Balnacoil
Balnacoil (from Scottish Gaelic Baile na Coille 'settlement of the wood')[1] is a small crofting village, lying in the strath of Brora, one mile west of Loch Brora, in the east county of Sutherland, in Highland, Scotland.[2] The River Brora, which rises in Ben Armine, runs through Balnacoil, draining into the loch.
Balnacoil
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  Balnacoil Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC819109 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | KW9 6 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
References
- Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Scottish National Heritage.
- Microsoft; Nokia (1 April 2017). "Balnacoil" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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