Corrour Bothy its local dialect— suggest an alternative origin for the place name as a shelter for the currour or forester's assistant. In the author writes that the people of mar used Coirie Odhar as a summer shieling for their cattle in the early part of the nineteenth century, but in the later part "the area was kept clear for deer". The original bothy was built in 1877 to house a deer watcher during the summer, and it housed several including Charles Robertson, John Macintosh, and Frank Scott before the estate stopped using the bothy in the 1920s. In the author gives
Corrour Bothy Corrour Bothy Corrour Bothy is a simple stone building on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located below Coire Odhar between The Devil's Point and Cairn Toul on the western side of the River Dee in the Lairig Ghru. The bothy is a single room with a fireplace and chimney in its northern gable. Its dimensions are 6m by 3.6m . There is a toilet in the wooden extension to the building. It is used as a mountain refuge and as a starting point for ascents of Munros including The Devil's Point, Cairn Toul, and Braeriach. The name "Corrour"