, as part of an … More

abandoned, bothy, buffalo, estate, folly, hut, listed building, perthshire, wildlife

Shelter Stone

The Shelter Stone, known in Gaelic as Clach Dhion, is sometimes referred to as a bothy but it is more … More

cairngorms, howff, mountains, refuge, shelter, walk

Howffs in the Sidlaw Hills

A simple stone howff supported in part by a tree, this tiny refuge on Scotston Hill (NO 351405) probably dates … More

angus, hills, howff, Sidlaw Hills, walk

Secret Howff

Hidden away in the remote upper reaches of Gleann an t-Slugain, Slugain Howff has, since its clandestine construction in the … More

book, bothy, cairngorms, hiking, walk
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