Stoer Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Stoer
Gaelic Name:An Stòr
Os Grid Reference:NC037289
Map Type:Sutherland
Coordinates:58.2056°N -5.3415°W
Post Town:LAIRG
Postcode District:IV27
Postcode Area:IV
Dial Code:01571

Stoer (Gaelic; 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, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stoer Peninsula . www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk . Undiscovered Scotland . 13 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Assynt & Eddrachillis . www.freechurchcontinuing.org . 13 October 2020.