Rustic shelters called bothies

Warnscale Head at night. Bothies, rustic shelters scattered throughout Britain, are often built with local stones and are easily camouflaged in their surrounding landscapes. Stephen Hiltner/The New York Times

By STEPHEN HILTNER Rustic shelters called bothies — more than 100 of which are scattered throughout England, Wales and Scotland — are an indispensable, if little-known, element of British hill culture.