About us and our place

Bruadar is located on a hillside in Glenisla, the most westerly of the Angus glens, and just north of the 500-million-year-old Highland Boundary Fault – the great geological feature that divides the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands.

The Cateran Trail, one of Scotland’s long-distance walks, passes through Glenisla, and the area also features heavily in the innovative new Cateran Ecomuseum, a museum without walls which aims to showcase everything that the area has to offer in an environmentally responsible way.

There are Pictish Stones nearby, the spectacular Reekie Linn waterfall, hill walking, skiing at the glen of the fairies – Glenshee – local kayaking and wildlife tours, links to the legends of King Arthur and the Irish giant Finn mac Cumhaill as well as the Jacobite rebellions of the 18^th century, and fables of the Caterans themselves – Highland clan warriors who came to be associated with cattle raiding.

There are also more contemporary histories of the Scottish Traveller community to discover as well as that of Scotland’s berry capital, Blairgowrie, just 10 miles away, and home to a number of independent retailers and food outlets, a Tesco and some fabulous restaurants.

And to the west is the pretty market town of Kirriemuir, the birthplace of JM Barrie of Peter Pan fame, and Bon Scott, one of the founding members of legendary rock band AC/DC.

Although it is within just two hours’ drive of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Glenisla is still very much a well-kept secret, offering all the seclusion you could possibly want to get away from it all. Indeed, the nearest building to Bruadar is a historic stone cottage around half a mile away.