Port Stoth

Port Stoth, known locally as Stoth and pronounced Stow,^[1] is a sheltered inlet just southeast of the Butt of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.^[2] It is the most northerly landing in the Outer Hebrides.^[3] A track leads down to a slipway which runs across the sandy beach.^[4]

Port Stoth
Port Stoth Location in the Outer Hebrides
Location	Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK Grid Reference NB524659
Coordinates	58.510701°N 6.251169°W / 58.510701; -6.251169

Port Stoth is about 400 yards (370 m) from the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse.^[5] All the materials for the construction of the lighthouse (between 1859 and 1862) were brought by ship and landed in Port Stoth, due to lack of road infrastructure.^[6] The port continued to play an important role in bringing supplies to the lighthouse^[1] until about 1960.^[6] Supplies and fuel were brought in small cargo vessels when the weather allowed, and were unloaded in Port Stoth by crane. The concrete base still remains, as does a brick storage building.^[1]

There is a brick building to the North side of Stoth where shellfish was landed and there are the remains of a hoist fixed to the shore below.

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  Slipway onto the beach
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  View showing brick storage building
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  View from the cliff top
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  View from north of the track