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 encounters eastern, far from the dominating winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a moderate climate enabling the Cordyline australis hand to thrive. Positioned on a sheltered inlet of Loch Carron, and due to the series of palm (New Zealand cabbage palm) trees which have controlled Harbour Street considering that the 1960s, Plockton has a distinct 'sub-tropical look' (Nicholson: 1975). The Church of Scotland in the town (additionally used by the Free Church of Scotland) was developed by Thomas Telford. The village is a tourist resort. The tv collection Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was filmed there, alternativing to the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was additionally utilized for different scenes in the movie The Wicker Man and also the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries television series furthering its credibility.