Ferness (Fer Nis in Gaelic) is known to most Scots and film buffs as the seaside village that was the film location for the classic Bill Forsyth film Local Hero (based on local celebrity Denis Lawson Wedge Antilles). It is a remote township somewhere in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland and alongside Drunkenness, it forms a small number of uncharted townships in the area although it is thought to be somewhere near Lochaber, Fort William or Mallaig as the isles of Eigg and Rum can both be seen in the film.