HISTORY

Blackhouse Forest and surrounding area is steeped in myth and legend and has contributed to the cultural and literary life of Scotland.

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The current owners acquired the lodge in 2024 and have continued works to upgrade it while understanding the historical importance of the place – it once formed part of the great Ettrick Forest, where Scotland’s kings hunted deer.

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Work developing the estate lodge over the past several years has been sympathetically undertaken to take it from the former rustic family escape to something more luxurious and sustainable.

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We don’t farm the land but are always pleased to see the sheep and Luing cattle as we drive up to the estate from the main road, through our neighbour’s farm. Here too is a part of history – James Hogg (the Ettrick Shepherd) lived at the cottage beside the forestroad which leads up to Blackhouse.

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History enthusiasts are able to glimpse Blackhouse Tower (now a ruin) which was a stronghold of James ‘The Good’, Captain, friend & loyal supporter of Robert the Bruce.