Oban 4

One other often overlooked feature of the Oban war memorial is the pedestal. Built in the style of a highland cairn of local stone it is beautifully proportioned and constructed, perhaps the finest of its kind in Scotland. It almost looks as though the builder selected each stone carefully by hand, considering the colour, shape and proportion of each stone before they were set in place.

Early in his career Carrick won a competition to carve sculptures depicting the McCaig family for the niches inside McCaig's Folly overlooking Oban. For some unknown reason the commission was never realised.