Easter Ross · Tarbat Ness Peninsula
A stone cottage, quietly renovated for slow Highland days.
An 1850s farm workers' cottage on the Dornoch Firth, restored in 2024–25 — two bedrooms, sea and farmland views, and nowhere to be.
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An 1850s farm workers' cottage on the Dornoch Firth, restored in 2024–25 — two bedrooms, sea and farmland views, and nowhere to be.
Smiddy Cottage is a traditional stone-built farm workers' cottage, sensitively and completely renovated to a high modern standard while keeping its historic character intact.
Set within two acres of pasture and woodland on the Tarbat Ness Peninsula, close to Portmahomack, the cottage looks out over a pretty enclosed garden toward open farmland and the Dornoch Firth, with distant mountains beyond.
Wood-effect tiled flooring runs throughout, the rooms are light and airy, and a wood-effect electric stove anchors the open-plan living space — a comfortable, homely base for a Highland holiday.
All accommodation is on the ground floor — open-plan living, two bedrooms and a spacious shower room.
Open-plan space with a 50" Freeview Smart TV, and a large glass and wood Scandi-style dining table.
Ceramic hob electric oven, microwave, air fryer, fridge/freezer, coffee machine, dishwasher and washing machine.
Zip-and-link super king (6ft) bed, convertible to two 3ft singles on request.
Zip-and-link king (5ft) bed, convertible to two 2ft 6in singles on request.
A quiet corner of Easter Ross, with the whole north of Scotland close at hand.
Smiddy Cottage sits between Tain — Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh — and Portmahomack, a historic fishing village dating to 800AD with its own harbour and long sandy beach.
The North Coast 500 passes within ten minutes, and the Highlands' best-known sights — Loch Ness, Culloden, Inverness — are all within an hour's drive.
From Pictish stones to working distilleries, the ground around Smiddy Cottage has a long memory.
One of the tallest lighthouses in the UK, set within the Dornoch Firth & Loch Fleet Special Protection Area — rich ground for resident and migratory birds, with free public access to the surrounding land.
Portmahomack traces back to 800AD; Tain is Scotland's oldest Royal Burgh. Nearby Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick hold Pictish stones, the Angel of the North sculpture trail and an award-winning beach.
Glenmorangie and Tarlogie distilleries are close by, alongside golf at Tain (est. 1890, designed by Old Tom Morris), Portmahomack's 9-hole links, and Royal Dornoch, dating to 1616.
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