Scotland: Places Worth Disappearing to

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Boltholes, Cabins, Lodges and Lighthouses
Noted for Future Visits

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Borradill

Ardnamurchan

Two Scandi-Hebridean style cabins sit in 25-acres of woodland, which includes Ancient Celtic Rainforest.

Photography: Borradill 

Eilean Shona

Loch Moidart

A collection of cottages on a private island retreat with ancient woodland and hidden beaches. Thought to be where J.M. Barrie worked on the screenplay of Peter Pan.

Photography: Eilean Shona

The Croft

Lochnell Estate, Argyll

A restored 19th-century crofter’s bothy hidden on a private Highland estate, offering an off-grid retreat above the Lynn of Lorne with views towards Mull, Lismore and Kerrera.

Photography: The Croft Collective

Carnmore Lodge

Letterewe Estate, Wester Ross

A remote off-grid house with no road access, reached by boat or on foot — on the edge of an imposing bowl of mountains, including a’Mhaighdean, Scotland’s remotest Munro.

Photography: Letterewe Estate

Harlosh Black H

Isle of Skye

An architectural bolthole, surrounded by open croft, with views of the Isle of Skye’s rugged and beautiful west coast through its windows.

Photography: Harlosh Black H

Eilean Sionnach

Isle of Skye

A restored lighthouse keeper’s cottage on a private island, reached by boat and surrounded by the wild waters of the Sound of Sleat.

Photography: Eilean Sionnach

Kyle House

The Flow Country, Sutherland

A restored 18th-century drover’s cottage set within one of the world’s most important peatland landscapes, where vast skies, lochs and wilderness define the experience.

Photography: WildLand

Rua Reidh Lighthouse

Melvaig, Gairloch, Wester Ross

A working lighthouse at the end of a three-mile private track, its rooms looking out across the Minch to Skye and the Hebrides. Built in 1910 by a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Photography: Rua Reidh Lighthouse

Inverlonan

Oban, Argyll

A collection of off-grid cabins hidden within a historic coastal estate, with ancient woodland, sea lochs and wild landscapes.

Photography: Inverlonan

Corrour Lodge

Lochaber

A remote Highland estate reached by train, foot or bike, surrounded by some of Scotland’s wildest landscapes and far from any public road.

Photography: Corrour

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