Glen Doll Lodge

BBQ&Firepit area

Glen Doll Lodge( sleeps 16 people only ) and Cottage( sleeps4 people only),the perfect getaway.Between both properties we can accommodate 20 people in total.. ...

04/09/2026

Another fab review from our guests...
We have some availability between now and Christmas, get in touch by email www.glendolllodge.com or whatsapp 07471 108 620..

01/09/2026

Welcome to the Ber Months...Candles and dark nights....
Please note we are fully booked over Christmas & New Year...
Some availability between now and then...
Get in touch
www.glendolllodge.com
WhatsApp 07471 108 620

23/08/2026

There is a track over the hills of Angus that your ancestors had the legal right to walk, and in the 1880s a landowner went all the way to the House of Lords trying to take it away from them. 🥾

The Angus glens run north from Kirriemuir into the southern Cairngorms like the fingers of a hand. Glen Isla, Glen Prosen, Glen Clova, Glen Doll and Glen Esk. Green flat floors, steep heather walls, burns the colour of strong tea, and at the head of each one a pass climbing onto the high plateau and dropping down the other side into Deeside. The Mounth roads. They are among the oldest routes in Scotland, older than any king, walked by cattle drovers, packmen, wh**ky smugglers, soldiers, weavers looking for work and countless ordinary folk simply going to see family on the other side of the hill.

The most famous of them is Jock's Road, out of Glen Doll over the Tolmount and down to Braemar. For centuries drovers brought sheep south over it to the market at Cullow near the foot of Glen Clova. Then in the 1880s the new owner of Glen Doll decided the route across his ground was his to close. The Scottish Rights of Way Society took him to the Court of Session in 1886 and 1887, and he fought them all the way to the House of Lords in 1888. Old men gave evidence about their fathers driving beasts over the Tolmount. The Society won. It also very nearly bankrupted itself doing it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That one stubborn case became a foundation stone of Scottish access law, and it is part of why Scotland today has some of the most generous rights of access anywhere in the world. Your right to walk that hill was not given to you. It was defended, at real cost, by people who had nothing much to gain from it personally.

If your line runs back to Angus or the Mearns, there is a fair chance somebody in it carried something over one of those passes. And the path they used is still open, still unfenced, still going exactly where it always went. Some inheritances are not objects at all. They are permissions, held open by people who refused to let go.

19/08/2026

Some more reviews of Glen Doll Lodge &Cottage ..⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Star reviews...

09/08/2026

A dry but duller day at the top of the glen, doing a change at Glen Doll Lodge&Cottage ,we like to still do things the traditional way... Cant beat the smell of fresh towels in from the line...

16/07/2026

We ask all.our Guests at Glen Doll Lodge and Cottage we actively discourage it ,but especially just now with this very dry weather....
Our thoughts are with all the Firefighters,Estate workers, keepers etc who are attending the wild fire up North of Dalwhinnie ...

14/07/2026

Another review for our Cottage ...We truly aim to go above&beyond to make your stay special no matter the occasion..
www.glendolllodge.com
WhatsApp 07471 108 620 for any information regarding a stay with us....

13/07/2026

Another outstanding review for us!!
Love meeting new people..
Get in touch if your looking for a totally relaxing break away from the world ..
www.glendolllodge.com
WhatsApp 07471 108 620

Address

Glen Doll Lodge, Glen Clova
Kirriemuir
DD84RD

Telephone

+447471108620

Website

http://www.glendoll-lodge.com/

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