Plockton (Am Ploc/Ploc Loch Aillse in Gaelic) is a village in the Highlands of Scotland, with a population of 378,
It is a picturesque settlement on the shores of Loch Carron. It faces east, away from the prevailing winds, which together with the North Atlantic Drift gives it a mild climate allowing palm trees (actually cabbage trees) to grow.
Most of the houses date from the 18th and 19th centuries. It was a planned community based on fishing in an attempt to stem the tide of emigration from the Highlands. The Church of Scotland in the village (also used by the Free Church of Scotland) was designed by Thomas Telford.
The village is a popular tourist resort, especially since the filming of the TV series Hamish Macbeth which starred Robert Carlyle, in which it represented the village of Lochdubh. Plockton was also used for various scenes in the film The Wicker Man.
