Stoer
From Wikishire
| Stoer Gaelic: An Stòr | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 Clachtoll Bay near Stoer | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC037289 |
| Location: | 58°12’20"N, 5°20’29"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lairg |
| Postcode: | IV27 |
| Dialling code: | 01571 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Stoer is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, in western Sutherland. It stands on Stoer Head, a rocky peninsula on the west coast of the county at the northern opening of the Minch.
The village of Lochinver is about five miles to the south.
The Old Man of Stoer, a sea stack, and the Stoer Head Lighthouse are directly accessible from Stoer, being less than four miles north/north west of the village.
Miscellany
Norman McLeod, a Presbyterian minister who led a group of emigrants to Nova Scotia and New Zealand, came from Stoer.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stoer) |
