Old Man of Storr rock formation, Isle of Skye, Scotland , United Kingdom

Morning view of Old Man of Storr rocks formation and lake Scotland. The one of the most photographed wonders in the Scotland.

Old Man of Storr

The Old Man of Storr on the Trotternish Ridge is probably the most famous walk, and definitely the busiest attraction, on the Isle of Skye. The Old Man (Bodach an Stòr in Gaelic), is a 55-metre-high pinnacle of basalt rock which is all that remains of a 2,800-million-year-old volcanic plug.

 

 

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Old Man of Storr rock formation, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Landscape view of Old Man of Storr rock formation and lake, Scotland, United Kingdom

 

Old Man of Storr rock formation, Isle of Skye, Scotland

The rugged terrain seen here is the result of lava tubes cooling and eroding over millions of years—evidence of the extinct volcanic complex that gradually formed the Isle of Skye. This largest island of the Inner Hebrides is defined by its knurled coastline of peninsulas and inlets, its irregular shape on a map often compared to a contorted wing or claw. Angular obstacles are scattered all over its surface, too, such as the fingerlike Old Man of Storr shown in our picture.

 

The Old Man of Storr

rises 55m from the earth and overlooks the Sound of Raasay to the east

 

 

 

Old Man of Storr viewpoint (lower)

 

Steps up to the Storr pinnacles, Old Man, and upper viewpoints

 

Path to the upper viewpoint

From the top, you can see a panorama of the Old Man of Storr, the dramatic mountainous landscape, and beyond towards the lochs and rolling hills of Skye.

 

View of the Old Man from Loch Fada

 

Quiraing

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Sheep are free in Quiraing. They climb wherever they like for the precious grass.

 

The ‘sea window’ at Duntulm Castle

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Suprisingly, the spot itself has no specific magical background. 

There are no known storytelling histories of fairies in this exact area.

But it's called the Fairy Glen because of the unusual landscape formation.

The peculiar formation of the peaks and dips of the hillside landscape was actually caused by a landslip.

Fairy Glen

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The Fairy Glen

Described by some as a mini-Quiraing, this small and magical feature of the Island, dotted with gnarled rowan trees, was formed over 100,000 years ago by post-Glacier landslides, while years of erosion and the elements sculpted the Torridonian sandstone into unusual patterns of cone-shaped craggy hillocks, random boulders, tranquil lochans and even a basalt castl

 

Fairy Glen: Scotland’s Enchanted Landslip

 

The road to Glen Brittle with The Cuillin hills in the background on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

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