Balnakeil Mill

Balnakeil Mill is a watermill in Highland Council, Scotland. Balnakeil Mill is situated nearby to the building Balnakeil House, as well as near Balnakeil Church.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balnakeil Church and Smoo Cave.

Balnakeil Church

Church

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Balnakeil Church is situated 340 feet north of Balnakeil Mill.

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 Balnakeil Mill.

Durness Smoo Youth Hostel

Hostel

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Durness Smoo Youth Hostel is situated 2 miles southeast of Balnakeil Mill.

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

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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

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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 Mill.

Balnakeil Mill

Type: Watermill
Description: architectural structure in Highland, Scotland, UK
Categories: building and industry
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.57522° or 58° 34′ 31″ north

Longitude

-4.76791° or 4° 46′ 5″ west

Open location code

9CCQH6GJ+3R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 114102693

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=watermill

Wikidata ID

Q17827576

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