Plockton
Plockton is a village in the Highlands of Scotland in Lochalsh, Wester Ross with a population of 378. Plockton is a settlement on the shores of Loch Carron. It deals with eastern, far from the prevailing winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a moderate environment allowing the Cordyline australis hand to succeed. Positioned on a protected inlet of Loch Carron, and also as a result of the collection of hand (New Zealand cabbage palm) trees which have controlled Harbour Street because the 1960s, Plockton has a distinctive 'sub-tropical look' (Nicholson: 1975). The Church of Scotland in the town (additionally used by the Free Church of Scotland) was made by Thomas Telford. The town is a vacationer hotel. The television series Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was filmed there, replacementing for the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was additionally used for various scenes in the movie The Wicker Man as well as the Examiner Alleyn Mysteries television collection furthering its reputation.