PICTURES: Scalpay island hideaway linked to Bonnie Prince Charlie hits the market for offers over £370K
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THE island hideaway has doubtless changed a wee bit since offering a place of refuge for Bonnie Prince Charlie after the fateful Battle of Culloden.
In the aftermath of the notorious April 16, 1746 clash which was to so dramatically shape the history of the Highlands, the Young Pretender fled to the Outer Hebrides – which he had earlier visited on his arrival in Scotland – this time with a bounty of £30,000 on his head.
Charles Edward Stuart hid in the Outer Hebrides until he left 'Over the sea to Skye' with Flora MacDonald at the end of June that year.
Amongst the places he is believed to have hid in those desperate times was a farmstead on the island of Scalpay.
And those historical ties have never been allowed to fade into obscurity with a Bonnie Prince Charlie Trail amongst the present-day reminders for visitors keen to follow the footsteps of one of the best recognised historical figures associated with the region.
And now, The Old Manse on the Isle of Scalpay – a renovated 19th century property built on a farmstead formally recognised as having been a place of refuge for Charlie after Culloden – has been put on the market for the princely sum of £370,000-plus.
Selling agent Galbraith notes in its newly released particulars that "a plaque on the exterior wall of the house commemorates this historical interest".
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Phiddy Robertson, who is handling the sale, describes the five-bedroom property – run as a summer season B&B for several years – as "a beautifully presented, attractive and spacious home".
She describes "quite magical" views over the north and south harbour to the hills of Harris beyond.
Prospective buyers are tempted with a setting which "offers great flexibility and lends itself to holiday letting, or simply to enjoy a wonderful lifestyle in this unspoilt Hebridean hideaway".
Scalpay sits off the east coast of the Isle of Harris to which it is is connected by a bridge.
The area's high-profile connections don't stop with Charlie though as Eilean Glas lighthouse at the island’s eastern tip is "famous not only for being one of the first lighthouses to be built in Scotland, but also for its appearance on an episode of Call The Midwife".
Families are advised that Tarbert, some seven miles away, "has schooling up to secondary level, a doctors’ surgery and dentist, grocery stores, post office, and bank and also the ferry terminal for the direct ferry link to the Isle of Skye"
Stornoway, roughly an hour’s drive away, has a wider range of shops and facilities along with its airport and ferry terminal to Ullapool in Wester Ross.
Want to know more? See the full particulars here.
