Fossil Cottage
Lower Breakish
Isle of Skye
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Fossil Cottage is a small, charming old croft house situated right by the seashore in a secluded and peaceful location. Three paces from the front door and you are on the shores of a tidal estuary full of wildlife - a haven for otters and seals, seabirds and waders, rare orchids and other plants and a designated Site of Scientific Interest for its geology. You can find giant fossils in a hidden bay nearby, and several smaller ones in the walls of the cottage and in the stones of the path just outside. The local otter is a common sight on the shore close to the cottage.
There's an ammonite in the lintel above the old doorway.
At least 150 years old, Fossil Cottage has been modernised to offer you tasteful comfort while retaining its traditional character. From the big window in the sitting room you can watch the high tide lapping a few feet away, spectacular sunsets dramatically colouring the evening sky or herons standing like sentinels by the water's edge.
In spring you will be amused by the sheep and lambs waiting for the tide to go out to cross over to their moorland grazings.
The sheep wade, and lambs learn to swim only hours after being born.
In addition to the otter, you might see a seal swimming by on the tide just outside the window.