Point of Stoer
Point of Stoer is a point in Highland Council, Scotland. Point of Stoer is situated nearby to the village Culkein, as well as near the hamlet Achnacarnin.- Type: Point
- Description: cape in Assynt, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Ru Ear”, “Ru Stoer”, and “Rubha an Stòir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Man of Stoer and Stoer Head Lighthouse.
Old Man of Stoer
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Old Man of Stoer is a 60-metre-high sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and Stoer and the nearby Stoer Head Lighthouse. It is a popular climbing route.
Stoer Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stoer Head Lighthouse was built on Stoer Head by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson in 1870 after being identified as one of forty-five sites in Scotland where a lighthouse was necessary to protect shipping. Stoer Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles west of Point of Stoer.
Eilean Chrona
Islet
Photo: Gerald England, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilean Chrona is an islet, which is situated 2 miles east of Point of Stoer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culkein and Achnacarnin.
Culkein
Village
Photo: M Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culkein Stoer is a remote former fishing village, centred on the Bay of Culkein, in Assynt in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Achnacarnin
Hamlet
Achnacarnin is a village on the headland of Point of Stoer in Lairg, Sutherland, within the Scottish local authority area of the Highland Council.
Clashmore
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clashmore is a scattered township in Assynt, in Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated on the Rubha Stoer, 10 km north west of Lochinver, overlooking Loch na Claise. Clashmore is situated 1½ miles south of Point of Stoer.
Point of Stoer
- Categories: cape and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Point of Stoer” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Rubha an Stòir”
- Cebuano: “Point of Stoer”
- Cornish: “Rubha an Stòir”
- Irish: “Rubha an Stòir”
- Manx: “Rubha an Stòir”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Point of Stoer”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha an Stòir”
- Swedish: “Point of Stoer”
- Welsh: “Pwynt Stoer”
- Welsh: “Rubha an Stòir”
- “Point of Stoer”
- “Point of Stoer - Rubha an Stòir”
- “Rubha an Stòir”
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