Culkein

Human settlement in Scotland
Culkein Stoer is located in Sutherland
Culkein Stoer
Culkein Stoer
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC038325Council area
  • Highland
Lieutenancy area
  • Sutherland
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Scotland
58°14′16″N 5°20′37″W / 58.23777°N 5.34352°W / 58.23777; -5.34352

Culkein Stoer (Scottish Gaelic: An Cùl-cinn) is a remote former fishing village, centred on the Bay of Culkein, in Assynt in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

The Old Man of Stoer is directly accessible from Culkein, being approximately 1⁄2 mile (1 km) north west of Culkein.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Culkein". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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