Stoer (Scotland)
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Stoer Scottish Gaelic An Stòr |
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 12 ′ N , 5 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | LAIRG | ||
| ZIP code section | IV27 | ||
| prefix | 01571 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | ||
Stoer ( Scottish Gaelic An Stòr ) is a place in the district of Assynt in the west of the county Sutherland in the Council Area Highland in the Highlands in north-west Scotland .
The place is about 12 kilometers north of Lochinver and can be reached via the B869 road . This road is part of the North Coast 500 , a holiday route running along Scotland's north coast. A spur road branches off north of Stoer to the lighthouse of Stoer Head, from there you can reach the Old Man of Stoer via a seven-kilometer-long footpath , an approximately 60-meter-high pier off the coast.
There are some beaches all around, such as Stoer Bay, Clashnessie , Achmelvich and a few others. Thanks to the Gulf Stream , the climate is temperate and relatively mild.
Norman McLeod, a Presbyterian pastor who led a group of emigrants to Nova Scotia and New Zealand , was from Stoer.
The remains of the Clachtoll Broch , an Iron Age fortress, are located on an island off the coast at the southern end of Stoer Bay .
Today's Stoer House as a rectory and the church of Stoer Church were probably built by Thomas Telford between 1828 and 1829 as one of 32 parliamentary churches . At times the church was too small for the population then resident in the area, which made it necessary to hold services outside the church when the weather was suitable. In 1970 the roof of the church, which now only exists as a ruin, was removed, and in 1972 it was damaged by fire. The post office formerly located in Stoer and other offices are now closed.
Web links
- Stoer on undiscoveredscotland.co.uk (English)
- Stoer on website information about Lochinver Scotland (English)
- Description of the church and cemetery on scottishchurch.org.uk (English)
- Listed Building Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- Description of the church and graves in the cemetery on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
Individual evidence
- ↑ walkhighlands.co.uk: The Old Man of Stoer and the point , accessed April 3, 2017
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- ↑ a b The Northern Time, April 25, 2013: "Uproar at plans to turn Stoer church into holiday home"