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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.
Stoer
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  Stoer Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC037289 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LAIRG |
| Postcode district | IV27 |
| Dialling code | 01571 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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
edit- ^ "Stoer Peninsula". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Assynt & Eddrachillis". www.freechurchcontinuing.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.