Glas-allt-Shiel

Glas-allt-Shiel
Glas-allt-Shiel seen from the edge of Loch Muick
Coordinates56°55′38″N 3°11′26″W / 56.927282°N 3.190459°W / 56.927282; -3.190459
Built1868; 156 years ago (1868)
Listed Building – Category B
Designated12 March 2010
Reference no.LB51457
Glas-allt-Shiel is located in Aberdeenshire
Glas-allt-Shiel
Location in Aberdeenshire

Glas-allt-Shiel[note 1] is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert. It is now a category B listed building owned personally by Charles III. Adam Watson considers that "Glas-allt-Shiel has undoubtedly one of the most spectacular situations of any lodge in the Highlands."

  1. ^ Watson, Adam (16 October 2014). The place names of Upper Deeside. Paragon Publishing. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-78222-191-3. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017.


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