McCaig's Tower, Oban, Argyll - a photo on Flickriver

            McCaig's Tower is a prominent tower on the hillside (called Battery Hill) overlooking Oban in Argyll, Scotland.  It is built of Bonawe Granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay on Loch Etive, from Muckairn.  It has a circumference of about 200 metres with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on top).

The structure was commissioned, at a cost of £5,000 sterling (£500,000 at 2006 prices),  by the wealthy, philanthropic banker John Stuart McCaig.

McCaig was his own architect.  The tower was erected between 1897 and his death on 29 June 1902.

McCaig's intention was to provide a lasting monument to his family, and provide work for the local stonemasons during the winter months.  McCaig was an admirer of Roman and Greek architecture , and had planned for an elaborate structure, based on the Coliseum in Rome.  His plans allowed for a museum and art gallery with a central tower to be incorporated. Inside the central tower he planned to commission statues of himself, his siblings and their parents. His death brought an end to construction with only the outer walls completed.

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Oban (show map)

Taken on: June 28, 2013

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Camera: Pentax Optio S5i, f/4.4, 1/250 sec, 14.6mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Pentax Optio S5i
Aperture:	f/4.4
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	14.6mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery14.0.8081.709
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