What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnakeil, Durness Parish Church as Church (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Balnakeil is associated with St. Keyl, a 6th-century Irish monk and one of the early Pictish saints. The site is linked to local traditions of healing and pilgrimage, with the nearby Balnakeil Bay believed to have been a significant early Christian settlement.
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Places near here
Balnakeil ChurchRuins · 6 yd
Balnakeil HouseLairds House (18th Century) (1744) · 103 yd
Balnakeil MillWatermill (19th Century) · 116 yd
BalnakeilHuman Remains (period Unassigned) · 222 yd
BurragaigBay · 1466 yd
Geodha BratBay · 1624 yd
A' ChlèitIslet · 1.0 mi
Eilean DubhIslet · 1.0 mi
Geopark: Kyle of DurnessVisitor information · 1.9 mi
Gustav Pederson: Faraid Head, AtlanticSchooner (19th Century) · 2.0 mi
Beinn an AmairMountain / peak · 2.7 mi