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Have your cremated remains scattered in Scotland

Do you or a loved one have a deep connection with the Scottish Highlands?

Are you an avid Harry Potter or Outlander fan?

Are you Scottish…even if just in your heart?

After you depart from this world, would you or a loved one want to be scattered in Scotland? If the answer is “yes,” then Pollen can help you!

Where We Go

Mainland Scotland

$2,000 USD

  • Many options and days to choose from
  • Hills, Lochs, Historic areas
  • Certificate of Scatter
  • Placement on Registry

Scottish Isles

$2,500 USD

  • Choice of Moray, Firth, Isle of Skye, Isle of Seil, inner Hebrides & Isle of Mull
  • Certificate of Scatter
  • Placement on Registry

Orkney & Shetland

$3,500

  • Summers Only
  • Choice of Orkney or Shetland Islands
  • Certificate of Scatter
  • Placement on Registry

Family Care

Courier Partnership

Pollen Partners with a courier that is family owned and operating in the US and the UK. Your loved one will be taken care of as if they were our own.

Personal Scattering

Pollen has scheduled monthly scattering weekends. Loved ones are stored in “The Hive” until they are taken on their final scheduled journey.

Personal Pickup

Pollen picks up from the courier personally and stores in a locked safe at “The Hive.”

Family Owned & Operated

Pollen is family owned and operated. Know that when you speak to Pollen, you’re speaking to a human who is experienced in the death care industry, and operates as such, with your families best interest in mind.

Inquire with Pollen today.

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Let us bring your mum home.

Upcoming Dates

January - May

Jan 31-Feb 1: Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders This historic frontier region was fiercely defended by the Border Reivers including Clan Armstrong, Clan Elliot, and Clan Scott, whose fortified peel towers still dot the rolling hills between Scotland and England. The gentle River Tweed valleys and ancient abbey ruins offer a peaceful farewell where your loved one’s ashes can rest in the borderlands that shaped Scotland’s identity.

Dunnottar Castle This dramatic clifftop fortress near Stonehaven was the ancestral seat of the Earls Marischal and Clan Keith, who defended Scotland’s crown jewels here against Cromwell’s army in 1651. The rugged North Sea cliffs and ancient ruins create a powerful setting for scattering, where your loved one’s ashes can join centuries of Scottish history carried on fierce coastal winds.

Shell House This ornate 18th-century folly in the grounds of Gosford House was built within the East Lothian territories of Clan Seton and Clan Hamilton, whose noble families shaped the region’s grand estates. The whimsical grotto adorned with thousands of seashells offers an enchanting and intimate garden setting, perfect for a gentle farewell surrounded by artistry and natural beauty.

This vast triangular inlet of the North Sea stretches along lands historically dominated by Clan Mackintosh, Clan Fraser, and Clan Gordon, who controlled the fertile coastal plains and strategic harbors from Inverness to Fraserburgh. The firth’s protected waters, home to dolphins and seals, offer a living memorial where your loved one’s ashes can join the rich marine ecosystem of Scotland’s largest bay.

This ancient glacial loch, carved by ice along the Great Glen geological fault, was known to the Picts who carved mysterious beast symbols on standing stones around its shores over 1,500 years ago, and later became the heartland of Clan Fraser of Lovat, whose territories stretched along the loch from their stronghold at Beaufort Castle, while Clan Grant held nearby Urquhart Castle on the loch’s shores for 400 years.
The deep, dark waters of Scotland’s most mysterious loch offer a profound setting where your loved one’s ashes can rest in waters that have captured imaginations for millennia, surrounded by ancient Highland peaks and the timeless beauty that has drawn pilgrims and seekers throughout history.

This dramatic landscape features Bealach na Ba (“Pass of the Cattle”), Scotland’s highest road pass at 626m, built in 1877 to connect the previously isolated Applecross peninsula, within lands that were historically held by Clan MacKenzie from the late 16th century, while the fierce MacRaes served as their “shirt of mail” and hereditary constables of nearby Eilean Donan Castle, all set among the ancient Torridon Giants – Liathach, Beinn Alligin, and Beinn Eighe – formed from 750-million-year-old Torridonian sandstone.

The towering peaks and sweeping vistas from Bealach na Ba offer an extraordinary setting where your loved one’s ashes can join the ancient mountains and ever-changing Highland light, becoming part of a landscape that embodies the wild, timeless spirit of Scotland.

June - September

June 27-28: Isle of Seil and Inner Hebrides

Isle of Seil This “Bridge Over the Atlantic” island in Argyll was historically part of Clan MacDougall territory, whose chiefs controlled these slate-rich Inner Hebridean waters from their strongholds at Dunollie and Gylen castles. The island’s abandoned slate quarries now filled with crystal-clear turquoise water create a uniquely beautiful and contemplative setting for scattering, where industrial heritage meets natural reclamation.

