Stoer Lighthouse
A Stevenson lighthouse of 1870 on the cliffs of the Stoer peninsula, at the end of a single-track road with wide sea views.
At the end of a winding single-track road across the Stoer peninsula, north of Lochinver, a white lighthouse stands on the cliff-top at Stoer Head, looking out over the Minch.
It was built by the Stevenson family, Scotland's great lighthouse engineers, in 1870, and it has run without keepers since 1978.
The lighthouse marks the most westerly point of the peninsula, on a wild coast of cliffs and rocks looking out over the Minch. There is plenty of parking by the lighthouse, and campervans can stay overnight for a fee. Part of the lighthouse can even be rented.
The road there is part of a lovely drive round the coast of Assynt. Nearby are the sandy bay at Clashnessie and, further south, the white beaches of Achmelvich.
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- Where
- Stoer Head, IV27 4JH.
- Built
- 1870, by the Stevensons.
- Automated
- 1978.
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