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Report - Mamore Lodge - Kinlochleven - June 16

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Lolz101

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The Mamore Lodge
Mamore Lodge was constructed in 1905 on the Fairfax-Lucy family owned land covering 45,000 acres, 700Ft above sea level on the slopes of Am-Bodach, with spectacular views over Loch Leven. Down to the pap of Glencoe stands Mamore Lodge on its eerie like perch. Mamore was built for Captain Frank Bibby.

Bibby is possibly the worlds oldest independent shipping company and is now run by the sixth generation. The family were great hosts and entertained King Edward, Viscount Churchill and Sir Henry Fairfax-Lucy. Deer still roam the estate and with its spectacular landscape it has featured in the films Rob Roy and Brave Heart.

It has retained much of its original character, The Mamore Lodge had once played host to Edward VII, Lord Belper, Lord Kenyon and Captain Britten, and they had left their names on the doors. Their rooms were panelled with pine and the light switches were carved from horn. The Edwardians, it seemed, had moved out only recently, taking with them their furniture and their flummery. The rest of this century will be remembered here only for the arrival of tartan duvets and gleaming new aluminium breakfast tables.​

The Visit
Not found anything worthy for a while, I was in the area so I went for mooch and found it to be wide open so I swiftly returned with camera etc next day, the largest of the woodburning stoves had gone some kind of He-man metal faires had been in the night, I imagine a lot more has walked since then...


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This the the small building out back, which contained 4 or 5 boring bedrooms.
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That swing has also walked

Thanks for Looking :thumb
 
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wilko

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Very nice, looks like it can still be saved and put back into use.
 

Brewtal

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Been today, its all bored up with working cctv cameras. Local construction team working too, it's OK for external photos though.

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Cheers for the update! I’m heading that direction on Monday and was planning to swing by here but you’ve just saved me a lot of hassle!
 

Stacy Gillie

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To be perfectly honest, for all that's there it's definitely not worth the walk up to it, we're up in glencoe until Monday we've seen a few places but was hoping to get inside here, we were a bit gutted, the owner of the cottage drove past us a few times and the construction crew did too and they didn't bother, but it's only the out side to see and a cool little pond, apparently there's the remains of a WW1 Pow camp near it but we didn't know that until we'd left.
 

Stacy Gillie

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Cheers for the update! I’m heading that direction on Monday and was planning to swing by here but you’ve just saved me a lot of hassle!
To be perfectly honest, for all that's there it's definitely not worth the walk up to it, we're up in glencoe until Monday we've seen a few places but was hoping to get inside here, we were a bit gutted, the owner of the cottage drove past us a few times and the construction crew did too and they didn't bother, but it's only the out side to see and a cool little pond, apparently there's the remains of a WW1 Pow camp near it but we didn't know that until we'd left.
 

Tallyman58

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I’m sorry if I’m intruding but I came across this post while searching for the hotel, as my wife and I stayed there many years ago and were looking to stay again. From your pictures, I’m pretty certain that we stayed in the room shown in your picture 11. It faced the loch and was a lovely room, warm with the fire and the wood panelled walls. This would have been in the mid ‘90s. It was the first time I’d enjoyed single malt whisky - after dinner the lady behind the bar told me that all Scottish distillers recommended a splash of spring water with it and I never looked back. Sorry for rambling but the photos of a once imposing building now so down at heel is sobering.
 

Elliot438

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This was used in the film 'My Son' from 2021. Check it out. Probably explains the security measure at the time.
 

GlassFeet

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I was there in February 2020 and took the attached photos.
Also watched it in Netflix "My Son" (filmed 2023).

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