1440s Castle Stalker on Loch Laich inlet of Loch Linnhe, Scotland, UK, Europe.

1440s Castle Stalker is a 4-story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet of Loch Linnhe, near Port Appin, Argyll, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Castle Stalker is visible from the A828 road midway between Oban and Glen Coe. It was occupied from the 1440s-1840, lost its roof, then was fully restored 1965-1974. It appeared in the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in the final scene as "The Castle of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh." The name Stalker comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning hunter or falconer.

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1440s Castle Stalker is a 4-story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet of Loch Linnhe, near Port Appin, Argyll, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Castle Stalker is visible from the A828 road midway between Oban and Glen Coe. It was occupied from the 1440s-1840, lost its roof, then was fully restored 1965-1974. It appeared in the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in the final scene as "The Castle of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh." The name Stalker comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning hunter or falconer.