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Balnakeil Church Ruins and Cemetery

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Balnakeil Church Ruins and Cemetery

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  • Location: Durness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    May 1, 2017

    Hiking

    Ruin of a church with great views of Balnakeil Beach and Faraid Head.
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    September 22, 2017

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    Great photo opportunities in the cemetery with the many old gravestones and the church ruins.
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    November 13, 2017

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    Here he lies, the murderer Donald McMurdo, his grave is rightly marked with a skull. He has 18 people on his conscience. But this number is not secure.
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    Elevation 10 m

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