UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Islands
Stac Biorach
Stac Biorach in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
Getting there & planning your visit
Stac Biorach is located in the Scottish Islands, but there is no nearest railway station or postcode provided for access. Please plan accordingly as it may be remote and not easily reachable by public transport.
About
Stac Biorach is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Stac Biorach (Scottish Gaelic: "sharply pointed stack") is a sea stack, 73 metres (240 ft) tall, situated in the Sound of Soay between the islands of Hirta and Soay in the St Kilda archipelago of Scotland. It lies west of the 62 metres (203 ft) high Stac Shoaigh. Regarded by the St Kildans as the most challenging of their stacks to climb, it was nonetheless an important source of food. The first written records date from the second half of the 17th century and the first recreational ascent took place in 1883. It is now part of the St Kilda World Heritage Site and in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.
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Background
History
The stack has never been inhabited, but has contributed considerably to the local economy by supplying the St Kildans with sea birds and their eggs. In the 19th century the St Kildans were observed collecting eggs from here in baskets like flat-bottomed bee hives, each of 17 baskets holding about 400 guillemot eggs. Also known as "Thumb Stack" because the only holds on the rock are no bigger than a thumb, it was "regarded as the most difficult and dangerous to climb" and "one which only a few of the natives could lead." Quine (2000) describes the stack as "almost inaccessible" and adds that "even the St Kildans stopped climbing it around 1840".
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- Coordinates
- 57.8289, -8.6217
Sources
- wikidata: Q3778175 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stac Biorach (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stac Biorach?
- Stac Biorach is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- What is Stac Biorach?
- Stac Biorach in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Stac Biorach?
- Its coordinates are 57.8289°, -8.6217°.
- Who owns Stac Biorach?
- Stac Biorach is owned by National Trust for Scotland.