Stoer

Stoer

Stoer

Human settlement in Scotland

For the German river, see Stör. For other uses, see Stoer (disambiguation).

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.

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The Old Man of Stoer, a 60-metre (197 feet) high stack of Torridonian sandstone

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, a sea stack, and the lighthouse on Stoer Head are directly accessible from Stoer, being less than 4 miles north/north west of the village.[1]

Rev Farquhar Matheson, minister of the parish from 1920, served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1939.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Stoer Peninsula". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Assynt & Eddrachillis". www.freechurchcontinuing.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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