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Oban, Mccaig's Tower
Folly (19th Century)
Site Name Oban, Mccaig's Tower
Classification Folly (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mccaig's Folly
Canmore ID 23056
Site Number NM83SE 38
NGR NM 86105 30230
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23056
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
National Library.
Country Life, 31st October 1941 - letter and photograph.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Monumental ring of Bonawe granite dominating the town, located at Duncraggan Road, Battery Hill. John Stuart McCaig (died 1902): banker and self-styled art critic and philosophical essayist. Building begun 1895. Left unfinished 1900. Two tiers of 94 pointed arches. Originally intended to feature 100-foot tower and statues of McCaig's family.
F A Walker 2000
Circumference: 200 metres. Now landscaped. Built partly to provide winter work for local stonemasons.
A Lorne Gillies 2000.
