A remote rural cottage with stunning countryside views and links to Robert the Bruce is now on the market.
Presented to the market by Galbraith, Craigencallie House in Clatteringshaws, Dumfries and Galloway, can be found in the surrounding countryside. Galloway Forest Park is a registered Dark Skies area.
The property is a registered smallholding, with the plot extending to about 2.43 hectares including rough pasture and woodland.
Craigencallie House has links to Robert the Bruce
Craigencallie House is entirely off-grid having a private water supply, septic tank drainage and gas tank combination boiler and a red diesel generator to a battery bank and inverter, providing electricity.
The area offers endless opportunities for walking, cycling and fishing as well as being a haven for wildlife with a wide-range of birds, resident population of red squirrels as well as peregrine falcons and pine martins which are regular visitors to the feeders at Craigencallie. The Southern Upland Way and 7 Stanes cycle way routes run near to Craigencallie House.
Craigencallie House and its outbuildings need renovating
Craigencallie House sits within the Galloway Forest Park in the buffer zone for the Dark Skies Park which has become a feature of Dumfries & Galloway and affords incredible views of the night sky. The Galloway Forest Park well known for its beauty and tranquillity is also recognised as Britain’s first Dark Sky Park, and provides astronomers phenomenal views of the stars with a newly-opened observatory.
The property is nestled at the foot of Cairngarroch Hill with outstanding views in all seasons, although the property’s remote location should be given thought in consideration about purchase and use.
The house requires renovation, as does the separate two-storey barn.
Craigencallie House is located in a a remote position
The site also has strong links to Robert the Bruce with local tales that he visited the original house at Craigencallie, then known as Bruce’s Wa’.
The legend goes that Bruce stayed the night at Craigencallie, then lived in by the ‘widow of Craigencallie’ who had three sons. Bruce recruited the three sons and they fought alongside the then King a few days later at nearby Raploch Moor against King Edward’s English army.
The three sons played an instrumental part in the victory with their superior local knowledge cleverly deciding to rouse local cattle to give the impression to the waiting English army nearby that numbers were indeed far greater than was actually the case.
The Bruce’s Stone at the nearby Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre is the only remaining relic of this victory. He is said to have leaned against it and rested after the battle.
Price: Offers over £150,000.
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