Glencoul
The place
Glencoul is a Mountain Bothies Association bothy at the head of Loch Glencoul in Sutherland (Scottish Highlands, 9 m altitude). A small building attached to the gable of a larger house, it offers 8 places on a platform and consists of two rooms reached through a small hallway. The room on the left serves as the living space, arranged around the original fireplace, with a single bed frame, two wooden armchairs and a table under the north-west-facing window. A small stream runs in front of the bothy (of doubtful quality); the best source is the Glen Coul river, 300 yards north-east on the shoreline. Firewood is scarce (driftwood only). A stopping point on the Cape Wrath Trail. The last residents left Glencoul in the 1950s; the original cottage (now the bothy) was built to provide schooling for the sons of shepherd John Elliot.
Getting there
A stopping point on the Cape Wrath Trail. Access from Inchnadamph or Kylesku.
The setting
Head of Loch Glencoul, Sutherland (Scottish Highlands).
