Fact File

● Mccaig’s death meant money for the Folly’s completion was not available and only the outer walls were built.

● Dunstaffnage Castle was attacked by Robert the Bruce in 1308 after his famous victory over the Macdougalls at the Pass of Brander.

● Translating from the Gaelic Stalcaire as either Hunter or Falconer, Castle Stalker was a Stewart stronghold for over 200 years. Bizarrely, it was lost in 1620 in a drunken wager with the Campbells of Airds.

● Lismore’s name derives from the Gaelic lios-mor, meaning the Great Garden.

● The first car ferry linking Corran with Ardgour came into service in 1935 with room for two cars. Today, two ferries carry around 250,000 cars each year.

The twin-peaked mountain of Beinn a’ Bheithir rises from Ballachullish

Oban is hailed as Scotland’s Seafood Capital and the Gateway to the Isles