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 dominating winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift offers it a light environment permitting the Cordyline australis hand to thrive. Situated on a protected inlet of Loch Carron, and because of the series of palm (New Zealand cabbage hand) trees which have actually dominated Harbour Street considering that the 1960s, Plockton has a distinct 'sub-tropical appearance' (Nicholson: 1975). The Church of Scotland in the village (additionally used by the Free Church of Scotland) was made by Thomas Telford. The town is a vacationer hotel. The tv series Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was shot there, alternativing to the fictional Lochdubh. Plockton was additionally made use of for different scenes in the film The Wicker Man and the Examiner Alleyn Mysteries tv series furthering its reputation.
