Salachy Bothy is a historic farm ruin which has been identified by the Mountain Bothy Association as being a potential structure for restoration. 

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For this future mountain refuge, Laura has been working as a design consultant. Through observations and measurements taken on site visits, a set of survey drawings have been created to can act as a reference for the project team. While the early design phases of research and development are in progress, the reconstruction efforts for the historic farm structure are being planned tangentially.

 

The existing building is a ruined cottage located approximately 100 m north of the River Oykel, known for its abundance of salmon, and approximately 8 km from the village Lairg. It consists of a single storey and attic three-bay traditional highland house with a small single storey two-bay byre to the east of the main cottage and a larger single storey three-bay byre to the west. The byres were most likely used for animals and the main house for living. All openings face southwest to receive light. The ruin now sits along a stream within an area of Scotland that is largely forested, operated by the Forestry and Land Scotland (FLA). Together with the Mountain Bothy Association, this historic farm structure will act as a stepping stone between two other hiking refuges on the 200 mile Cape Wrath Trail.

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Similar to the other mountain refuges which Laura has contributed to with hands-on restoration efforts, this bothy will provide an additional link to contributing to community oriented and site specific construction efforts. This project is part of a series of hyper-proximal site constrained projects which aims to gather research on rubble stone utilised for construction on site.