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Loch Ardvain at first light, the water flat and the far shore still in shadow
Loch Ardvain, looking west from the steading 57.0° N, 5.3° W

Self-catering · Five cottages · West Highlands

Five stone cottages on the north shore of a loch that hardly anyone drives past.

Fasgadh was a working croft until 1961. The steading, the byre and the shepherd's bothy are now five cottages, let by the week from March to November. There is no reception, no shop and no wifi in three of them. There is a boat, a drying room, and eleven miles of shore path from the gate.

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Sleeps
2–6
From
£770 / wk
Dogs
Four of five
Nearest shop
9 miles

The cottages

Weekly, Sat–Sat

An Cùil from the track — a low stone cottage under slate, its gable to the water

01 · The steading

An Cùil

One room under the slates, a stove, and a window seat facing the water. Warmest of the five in October.

Sleeps 2 · 1 bed · no dogs · £770/wk

Free weeks

Available 2026

  • 6 Jun
  • 13 Jun
  • Taken4 Jul
  • 12 Sep
  • 3 Oct
Details
Beinn Mhòr, a long stone cottage with a chimney at either end

02 · The steading

Beinn Mhòr

Two bedrooms either side of a long kitchen. The table seats six, which matters when it rains for three days.

Sleeps 4 · 2 bed · dogs welcome · £980/wk

Free weeks

Available 2026

  • Taken6 Jun
  • 20 Jun
  • 29 Aug
  • 26 Sep
Details
Fasgadh Byre, the old cattle byre re-roofed, with wide doors onto the yard

03 · The byre

Fasgadh Byre

The largest. Three bedrooms, a boot room that takes eight pairs, and the only bath on the croft.

Sleeps 6 · 3 bed · dogs welcome · £1,340/wk

Free weeks

Available 2026

  • 30 May
  • 11 Jul
  • Taken15 Aug
  • 17 Oct
Details
Dubh Loch, a stone cottage with a deep porch, facing away from the water

04 · The steading

Dubh Loch

Faces away from the water and towards the hill, which is the better view at dusk. Two bedrooms, deep porch.

Sleeps 4 · 2 bed · dogs welcome · £940/wk

Free weeks

Available 2026

  • 23 May
  • 27 Jun
  • 5 Sep
  • 10 Oct
Details
The Shepherd's Bothy on its own above the shore, half a mile up the loch

05 · Half a mile up the shore

The Shepherd's Bothy

Off grid. Solar light, a woodstove, water from the burn through a filter. You carry your bags the last four hundred yards.

Sleeps 2 · 1 bed · dogs welcome · £620/wk

Free weeks

Available 2026

  • 16 May
  • 18 Jul
  • 19 Sep
Details

The loch, and what to do on it

Eleven miles of shore path, a rowing boat shared between the cottages, and brown trout in the shallow end. The hill behind rises to 812 metres; the path up starts at the gate.

What's provided
A wooden rowing boat pulled up on the shingle
The boat, on the shingle
The shore path running through birch wood
Shore path, first mile
The hill behind the croft with its summit in cloud
The hill, most days
A lit woodstove with walking boots drying beside it
Drying out, afterwards

Getting here

Fort William 34 miles
Glasgow 3 h 40
Nearest station Spean Bridge
Last 2 miles Single track, unsealed
Directions and map

Asked most often

  • Is there a signal?
  • Can we bring two dogs?
  • How bad are the midges, honestly?
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