Robert Scott (Deer Stalker)

Robert 'Bob' Lane Scott (1903–1981) was probably the best known deer stalker on Mar Lodge Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The son of Donald Scott (1852–1915) and his wife Elizabeth "Birnie" (1862–1911), Bob was born in Linn of Dee Cottage, attended the school at Inverey, and worked as a Deer Stalker, all on Mar Lodge Estate.

In "Smith (1989)" a school photograph - taken at the school in Inverey - shows Bob looking about ten years old.

Bob will probably be best remembered by the many hill walkers who spent a night or two in the bothy at
Luibeg during the years that he lived in that cottage – and by the weary ones to whom he offered lifts between Luibeg and the public road between Linn of Dee and Linn of Lui.

The Bothies

From about 1952 Bob offered the use of part of the outbuildings near "Luibeg Cottage" as a bothy for a nominal fee. This was the first "Bob Scott Bothy" and was destroyed by fire in 1986.

The second "Bob Scott Bothy" was built soon afterwards, on the east-bank of the "Lui Water" on the downstream edge of "Derry Wood". That had an open fireplace and was also destroyed by an untended fire in December 2003.

The third "Bob Scott Bothy" was built, on the same site (see photograph below), but with an enclose fire.

Retirement

If you add 65 to 1903 you get 1968 - so Bob retired sometime after that - "Watson (1975)" refers to Bob being the "ex-stalker of Luibeg".

After retiring Bob lived in the cottage by the Quoich Water near Allanaquoich.

Gallery

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* Citation
title=Valley of the Dee
first=Robert | last=Smith
publisher=Keith Murray Publications, Aberdeen
year=1989
ISBN=187097817X

* Citation
last = Urquhart
first = Frank
author-link =
title = Cairngorm memorial bothy to rise from the ashes again
newspaper = The Scotsman
pages =
year = 2005
date = 19JAN05
url =