Wester Rarichie Hill, Tain, Ross-Shire
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Wester Rarichie Hill, Tain, Ross-shire Wester Rarichie Hill The contiguous, picturesque Seaboard Villages of Tain, Ross-shire Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick to the northeast of Wester Rarichie Hill feature a pier, harbour A rare opportunity to purchase a block of and bay. Balintore offers a shop, post office and hill ground overlooking the moray firth. pharmacy. The closest town of Tain, Scotland’s oldest burgh, provides further services. The hill (currently forming part of a larger Tain 8 miles, Inverness 34 miles, agricultural holding, Wester Rarichie Farm) is Inverness Airport 41 miles, Edinburgh 188 miles accessed via a private track from a minor road Wester Rarichie Hill (About 726 acres) connecting the Seaboard Villages to the B9175. • Enclosed hill ground varying between 80 The A9 provides transport links north and south, and 200 metres above sea level. and allows easy access to Inverness, the capital of the Highlands. Inverness airport provides regular • Cattle shelter of modern construction. flights throughout the UK and to Europe. The local • Potential for afforestation on the hill, subject railway station at Fearn provides services along to Forestry Commission consent. the ‘Far North Line’. A sleeper service operates from Inverness railway station to London. • Spectacular 360-degree views. • Expansive coastline measuring The Land approximately 1,600 metres. Wester Rarichie Hill extends to approximately 726 acres of land, including a modern farm building. • No recent sporting records but scope for rough shooting and roe deer stalking. The highest summit within the subjects peaks at 200 metres above sea level and offers a About 726 acres (294 ha) in total. 360-degree view across Easter Ross and the For sale as a whole Moray Firth. To the southeast, the subjects enjoy approximately 1,600 metres of coastline. Farm Building Location There is a cattle shelter, accessed from the internal Wester Rarichie Hill is situated within the Fearn track, measuring 12m x 49m. It consists of steel Peninsula, elevated and overlooking the rural portal frame construction, made up of eight bays. landscape of Easter Ross and the Moray Firth. The walls and roof are covered in corrugated cladding. The shed is open to the south and The region benefits from its own microclimate features an outdoor feed pass and calf creep. and low rainfall, and is therefore unsurprisingly famous for its fertile soils and strong links to the agriculture and fishing industries. The rolling landscape of Easter Ross offers a diverse range of uses from growing cereals and vegetables, grazing livestock, out-wintering cattle and sheep, to forestry uses and country sport. The area is home to grain, potato and agricultural machinery merchants, and the busy livestock market of Dingwall, which is situated 25 miles away. Land The land can be summarised as follows: Rarichie Hill from early April. Ewe lambs are SGRPID: Closing Date: A closing date for offers may be marketed as Highland and Islands Sheep Health Longman House fixed. The sellers reserve the right to conclude Land Type Acres Association (HISHA) accredited lambs and are 28 Longman Road a bargain for the sale of any portions of the Permanent pasture 547 sold through Dingwall and Highland Marts. Inverness subjects of sale ahead of a notified closing date IV1 1SF and will not be obliged to accept the highest or Rough grazing 10 The farm is EAE accredited. Tel 01463 234141 any offer for any part of the subjects of sale. Email [email protected] Woodland 44 Forestry Offers: Offers should be submitted in Scottish legal Scrub/cliff/miscellaneous 113 There may be potential, subject to the necessary The Forestry Commission: form to the selling agents. Prospective purchasers consent from the Forestry Commission, for a Forestry Commission Scotland are advised to register their interest in writing with Roads, yards and buildings 12 diverse and well-designed forestry scheme. Silvan House the selling agents following inspection. The minor road adjoining the subjects is 231 Corstorphine Road Total 726 recognised as a key timber extraction route, yet Edinburgh Financial Guarantee/Anti Money Laundering: consultation with the local authority is required EH12 7AT All offers (regardless of the country of residence According to the James Hutton Institute, before the route can be used. Tel 0300 067 6156 of the offering party) must be accompanied by a the majority of the land comprises class 3 and Email [email protected] guarantee or appropriate form of reference from 4, with smaller areas of class 5 and 6 land. Sporting a bank which gives the sellers the satisfaction that The underlying soil is made up of mineral There are no recent sporting records for Wester Rights of Way and Access: The access track the purchaser has access to the funds required to podzols, and the hill is free