A woman believed to be the oldest person in Scotland has died at the age of 108. 

Elizabeth Cockburn, who lived to see six generations of her family grow up, passed away in sheltered accommodation on Sunday.

She lived most of her life in a remote cottage at New Byth, near Turriff, with no electricity and no running water.

The great-great-great grandmother finally moved into a sheltered housing complex in Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire a few months before her 101st birthday.

She had to learn how to work phones, fridges and washing machines and swapped an outside bathroom for one inside the house.

Elizabeth met her late husband, George, when she worked at the croft as the family housekeeper.

They later married and brought up four children together until he died in 1950.

The family had to walk half a mile to the nearest well for water and another mile to the nearest garage to charge up their house battery for power.

Several times a week she walked the mile-and-a-half round trip to the main road to catch the bus to Turriff for her shopping.

She dug vegetable plots and even looked after some cattle on the farm.

Grandson Norman Cockburn, 53, said: "As every year passed by, we kept wondering how long she had left. But she would just keep on going.

"She kept in great health like her mother and with very little complaint. She carried on her hobbies and was still knitting away three weeks ago.

"She had lived in her croft for 78 years so we got a shock when she finally agreed to stay in sheltered housing.

"Until then, she had never used a TV before but took to it straight away.

"She was also very taken with having a bathroom inside because she had used an outdoor toilet all her life."

She is survived by seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.