Balnakeil
Local name: Baile na Cille
Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°34′33″ N 4°46′03″ W
- Elevation
- 10 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Balnakeil
Balnakeil is a village. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 10 m.
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 (1.2 kilometres) northwest of Durness. The ruin of Balnakeil Church is a scheduled monument. The Kyle of Durness is west of Balnakeil which gives its name to the two-mile-wide (three-kilometre) Balnakeil Bay which the Kyle opens into. The peninsula of Faraid Head is to the north of Balnakeil.
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In comparison
- Nearest larger town: Durness, 1 km SE
- 33 sights and natural places within 10 km Durness Golf Course, Meall a' Bhuic
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Durness Golf Course Mountain, Highland1.3 km W
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Meall a' Bhuic Mountain, Highland1.4 km N
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Eilean Dubh Island, Scotland1.8 km W
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Kyle of Durness Natural site, Highland3 km W
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Faraid Head Natural site, Highland3.1 km N
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Clach Mhor na Faraid Mountain, Scotland2.6 km N
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