Plockton
Plockton is a town in the Highlands of Scotland in Lochalsh, Wester Ross with a population of 378. Plockton is a negotiation on the shores of Loch Carron. It deals with eastern, far from the dominating winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a light climate allowing the Cordyline australis palm to prosper. Situated on a protected inlet of Loch Carron, and also because of the series of hand (New Zealand cabbage palm) trees which have dominated Harbour Street because the 1960s, Plockton has an unique 'sub-tropical look' (Nicholson: 1975). The Church of Scotland in the village (also made use of by the Free Church of Scotland) was designed by Thomas Telford. The town is a traveler resort. The tv collection Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was shot there, substituting for the imaginary Lochdubh. Plockton was also used for different scenes in the movie The Wicker Man as well as the Assessor Alleyn Mysteries tv collection enhancing its reputation.