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The peninsula is about four miles long and two miles wide. It has a number of scattered, small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin. The lighthouse is at the end of a track three miles long which branches off the B869 Lochinver to Unapool road.<ref name=walkbrit>[http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walks/walks/walk_b/1266/ The Old Man of Stoer and the Point of Stoer] - Walking Britain</ref> Further North up the coast are the [[Old Man of Stoer]] and the [[Point of Stoer]], which can easily be reached from the lighthouse on foot.<ref name=walkbrit/><ref>[http://www.british-coast-maps.com/map-stoer.jpg Map of Stoer]: British Coast Maps</ref> | The peninsula is about four miles long and two miles wide. It has a number of scattered, small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin. The lighthouse is at the end of a track three miles long which branches off the B869 Lochinver to Unapool road.<ref name=walkbrit>[http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walks/walks/walk_b/1266/ The Old Man of Stoer and the Point of Stoer] - Walking Britain</ref> Further North up the coast are the [[Old Man of Stoer]] and the [[Point of Stoer]], which can easily be reached from the lighthouse on foot.<ref name=walkbrit/><ref>[http://www.british-coast-maps.com/map-stoer.jpg Map of Stoer]: British Coast Maps</ref> | ||
| − | Around 10,000 visitors visit the lighthouse each year (necessitating the construction of a public toilet in 2013).<ref>'[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23601269 New toilet at remote Sutherland Stoer Head Lighthouse]' - BBC News 16 August 2013</ref> The two keepers' cottages are now holiday homes. | + | Around 10,000 visitors visit the lighthouse each year (necessitating the construction of a public toilet in 2013).<ref>'[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23601269 New toilet at remote Sutherland Stoer Head Lighthouse]' - BBC News 16 August 2013</ref> The two keepers' cottages are now holiday homes.<ref>{{canmore|4524|Stoer Head Lighthouse}}</ref> |
[[File:Stoer Head Lighthouse at Sunset from East 1990.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Stour Head Lighthouse]] | [[File:Stoer Head Lighthouse at Sunset from East 1990.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Stour Head Lighthouse]] | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 14 February 2019
Stoer Head is a headland north of Lochinver and the township of Stoer in Sutherland, marking the northern entrance to the Minch. A lighthouse, the Stour Head Lighthouse, stands on the point.
Geography
The peninsula is about four miles long and two miles wide. It has a number of scattered, small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin. The lighthouse is at the end of a track three miles long which branches off the B869 Lochinver to Unapool road.[1] Further North up the coast are the Old Man of Stoer and the Point of Stoer, which can easily be reached from the lighthouse on foot.[1][2]
Around 10,000 visitors visit the lighthouse each year (necessitating the construction of a public toilet in 2013).[3] The two keepers' cottages are now holiday homes.[4]
Location
- Streetmap: NC019330
- Location map: 58°14’29"N, 5°22’31"W
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stoer Head Lighthouse) |
- Stoer Peninsula on Undiscovered Scotland
- Stoer Head Lighthouse - Northern Lighthouse Board
- Stoer Head Lighthouse Accommodation
