Old Man of Stoer
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Stoer Head Lighthouse.
Stoer Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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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 1½ miles southwest of Old Man of Stoer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culkein and Stoer.
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. Culkein is situated 2 miles southeast of Old Man of Stoer.
Stoer
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoer is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the council area of Highland. It is located about five miles north of the village of Lochinver. Stoer is situated 4½ miles south of Old Man of Stoer.
Clachtoll
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clachtoll is a coastal fishing and crofting village situated on the Bay of Clachtoll, in the ancient parish of Assynt, Sutherland county, in the Highland Council area on the north western edge of Scotland. Clachtoll is situated 5 miles south of Old Man of Stoer.
Old Man of Stoer
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 197 feet
- Description: stack in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: stack, recreation area, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.26093° or 58° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.38289° or 5° 22′ 58″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9CCP7J68+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 70878650OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=climbing_cragOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffGeoNames ID
12613803Wikidata ID
Q2412375
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Old Man of Stoer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Old Man of Stoer”
- French: “Old Man of Stoer”
- German: “Old Man of Stoer”
- Hausa: “Tsohon Mutumin Stoer”
- Irish: “Bodach Stórr”
- Irish: “Bodach Stòrr”
- Italian: “Old Man of Stoer”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bodach Stòrr”
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