Balnakeil

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = Scotland

|official_name= Balnakeil

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|gaelic_name= Baile na Cill

|population=

|os_grid_reference= NC394678

|map_type=Sutherland

|coordinates = {{coord|58.576|-4.768|display=inline,title}}

|unitary_scotland= Highland

|lieutenancy_scotland=Sutherland

|constituency_westminster=

|constituency_scottish_parliament=

|post_town= Durness

|postcode_district = IV27 4

|postcode_area= IV

|dial_code=

| static_image=Chapel Durness Scotland.JPG

| static_image_width=250px

|static_image_caption= Ruined church at Balnakeil

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Balnakeil is a hamlet in the parish of Durness, Sutherland,{{Bing maps | url = https://binged.it/2pHZxEW | title=Balnakeil | accessdate = 20 April 2017 }} Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is on the north coast of Scotland around {{convert|3/4|mi|km|abbr=off}} 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 {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=mid|-wide|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} Balnakeil Bay which the Kyle opens into.Groome.F.H (1885) 'Parish of Durness', Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, ([http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory106.html available online]). Retrieved 2013-02-20.

The peninsula of Faraid Head is to the north of Balnakeil. It was the site of a 1950s radar station and remains the range control for Ministry of Defence bombing operations in the Cape Wrath Training Area to the west.[http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/f/faraid_head/ RAF Faraid Head ('RAI') CEW R10 ROTOR Radar station], Subterranea Britannica, 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2013-02-20.

Three small lochs are to the south of Balnakeil: Loch Croispol, Loch Borralie and Loch Caladail. Durness Golf Course is to the southwest.[http://her.highland.gov.uk/hbsmrgatewayhighland/DataFiles/LibraryLinkFiles/153860.pdf Loch Borralie, Kyle of Durness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004105/http://her.highland.gov.uk/hbsmrgatewayhighland/DataFiles/LibraryLinkFiles/153860.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}, Historic Scotland, 2003. Retrieved 2013-02-20.