Inner Hebrides Waterways These sheltered sea passages between Scotland’s western isles were historically controlled by the Lords of the Isles (Clan Donald) and contested by seafaring clans including MacDougall, MacLean, and MacNeill, whose birlinns (galleys) ruled these waters for centuries. The protected sounds and sea lochs offer a maritime farewell where currents weave between mystical islands, allowing your loved one’s ashes to travel the ancient sailing routes of the Highland clans.

Orkney Islands These northern isles beyond Scotland’s mainland were ruled by Norse earls for centuries before passing to Clan Sinclair, Earls of Orkney, who controlled this strategic archipelago from Kirkwall’s St. Magnus Cathedral. The ancient Neolithic sites like Skara Brae combined with endless summer light create a timeless setting where your loved one’s ashes can rest among 5,000 years of human history at the edge of the North Atlantic.

Shetland Islands Britain’s northernmost archipelago remained under Norse rule until 1472, later governed by Scottish lairds including Clan Bruce and Clan Sinclair, though the islands maintained their distinct Viking heritage and udal law. The dramatic cliffs, pristine beaches, and meeting point of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean offer an untamed farewell where your loved one can join the winds and waters that connect Scotland to Scandinavia.

The largest island of the Inner Hebrides was the stronghold of Clan MacLeod at Dunvegan and Clan Donald (MacDonald) at Armadale, whose fierce rivalry shaped centuries of Highland history across this mystical landscape. The island’s dramatic Cuillin peaks, ethereal fairy pools, and rugged coastline create an otherworldly setting where your loved one’s ashes can rest among the most breathtaking scenery in all of Scotland.

October - December

Oct 3-4: Three Sisters and Rannoch Moor

The Three Sisters of Glencoe were formed 380 million years ago by volcanic eruptions and cauldron subsidence, creating ridges of ignimbrite and rhyolite that tower above the glen, where on February 13, 1692, government soldiers commanded by Robert Campbell of Glenlyon massacred 38 members of Clan MacDonald after accepting their hospitality for two weeks, violating Highland laws of hospitality in what became known as the Massacre of Glencoe, while to the south lies Rannoch Moor, Britain’s largest blanket bog covering 50 square miles, formed 12,000 years ago when melting ice left a watery plateau of granite dotted with countless lochans and thick peat.

Between the ancient volcanic peaks of the Three Sisters, where the Hidden Valley once concealed stolen cattle, and the vast wilderness of Rannoch Moor, one of Europe’s last truly wild places, your loved one’s ashes can rest in a landscape both beautiful and haunting, where Highland mists and winds carry the echoes of history across timeless mountains and endless moorland.

This picturesque fishing village on Loch Broom was established in 1788 as a herring port within the ancestral lands of Clan MacKenzie and Clan Munro, who long controlled this strategic northwest Highland harbor. The sheltered sea loch surrounded by dramatic mountains provides a serene farewell where Highland and ocean meet, offering both intimacy and the vast expanse of the Minch stretching toward the Hebrides.

Built around 1793 by Captain David Brodie after Thomas Telford dismissed this narrow inlet as a “terrible spot,” these 330 flagstone steps carved into the cliff face served the herring fishing industry for over 150 years, in lands that were the domain of Clan Gunn, the fierce Norse-descended warriors who held Caithness from their clifftop strongholds and feuded with neighboring Clan Sinclair and Clan Keith for centuries.
These dramatic steps, where generations of fisherwomen once hauled heavy creels of herring up 250-foot cliffs, offer a powerful connection to Scotland’s maritime heritage, with the wild North Sea winds carrying your loved one’s ashes along the rugged Caithness coast where seabirds wheel and waves crash eternally against ancient stone.

Loch Lomond, Britain’s largest loch by surface area at 71 square kilometers, was carved by glaciers that dug 600 meters deep into ancient Highland schist along the Highland Boundary Fault—the geological divide between Highland and Lowland Scotland, its shores controlled for centuries by Clan Colquhoun from their seat at Rossdhu near Luss, who suffered devastating losses in 1603 when 400 MacGregor clansmen attacked at Glen Fruin, killing over 200 Colquhouns in retaliation for the hanging of two MacGregors, while to the north, the Falls of Falloch tumble 30 feet into a pool known as “Rob Roy’s Bathtub,” where the famous outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor bathed while evading government forces.

Between the bonnie banks of Scotland’s largest loch, with its 30 islands and ancient crannogs, and the thundering Falls of Falloch that poets like Dorothy Wordsworth praised for their beauty, your loved one’s ashes can rest where Highland and Lowland meet, carried by waters that flow from mountain falls to peaceful loch, through landscapes that have inspired Scotland’s most beloved songs and stories.