Balnacoil

Balnacoil
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile na Coille*
Balnacoil Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Coille;
	Balnacoil Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC819109
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	KW9 6
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

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 is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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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[1] Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Scottish National Heritage.

[2] Microsoft; Nokia (1 April 2017). "Balnacoil" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 1 April 2017.