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Country estate of the month

HIS COASTAL estate is set on the edge of a horseshoe bay in Sutherland. It boasts 211 acres of land, a B-listed main house with six bedroomsthree holiday lodges. Behind the cottages is a paddock enclosed by drystone walls, providing sheltered grazing for livestock. Sitting on the shores of Loch Eriboll and with views to the Orkney Isles and Ben Hope, Rispond Lodge estate offers superb sporting potential for shooting, stalking, and salmon and trout fishing. The land includes heather moorland, with lochans, rough grazing, beaches and the private Eilean Cluimhrig island, which can be reached by boat. Rispond Lodge is four miles from the village of Durness and two-and-a-half hours’ drive from Inverness.

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