Meall a‘ Bhuic

Places of Interest

Balnakeil Church

Church

Photo: Twosugars47040, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smoo Cave

Cave

Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The cave name, which was previously known as Smow or Smo, may originate from the Norse 'smjúga' or 'smuga', meaning a narrow cleft, or hole. Smoo Cave is situated 2 miles southeast of Meall a‘ Bhuic.

Balnakeil Mill

Watermill

Photo: Donald H Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balnakeil Mill is a watermill.

Places in the Area

Balnakeil

Hamlet

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Balnakeil is a hamlet in the parish of Durness, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is on the north coast of Scotland around 3⁄4 mile northwest of Durness.

Durness

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.

Durness is a village in Sutherland on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 347 in 2011. Most of the terrain of this region is impermeable gneiss, carpeted by boggy heathland.

Achiemore

Hamlet

Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achiemore was a crofting community located on the Cape Wrath peninsula near the village of Durness in the Scottish county of Sutherland. The hamlet is just south of the farmstead of Daill on the western shore of the Kyle of Durness. Achiemore is situated 2½ miles southwest of Meall a‘ Bhuic.

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