Wester Ross in Popular Culture
Wester Ross is featured in the lyrics to the song Letter from America by The Proclaimers, and Kishorn Commandos by North Sea Gas, which relate the wild lifestyle of construction workers on the Ninian Central Platform in Kishorn. Many other songs refer to or are named after areas, geographical features and villages of Wester Ross, notably Loch Maree Islands, which has been recorded by many artists including Calum Kennedy.
Major outdoor scenes in the films Stardust and The Eagle of the Ninth were shot in Wester Ross
Wester Ross is the location for the adventures of John Macnab in the book by John Buchan
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