View of Glas-allt-Shiel Lodge
View of Glas-allt-Shiel Lodge
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 14 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Cairngorms National Park
Location: Ballater And Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert. It is now a category B listed building owned personally by Elizabeth II. Adam Watson considers that "Glas-allt-Shiel has undoubtedly one of the most spectacular situations of any lodge in the Highlands."
May 20, 2022
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