Stoer Bay

Places of Interest

Clachtoll Broch

Ruins

Photo: Otter, CC BY 3.0.

Clachtoll Broch is a ruins.

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.

Soyea Island

Island

Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Soyea Island or Soyea is an uninhabited rocky island at the mouth of Loch Inver, in Assynt, Sutherland, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It is three nautical miles west of Lochinver and two nautical miles south-southwest of Achmelvich.

Places in the Area

Lochinver

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Lochinver is a small fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 651 in 2011. It's about 30 miles north of Ullapool. Lochinver starkly illustrates the plight of Scotland's fishing industry: many foreign trawlers land their catch here, but hardly any Scottish boats still operate.

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.

Clashnessie

Hamlet

Photo: Keith allwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Clashnessie is a small crofting community in the Assynt area of Sutherland on the north-west coast of Scotland. The township is scattered around the sandy beach of Clashnessie Bay and derives its name from the Gaelic clais an easaidh, meaning glen of the waterfall, referring to the waterfall at the head of the shallow glen in which most of the houses stand.

Stoer Bay

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Localities in the Area

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