Castle Stalker (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about mid-way between Oban and Glen Coe. The islet is accessible (with difficulty) from the shore at low tide. The name "Stalker" comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning "hunter" or "falconer", and should therefore be pronounced stal-ker, with the l sounded, not as in the pronunciation of the English word "stocker" and some L-dropping accents' pronunciation of "stalker".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Stalker
I love how Wikipedia also includes the proper pronunciation for the Gaelic word, I remember when a Northern Englishman was in town and remarked on how I said the word "bomber" funnily by enunciating the bomB- er and he said it was "bomer". Thank you Marte for this dreamy castle and I hope you found some butterbeer from Hogsmeade...I'm sure it must have been nearby just got to look in the right place :p
and Thank you Royal Mail for the sticker on my stamp -.-
Received: 29 July 2013
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