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Abbie Meehan

The Harry Potter star who 'hides out' in remote Scottish barn near Glasgow

Easily one of the highest-earning actors on the Harry Potter set, this star now spends their time hiding out in a remote barn in the Scottish Highlands, away from the limelight.

Robbie Coltrane, best known for his performance as the friendly giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, has chosen to spend his time in a rented, run-down barn in the hills west of Glasgow.

Robbie's house sits in Killearn, Stirlingshire, and is where he spends all of his time as it was reported that the actor was diagnosed with osteoarthiritis, confining him to a wheelchair most of the time.

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Landlord Andrew Edmonstone, cousin to Duchess Camilla, has revealed all about Coltrane's £1K a month rent of the home, and has voiced concerns in regards to Robbie's current health.

In an interview with OK! Magazine, the son of the seventh baronet of Dunreath, Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Andrew revealed: "Reclusive is definitely the word I would use to describe Robbie. He is our neighbour and in fact, his barn is on the closest of our 11 farms to us here.”

“But there is no neighbourliness coming from him — not for years. Many years ago we would see him for private dinners. But that has stopped now.

"I have not seen him since a private dinner about five years ago or maybe more. It is what it is. You can take a horse to water as they say. He just does not want to be part of things in the community any longer.”

He added: "He has completely shrunken away from things. It's very sad. Unfortunately, he is not the most charitable person at all either. Every time we host a charity event, we invite him. His name is always on the list but the answer always comes back as a no.

“He really does not want to be part of the community at all. As a person, he is about as far from the generous-spirited Harry Potter character Hagrid as you could possibly imagine.

“I range the West Highland Way every day for eight months of the year. This runs right past the road which eventually leads to Robbie's house. I have not seen him in many many years.

“Not in his cars. Not walking. Not at any dinners. Indeed none of our tenants and neighbours on the entire estate have said they have seen him either in a very long while."

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