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 coasts of Loch Carron. It encounters east, far from the dominating winds, which along with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild climate enabling the Cordyline australis hand to succeed. Located on a sheltered inlet of Loch Carron, and also due to the series of hand (New Zealand cabbage palm) trees which have controlled Harbour Street given that the 1960s, Plockton has a distinct '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 visitor hotel. The tv series Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was recorded there, substituting for the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was also utilized for various scenes in the film The Wicker Man and the Assessor Alleyn Mysteries tv series furthering its reputation.