Stoer Head Lighthouse
Stoer Head Lighthouse is a building in Highland Council, Scotland. Stoer Head Lighthouse is situated nearby to the cliff Old Man of Stoer, as well as near the village Culkein.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stoer Head Lighthouse and Old Man of Stoer.
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.
Old Man of Stoer
Cliff
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. Old Man of Stoer is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.
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 east of Stoer Head Lighthouse.
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 3½ miles southeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.
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 4 miles southeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.
Stoer Head Lighthouse
- Type: Building
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.24° or 58° 14′ 24″ northLongitude
-5.40262° or 5° 24′ 9″ westOpen location code
9CCP6HQW+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 209243513OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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