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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Rock
- Description: stack in Assynt, Highland, Scotland
- Also known as: “Bodach an Stòir”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stoer Head Lighthouse.
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 1½ miles southwest of Old Man 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. Culkein is situated 2 miles southeast of Old Man of Stoer.
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. Achnacarnin is situated 2½ miles southeast of Old Man of Stoer.
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 2½ miles southeast of Old Man of Stoer.
Old Man of Stoer
- Categories: stack, climbing site, sports location, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.26094° or 58° 15′ 39″ northLongitude
-5.38288° or 5° 22′ 58″ westOpen location code
9CCP7J68+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 411745197OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbingWikidata ID
Q2412375
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Old Man of Stoer” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Cornish: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Dutch: “Old Man of Stoer”
- French: “Old Man of Stoer”
- German: “Old Man of Stoer”
- Hausa: “Tsohon Mutumin Stoer”
- Irish: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Irish: “Bodach Stòrr”
- Italian: “Old Man of Stoer”
- Manx: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bodach Stòrr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Old Man of Stoer”
- Welsh: “Bodach an Stòir”
- Welsh: “Old Man of Stoer”
- “Bodach an Stòir”
- “Old Man of Stoer”
- “Old Man of Stoer - Bodach an Stòir”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Man of Stoer and Point of Stoer.
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