Mccaig's Tower, Oban is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Monument.

Mccaig's Tower, Oban

WRENN ID: vacant-flint-frost
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Argyll and Bute
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 20 July 1971
Type: Monument
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

John Stuart McCaig, begun 1897. Circular screen comprised of continuous pointed-arch arcading in 2 tiers over partially exposed

foundation tier, built onto rock. Cruachan granite, bull-faced

squared and snecked to exterior, hammer dressed random rubble to interior. Round-arched main entrance with keystone in crenellated raised section to E, 2 pointed windows over arch with commemorative plaque between. Continuous band course cill to lower arches, continuous moulded string course cill and eaves detail above. Natural rock floor to interior.

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