In reply to annawells89:
It is very difficult to say how many non-mba bothies there are, or where. For a continuous round there are very few (that I'm aware of) that would be useful as bases for munro's (if they were useful they would / are well known). As noted above the Bible lists most of these.
It would be difficult to compile or publish an accurate definitive list as estates can open or close them as they see fit, there is no formal right to use them (as per MBA agreements with the bothies they look after with the owners permission), some could become uninhabitable very easily, and just because a building is open doesn't mean the estate intended to leave it open for public use. I've seen several reports of buildings being estate bothies for use when in actual fact they had been broken into, or the stalker, keeper or Ghyllie was on the hill/river and had left the building open for the clients later in the day. Furthermore a list could be counter productive as some estates are happy for limited usage but would not want them publicized and becoming popular, so might lock them should a list be circulated. Bear in mind Geoff Allan didn't even give the estate owners courtesy of asking them if they wanted their buildings included in his book, and also in Scotland it is (wrongly) very hard to find out whom owns some bits of land to ask, so to try and contact all owners (even if somebody did know 'them all') to confirm if they would be happy/keep their buildings open in the event somebody went to press would be a big task.
Most of the ones I know are in obscure spots, coasts, islands, moorland away from munro's.
I'm not going to let any cats-out of bags if I suggest that the following might be useful for a munro round, in no particular order:
Glas alt Sheil, Barrisdale, Carnmore, Bendronaig, Lochivroan, Corryhully
If you are not aware the YHA at Altbiethe is useful.
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