McCaig's Tower

Local nameMcCaig's Tower
LocationEdinburgh, UK

McCaig's Tower, also known as McCaig's Folly, is a prominent tower on Battery Hill overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches. It is a Grade B Listed historic monument.

The structure was commissioned, at a cost of £5,000 sterling, by the wealthy, philanthropic banker, John Stuart McCaig.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCaig's_Tower

Official Website http://www.obanargyll.com/mccaigs-tower.html

More Info at Visit Scotland https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/mccaigs-tower-p255141

Address Duncraggan Road, Oban PA34 5DP, United Kingdom

Coordinates 56°24'56.225" N -5°28'8.836" E

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