Crossword-Solution: STAC 4 letters, 49 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

The fish in Havelok’s basket would be what the Dutch call _gevelvormig_, or formed like a gable, or like the peaked end of a _stack_ of hay or corn, whence the author’s expression--_giueled als a stac_, piled up in the shape of a stack.

The south side of Gairloch--Shieldaig--Leac nan Saighead--Badachro--Loch Bad na h' Achlais--Port Henderson--Opinan--Cave--South Erradale--Ancient ironworks--Point--Views--North side of Gairloch--Achtercairn--Strath--Carn Dearg--Little Sand farm--Big Sand--Iron furnace--North Erradale--Wonderful cave--Peterburn--Altgreshan--Melvaig--The Leac--Rudha Reidh--Stac Buidhe--Other drives--Tour of Loch Maree--Boating expeditions--Walks--Geikie on geological features 327 CHAPTER XI.--EXCURSIONS FROM POOLEWE.

The Torridon sandstone appears on Ruadh Stac or Red Peak, which bears an appropriate title, and possibly on the very crown of the Maiden.

Its noble centre-piece is the fine peak of Ruadh Stac of Beinn Eighe, which is the highest summit in Gairloch parish, and attains an altitude of 3309 feet.

After passing the Glas Leitire woods, Glen Grudidh opens out; the transition from the lovely woods to this wild lonely glen is indeed a transformation scene! The view looking up Glen Grudidh is one of the finest in the country; the herbage assumes, particularly in autumn, a ruddy golden hue, contrasting wonderfully with the blue-grey boulders scattered upon it, and the steep blue peak of Ruadh Stac--the highest summit in Gairloch parish--and of Liathgach which form the background.