Towering over Battery Hill, Oban, McCaig’s Tower is one of the most peculiar sights in Scotland. Also known as McCaig’s Folly, although locals do not approve of this name, the tower is a historic monument with an interesting story. As the name suggests, the idea for the tower belonged to one John Stuart McCaig, a wealthy philanthropist who lived in the 19th century. The tower cost McCaig at least 5000 pounds which is the equivalent of nearly 600,000 pounds today. Although McCaig never saw the end result of his effort and money, the tower has been an official historic monument since the 70s and the icon of Oban, Scotland for more than a century.

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McCaig’s Tower obviously takes inspiration from Rome’s Colosseum and in a way looks like it. This is because John McCaig was an avid fan of Roman and Greek architecture. He consciously designed the tower to look like a Roman structure. Moreover, true to a Roman temple fashion, he wanted to fill a part of the tower with statues of him and his family. However, this did not happen due to some issues.
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