Stoer Head Lighthouse

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.

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Man of Stoer.

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. Old Man of Stoer is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Culkein and Clashmore.

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.

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 2 miles southeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.

Balchladich

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balchladich is a remote township in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Balchladich is situated 2 miles southeast of Stoer Head Lighthouse.

Stoer Head Lighthouse

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Sutherland, Scotland
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.24° or 58° 14′ 24″ north

Longitude

-5.40271° or 5° 24′ 10″ west

Open location code

9CCP6HRW+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 694312625

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata ID

Q2251111

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Stoer Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Stoer Head Lighthouse”
Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Stoer Head”
French: “phare de Stoer Head”
French: “Phare de Stoer Head”

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