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″ northLongitude
-5.40271° or 5° 24′ 10″ westOpen location code
9CCP6HRW+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 694312625OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata 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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