Stoer

      Coordinates: 58°12′20″N 5°20′29″W / 58.20558°N 5.34147°W / 58.20558; -5.34147

      Stoer
      Scottish Gaelic: An Stòr
      Stoer is located in Sutherland
      Stoer

       Stoer shown within the Sutherland area
      OS grid reference NC037289
      Civil parish Assynt
      Council area Highland
      Lieutenancy area Sutherland
      Country Scotland
      Sovereign state United Kingdom
      Post town LAIRG
      Postcode district IV27
      Dialling code 01571
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      The Old Man of Stoer, a 60 metre (197 feet) high stack of Torridonian sandstone

      Stoer (Scottish Gaelic: An Stòr) 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.

      Norman McLeod, a presbyterian minister who led a group of emigrants to Nova Scotia and New Zealand, came from Stoer.

      The Old Man of Stoer is a stack directly accessible from Stoer, being less than 1 mile north of the village.


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      Last modified on 8 March 2013, at 23:04