Balnakeil Craft Village

Balnakeil Craft Village is a hamlet in Highland Council, Scotland. Balnakeil Craft Village is situated near the hamlet Sangomor, as well as near the locality Aodann Mhòr.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Balnakeil Church and Balnakeil Mill.

Balnakeil Church

Church

Photo: Twosugars47040, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balnakeil Mill

Watermill

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

Balnakeil Mill is a watermill.

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 1½ miles east of Balnakeil Craft Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnakeil and Durness.

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 2 miles west of Balnakeil Craft Village.

Balnakeil Craft Village

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.57006° or 58° 34′ 12″ north

Longitude

-4.76397° or 4° 45′ 50″ west

Open location code

9CCQH6CP+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 802847536

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sangomor and Aodann Mhòr.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Balnakeil Motorhome Stopover and Loch Croispol.

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