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Detached house
3 bed
1 bath

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Tenure: Freehold
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 3 bedrooms
  • 1 reception room
  • 1 bathroom
  • 0.80 acres
  • Period
  • Coastal
  • Detached
  • Fishing
  • Garden
  • Rural
Oban 20 miles, Glasgow 101 miles

Entrance porch | Sitting room | Kitchen | Dining area| Two double bedrooms | Single bedroom | Bathroom
Outbuildings including boat shed and two store sheds
Short walk to shores of Loch Etive with stone jetty access
Cabin accessible by 15 minute boat trip (rib) from Taynuilt or via 0.75km hike or quad bike off neighbouring forestry track
Dramatic far-reaching views over Loch Etive, Ben Starav and Glas Bheinn Mhor to the north and Ben Cruachan to the south

Dahl Beag is located in a remote and breath-taking setting overlooking Loch Etive, with no public roads for miles around. The property has terrific views looking north to Ben Starav and Glas Bheinn Mhor at the head of the loch, as well as south towards Ben Cruachan. The elm-clad cabin is accessed either on foot with a 15 minute walk or quad access from the forestry track located about 0.75km to the west of the property or alternatively via boat from Taynuilt with a stone jetty one minute walk away.

With a gated entrance and approached via a footbridge crossing a small burn, Dahl Beag has a picture postcard setting in dramatic West Coast scenery. The cabin is full of charm and comprises of a sitting room complete with original Chatanette stove which operates as the back boiler to heat the water. There is a kitchen (with bottled gas hob), small dining area, single bedroom, two double bedrooms and bathroom. The property has no mains electricity and a private (unfiltered) natural water supply.

Outside there are three outbuildings to the side including a large boat shed and two stores used to house firewood and equipment. The policies extend to about 0.80 acres with a few specimen trees and with a deer fence boundary.

Dahl Beag offers a rare opportunity to purchase the ultimate off-grid cabin, with superb hillwalking on the doorstep
and close to the West Coast.


Dahl Beag is situated in a dramatic, remote location about 20 miles northwest of Oban, close to Bonawe, and on the northern shores of beautiful Loch Etive with the backdrop of Ben Cruachan. The village of Benderloch (15 miles) has a range of local services including a general store, post office,
café with book shop, petrol station with outdoor clothing and equipment as well as a village hall and primary school.

Oban, also known as the 'Gateway to the Isles', and the seafood capital of Scotland, has a more extensive range of services including supermarket, restaurants, primary and secondary schooling and hospital. The ferry ports have regular services to the Inner Hebridean islands including Mull, Iona and the Treshnish Isles. For whisky enthusiasts, there is Oban distillery.

The town also features the McCaig's Tower, a colosseum like building overlooking Oban Bay and to the isles beyond. There is a railway station which lies adjacent to the ferry terminal with direct regular trains to Glasgow. Oban Airport at North Connel is only 15 miles away with flights to Coll, Colonsay, Tiree and Islay. Glasgow Airport (99 miles) provides regular flights to London and a range of national and international destinations.

The countryside around Dahl Beag boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in Scotland, a fantastic base for exploring the West Coast of Scotland with a great variety of outdoor activities available. There is superb hillwalking on the doorstep with five Munros on the southside of Glen Etive
including Beinn Starav (1,078m), Beinn nan Aighenan (960m), Glas Bheinn Mhor (997m) and Stob Coir'an Albannaich (1,044m) and Meall nan Eun (928m). The area also has an abundance of wildlife including golden eagles,
deer, otters and red squirrels.

Fishing, mountain biking, rock climbing, sailing, golfing and diving are all available nearby. The nearest marina is at Dunstaffnage only 17 miles away. It would be possible to lay a mooring on Loch Etive close to the jetty, subject to consent from Marine Scotland. Loch Etive is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and rises in Glen Etive, made fa

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