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McCaig's Tower〔(Dictionary of Scottish Architects - Basic Site Details )〕 is a prominent tower on Battery Hill〔(National Library of Scotland 1867 Townplan of Oban (Zoomed on The Battery) )〕 overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with 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 using GDP deflator), by the wealthy, philanthropic banker (North of Scotland Bank), John Stuart McCaig. John Stuart McCaig was his own architect.〔(Dictionary of Scottish Architects - Basic Biographical Details )〕 The tower was erected between 1897 and his death, aged 78 from Angina Pectoris, on 29 June 1902 at John Square House,〔(National Library of Scotland 1867 Townplan of Oban (Zoomed on John Square) )〕 Oban, Argyll. 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 Colosseum 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. ==Legacy== The empty shell of the tower dominates the Oban skyline, and is now a public garden with magnificent views to the islands of Kerrera, Lismore and Mull. The first marriage to be conducted in McCaig's Tower was between Oban High School teachers Jim Maxwell and Margaret Milligan and was reported in the Oban Times published 11 July 2003.〔(Oban Times Archive 2003 - Two for the tower )〕 Also reported in the Oban Times drinking of alcohol is prohibited in the tower under local by-laws.〔(Oban Times Archive 2004 - Police announce drinking in public clampdown )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McCaig's Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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