Frequently Asked Questions

As the owner of a Scottish estate, you will have the full rights to style yourself as a Laird (Lord) or Lady. This is the same wherever you live in the world. You do not need to live in the UK or be a British citizen.

Yes, we include in each gift pack the legal Master Title Deed accepted internationally to confirm your new title to your bank and any government agencies. You will be able to change your title on official documentation to Laird, Lord or Lady. Please note that government documents which do not display any title, such as all passports and in some jurisdictions, your drivers license, clearly cannot be changed. 

The Master Title Deed is similar to a Deed Poll in the way that it operates. The Deed Poll is based on a persons right to adopt the name of their choice and asserts their intention to do so. The Master Title deed can also be used to do this, but in addition is gives effect to a persons right to adopt a title that they have authority to use and asserts their intention to do so. By owning a small Scottish estate you gain this right to adopt the title. The Master Title Deed gives effect to this choice. Our Master Title Deed is licensed from, and used under the authority of, Deed Poll Services.

No. There are no land taxes in Scotland and absolutely no other costs associated with buying or owning this land. We maintain public liability insurance over the entire wood which will continue in force after your purchase. You will have no further expense to pay after the initial purchase price.

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 Yes, this is 100% legal.  You are truly purchasing a Scottish Highland Estate in Glencoe, Scotland.

No. The Land Registration (Scotland ) Act 1979 Section 4 (2)(b) specifically removes the normal requirement to register your land, because this is a such a small plot. Unlike in England, Scotland has changed the law regarding land registration, thus permitting the sale of the land to take place under Contract Law. In this way, these small plots of land can be sold without the expenses which would otherwise make this uneconomical. You will receive a copy of the Deed of Transfer in your pack.

As the new owner, you can come and visit; take a walk in Glencoe Wood, take a photograph of your Estate, and picnic by the river. You will be able to enjoy bird watching, fungi spotting, country pursuits and lots of tranquillity. You are welcome to plant a tree or scatter Ashes. If your estate is a large one (100 sqft or larger), you may wish to put your tent up and stay for a few days. As there may be a tree on your plot (it IS a wood), we permith large plot owners to camp anywhere on the estate.

We sell three different plot sizes. 1, 10, or 100 square foot.

In order to legally transfer the plot to you under Contract Law, we need to be able to define its location precisely. We do this by providing you the exact GPS location, using the UK Ordnance Survey reference system. The location of each plot is unique.

Absolutely. When you place your order you will be required to enter the name of the new landowner. This can be any name that you like.

If you would like a message enclosed to the new Laird/Lady/Lord and the pack shipped directly to them, then this is all part of the service, as is customising the deeds with a special date i.e. a birthday or anniversary.

You may use your title at any time except for any illegal purpose - such as to commit fraud, or obtain money by deception.

Your land and title can be left to anybody through your Will upon your death or even sold to someone else if you wish to sell the land, after all, it is yours.

There are two covenants on the land. One prevents shooting and the second prevents your Estate from being subdivided.

Yes. As long as the plots are the same size, then all the plots you order at the same time will be next to each other. Any plots ordered later may be part of a different block, though they will be close by.

Your gift message is written on a slip of parchment and included in the pack.

When you buy a Joint Pack you receive everything that you would otherwise receive by buying two single packs - except:  The documents will arrive in a single folder and will have only one (joint) covering letter of welcome from Lady Laura.

You WILL receive two adjacent plots, each belonging to one person, and all the deeds of ownership.

For example, for a 'joint' title for 100 square feet. you would actually receive 200 square feet of land in total? Being 100 square feet under each persons name.

Yes, whatever date you ask to be used on the documentation, we will still mail your pack without delay, unless instructed otherwise.

Each plot can be owned by one person only.  If you need to buy for a couple, purchase a joint pack or two single packs.

No, this is shown to demonstrate that the Deed may be displayed in a frame.

The gift packaging comprises a scarlet red paper, hand wrapped around the pack, with a length of gold ribbon folded around the package and sealed with a gold seal, embossed with the Glencoe Estates Seal "Highland Titles - Glencoe".

This is then covered with a plastic film to protect the gift wrap in transit and a label is attached to this outer covering to confirm the details of the recipient.