draining. An area Rarichie Hill. However, due to the topography of from the minor road to the subjects is included complete the purchase at the offered price. of hardstanding with a sheep fank is located the land, there is scope for roe deer stalking and in the sale. The sellers will reserve an heritable towards the middle of the hill. rough shooting. and irredeemable right of access over part of In addition, the offerer must supply certified the track, in order to access land parcels to the copies of his/her passport and confirmation of From an agricultural perspective, the land is split General Information north of the hill, which lie out with the boundary residence in terms acceptable under anti money into eight appropriately sized enclosures that Method of Sale: For sale as a whole of the subjects. laundering (AML) legislation. are well fenced, and suitable for managing and holding livestock. Areas of woodland and scrub Designations/ Listings: The coastline forms part Prospective purchasers should be aware that, Solicitors: provide useful shelter for livestock on the hill. of the Rosemarkie to Shandwick Coast Site of as a result of the freedom of access to the R & R Urquhart LLP Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). countryside introduced by the Land Reform 117 – 121 High Street The hill is intersected by many streams and water (Scotland) Act 2003, members of the public Forres channels, which naturally supply water for the Entitlements: The vendors have submitted have the right of responsible access to most Moray livestock. Additionally, a spring fed reservoir serves applications to claim Basic Payments Scheme parts of the Scottish countryside. IV36 1AB various drinking troughs across the subjects. for the year relating to 2018. The sellers will retain the subsidy from the Basic Payment Timber: All standing and fallen timber is VAT: Any guide price quoted or discussed is A particular advantage of the subjects is the Scheme Entitlements in relation to the 2018 included in the sale. exclusive of VAT. In the event that a sale of the internal track, which allows for vehicular access farming year (and all previous years). The property, or any part of it, or any right attached to over the hill. Entitlements for Wester Rarichie Hill are Mineral Rights: As far as they are owned, it becomes a chargeable supply for the purposes included in the sale, insofar as they are owned. the minerals are included in the sale. of VAT, such tax will be payable in addition. Farming System Wester Rarichie Hill is currently farmed in Further information in relation to the Basic Sporting Rights: The sporting rights are in hand. Health and Safety: Given the hazards of a conjunction with Wester Rarichie Farm. The Payment can be obtained from the selling agents. working farm, we ask you to be as vigilant as livestock element comprises a herd of 89 cows, Entry and Possession: The date of entry will be possible when making your inspections, for your which are run with a Charolais bull. The herd is Local Authority: by mutual agreement between the purchaser own personal safety. out-wintered on the hill. Calves are sold through Highland Council and the sellers. Aberdeen Northern Marts at Thainstone. Glenurquhart Road Inverness Viewing: Strictly by appointment with the The farm also carries a flock of Blackface ewes IV3 5NX selling agents: which are crossed with Bluefaced Leicester Tel 01349 886606 Strutt & Parker, Edinburgh Tel 0131 226 2500 rams. Lambing takes place outdoors on Wester Website: www.higland.gov.uk Strutt & Parker, Inverness Tel 01463 719171 Directions From Inverness, travel north on the A9 balance of the said price at the date of entry, signposted for Thurso and continue for about 31 payment of the balance of the purchase price miles. Upon reaching Nigg Roundabout, take the on the due date being of the essence of the third exit onto the B9175 signposted for Nigg. contract, the sellers shall be entitled to resile from the contract. The sellers, in that event Continue on the B9175 for about 2 miles then reserves the right to resell or deal otherwise turn left onto the minor county road signposted with the subjects of sale as they thinks fit. for Pitcalnie, Shandwick, Balintore and Hilton. Furthermore, they shall be entitled to retain Proceed for 1.2 miles. Wester Rarichie Farm will in their hands the initial payment of ten per be on the left and access to Wester Rarichie Hill cent herein before referred to which shall be is directly opposite on the right. set off to account for any loss and expense occasioned to them by the purchaser’s failure Plans, Areas and Schedules: These are based and in the event of the loss and expenses on the Ordnance Survey and Title Deeds and being less than the amount of the said deposit are for reference only. They have been carefully the sellers shall account to the purchaser for checked and computed by the selling agents any balance thereof remaining in their hands.