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Balnakeil Church, Lairg, UK

Tourisme, Villes, Monuments et Musées

Balnakeil church is one of the most interesting historic sites in the northwest of Scotland. It stands at the western end of Balnakeil Bay, looking across a long sweep of sand dunes. The first church at Balnakeil was founded in the early 8th century (722 ) by St Maelrubha, and it developed into one of the most important Celtic monasteries in the north west of Scotland. The old church stands on the site of one of the first Christian establishments and one of the oldest Culdee settlements in Sutherland Culdees were missionaries from Iona. It is one of the last vestiges of the pre-Clearance township of Balnakeil. The present roofless church dates to about 1617. It was rebuilt in 1690, then abandoned to decay in the mid 19th century when a new church was built.

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