Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Oban on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the West Coast of Argyll and Bute, Britain, United Kingdom. Oban, Scottish Gaelic An t-Òban meaning The Little Bay, is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William. The town is an important ferry port: and is known as the Gateway to the Isles, with ferries sailing to the islands of Lismore, Colonsay, Islay, Coll, Tiree, to Craignure on Mull, to Castlebay on Barra and to Lochboisdale on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The most prominent attraction in Oban is McCaig's Tower which is visible from a great portion of the town. Construction of the tower began in 1897, funded by John Stuart McCaig as a way of providing work for local stonemasons and to serve as a lasting legacy for his family McCaig died in 1902, and although construction was set to continue, with McCaig promising £1000 a year for its construction to continue, his family challenged this in court and won, stopping construction. The area around Oban has a dramatic scenery of the coast and mountains. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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