Beneath the Hill...

[Douglas McMann]

Managed a wander into the hills today, and was struck at how small this croft looked against the backdrop of Clayhooter Hill...

Beneath the Hill... by Douglas McMann, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haven't we seen this croft before? Worth seeing a few times...

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Love it Doug, gorgeous image. It is also my dream to be in such an abode.

 

[Douglas McMann]

Haven't we seen this croft before? Worth seeing a few times...

Yes Rob...I have one taken fairly close to it, looking in the opposite direction...it's in easy reach of my house, on the visible track over the shoulder of the hill...

 

[Martin Pancisin]

The contrast between the clouds and land is amazing, almost unreal and then the hut in the middle of this fight for my attention. Wonderful!

 

[Aldous Lau]

Nice shot Douglas

 

[Pete Askew]

Fabulous feeling of scale here, Dougie and I love the textures.

 

[Douglas McMann]

The contrast between the clouds and land is amazing, almost unreal and then the hut in the middle of this fight for my attention. Wonderful!

Martin, that "hut" is a stone built cottage and was, until the early 1900's a home to a family of around 9, living and working the land at the behest of the landowner...

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Very nice Douglas. Farming there is the early 1900's would have been a tough life. The picture portrays that.

 

[Brian Moore]

There's a roof on it it seems, so I'm guessing it's inhabited today. Fine landscape, Dougie. I love those clouds also.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I can only agree to all the others here as well as I treasure the bacground story.