Loch Caladail

Loch Caladail is in Highland Council, Scotland. Loch Caladail is situated nearby to Durness Church of Scotland, as well as near Durness Firestation ‘Charlie53’.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smoo Cave and Balnakeil Church.

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 1½ miles east of Loch Caladail.

Balnakeil Church

Church

Photo: Twosugars47040, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balnakeil Church is situated 1¼ miles north of Loch Caladail.

Balnakeil Mill

Watermill

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

Balnakeil Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1¼ miles north of Loch Caladail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durness and Balnakeil.

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.

Balnakeil

Hamlet

Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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 west of Loch Caladail.

Loch Caladail

Type: Body of water
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.55802° or 58° 33′ 29″ north

Longitude

-4.75765° or 4° 45′ 28″ west

Open location code

9CCQH65R+6W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 20823924

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Durness Church of Scotland and Durness Firestation ‘Charlie53’.

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