The risk that somebody may injure themselves on YOUR plot are slim. However Highland Titles wish to ensure that anyone who does suffer a mishap on the Keil Estate will be compensated.  We have therefore taken out  £10,000,000 of Property Owners Liability cover from FIM Services Limited (FIM) who provide specialist investment products and services in areas of sustainable forestry and renewable energy in the UK

FIM Services Ltd
Glebe Barn
Great Barrington
Burford
Oxon, OX18 4US

We advise that there is therefore no need for you to hold additional insurance to cover your estate.

Yes, it is yours after all!

We provide you with a map, map reference and full instructions on how to visit Keil Estate and your piece of Glencoe Wood.  Park your car and Glencoe wood is a short walk along a leafy lane anong the pretty Salachan Burn. Look closely in the spring and you may well see salmon running upstream to spawn!

Only in your eyes. 

The Title of Lord, Laird or Lady depends on owning a Scottish Estate.  Your Spouse or children will need to own their own piece of Scotland to have their own title. Our Joint Packs make this simple, giving each of you a plot of your own, side by side doubling your land size.

 No, Glencoe Wood lies between Glen Salachan and Glen Duror.  There is another wood in Glencoe also called Glencoe Wood and this fragment might once have been contiguous with that. Unfortunately a lot of commercial forestry now lies between our Glencoe Wood and Glencoe, comprising foreign species such as Sitka and Larch. Replacement of these commercial species with appropriate native species is one of our objectives.

As a Laird, Lord or Lady of Glencoe, you will be able to display the Glencoe Crest and wear the Glencoe Tartan which has been specially designed for us by local tartan designers "Lochalsh Weavers".  This has been registered with the official Scottish Register of Tartans exclusively for Lairds of Glencoe.  http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk

For details of the crest that you may display as a laird of Glencoe please visit our Heraldry web site  http://www.highlandtitles.com/heraldry.asp

If you change your name, for example you marry, the documents can be reissued in your new name.  This can be ordered from our Accessories page for a small sum to cover postage and the cost of printing the documents.

Because the land is transferred by Deed, anyone can own a plot and have a title!  This is a very popular Christening gift, so buy for anyone of any age with confidence.

If your order remains unpaid, you will receive a receipt with "Status: Pending Payment"

In order to pay for your order, please go to highlandtitles.com/manual_payment.asp and enter your LOG_ order number and the amount to pay.

Once your payment has been made, please email us so that we can confirm your payment has been received.

The conversion between OS and lat/long is tricky, but Scots Law requires us to define the land according to the Ordnance Survey Grid.

OS Grid References are based on 100km grid squares identified by letter-pairs, followed by digits which identify a sub-square within the grid square, as explained on the OS Interactive Guide to the National Grid. 6-digit references identify 100m grid squares; 8 digits identify 10m grid squares, and 10 digits identify 1m squares. NM9710253321 represents a 1m box with its (south-west) origin 97.102km across, 53.321km up within the NM square.

To extract the 10 digit OS reference from your Plot reference, take the example of the Plot 197102000 753321000. First remove the first digit from each 9 digit number set, to give Plot 97102000 53321000.  then remove the last three digits to give Plot 97102 53321. All our Plots are both located within the NM Square, so add NM to the start of the string to give NM 97102 53321.

Then use the simple calculator available here to convert from your 10 digit OS reference to Lat/Long, which most GPS systems will accept.

Sample Plot is WGS84 Lat/Lon 56°37′39.54″N 005°18′33.41″W
                       or OSGB36 Lat/Lon 56°37′40.13″N 005°18′29.18″W

For customers living in the United Kingdom we offer a free 0800 number (: 0800 619 81 25) 

From USA please call 011 44 1481 823937 or 8

From Australia please call 0011 44 1481 823937 or 8

Please remember that the time in the UK might be different to your time.

Every country has a different way of dialling an international number. In USA it is 011 In UK it is 00 In Australia it is 0011. This is represented as a + Then every country is represented with a number. USA is 1, UK is 44 and Australia is 61. So when we put our phone number on our web site, for anyone in the world to call, it is difficult. The convention, which we follow, is to display it as + 44 (0) 1481 823937. From USA, you would call 00 to get out of the country (that's the + Then 44 to get to UK. Then 1481 823937. But from the UK you could call either 011 (that's the +) then 44 to stay in UK, then 1481 823937. Or you could simply call 0 That's why it is in brackets - to remind people living in the UK to put it in) 1481823937. It may not be perfect. It assumes that our customers know about international dialling. But we can't think of a better way of showing our phone numbers when most of our customers live all around the world