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Estate Use uncertain

Tighachrochadair

NW Highlands & Islands

3 published sources

Current access or overnight use is not confirmed. Carry independent shelter and check locally.

Old estate cottage known as the House of the Hangman. Has an open fire, inhabited until the 1990s. Condition may have deteriorated - check recent reports before visiting.

Sleeps
6
Location withheld We do not publish a location for this shelter. No landowner or official source supports listing it, so the map pin, grid reference and approach notes have been removed. See why we withhold some locations.
Partly verified The guide is sourced, but some details still lack reliable current evidence.

Facilities

Indoor fireplace / stove
Raised sleeping platform
Toilet (spade)
Water nearby
Electricity
Shower
Boat / ferry access
Stalking notice

History

Tighachrochadair was an outlying farmstead connected with seasonal grazing in Gleann Goibhre. Archaeological survey found several phases of settlement and two buildings that still had corrugated roofs in 2021. Nineteenth-century records name James McRae as the gamekeeper at Tighachrochadair. Later records connect the house with stalker Donald Ross, who died in 1951. The name contains the Gaelic chrochadair, meaning "hangman", although no evidence was found that an executioner lived there.

Fairburn Estate archaeological survey; Scotland's People OS Name Books; TGO Challenge account · Updated 2026-07-25