Durness Area

Including: Laid, Loch Eriboll and Balnakeil

Telephone Code (+44) 1971 from outwith Britain

From within Britain 01971
Durness  Area, Sutherland

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  • Arts/Crafts

    Printmakers Gallery, Balnakeil Craft Village, Durness
    Studio 17, Clearcraft Candles and Balnakeil Wines, Smoo, Durness. Email: ronnie@sangamore.fsnet.co.uk Tel: 511 346

    Bank

  • Durness is a popular centre for tourists exploring the north west of Sutherland.

  • Laid township is an intact souterrain on the west side of Loch Eriboll, North West Sutherland. Situated on the Western shores of Loch Eriboll the crofting township of Laid. The local name An Leabaidh-Fholaich means 'The Hiding Place'.

  • Know About Loch Eriboll
    A long deep sea loch open to the north, the shelter from surrounding hills makes it diveable somewhere in any weather conditions.

    As with all sites in this part of Scotland bear in mind that it is a very long time to the nearest deco chamber, even by helicopter.

  • Durness is blessed with some of the most beautiful beaches! Durness has two coastlines, north and west which provide a stunning coastal landscape of towering cliffs and golden beaches backed by rugged mountains and barren moorland. The sort of beaches that you expect to see in Holiday Brochure for Spain or Portugal! All of the beaches are very clean and safe for swimming.

  • Balnakeil Church and Graveyard

    This Church and Graveyard is very interesting. The original church was built in 722 by St. Maelrubha. Apart from the monuments within the Graveyard itself, the church has some interesting inscriptions which may be from the grave of a notorious villain Domhnuall MacMhurchadh

  • Telephone Code (+44) 1549 from outwith Britain - From within Britain 01549