A worker at a historic monument on the Isle of Mull fell 20ft from scaffolding yesterday – the third rescue across the north in less than 24 hours.
The man was working at the 13th century Duart Castle, which has featured in several movie productions, when he fell.
The alarm was raised around 12.30pm when the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service contacted Stornoway Coastguard for assistance alongside Tobermory and Craignure coastguard rescue teams and the Scottish Ambulance Service at the scene.
Using specialised equipment, the man was airlifted to an awaiting helimed on a stretcher and taken to hospital for further treatment. His condition remains unknown.
Around 20 hours prior to this incident, rescue workers were tasked to help a 16 year-old walker from a river gorge near Ben Nevis.
The youngster was taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh Award challenge near the UK’s highest mountain when he became trapped.
He was one of a group of about 15 on a trek near Ben Nevis.
Another member of the group walked for more than an hour to get a signal on their mobile phone to raise the alarm on Wednesday around 4.15pm.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team could not reach the trapped teenager, but Inverness Coastguard helicopter crew managed to winch him to safety.
The teenager had got stuck in a “precarious position” near a fast flowing waterfall while trying to cross the river, the coastguard said.
After some “careful manoeuvring and several attempts” on a 49m (160ft) winch line, paramedic winchman Scott Sharman was able to reach the 16-year-old.
The winchman said: “He did well to hold on in difficult conditions for nearly two hours until we arrived.
“He seemed pretty relieved to be on dry ground when we got him out.”
The teenager was taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William with mild hypothermia.
This rescue comes less than three hours before six people on board a fishing boat were rescued by a local lifeboact crew south of Barra Head.
The stricken vessel became jammed 16 miles south of the island, requesting assistance from Barra Lifeboat at 7.11pm on Wednesday.
Due to difficult weather conditions, the simple rescue mission became very complicated; lasting nearly 11 hours.
A spokesman from Barra Lifeboat said: “The difficult weather conditions made it very challenging. They arrived back safely at North Bay at around 6am.”