Balchrick ( gd, Baile a' Chnuic) is a
township
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on the north east shore of
Lairg in
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
,
Scottish Highlands
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and is in the
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
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council area of
Highland
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.
Balchrick lies entirely within the estate of the
John Muir Trust's Sandwood Estate.
Balchrick also lies between
Blairmore and
Sheigra. To the South / South West you can find the beaches of Polin and
Oldshoremore
Oldshoremore is a scattered crofting hamlet in the Eddrachillis parish of Sutherland, Scotland. It incorporates around twenty houses, though several of these are holiday homes.
Once owned by the Duke of Sutherland, Oldshoremore and the surroundin ...
.
Just a hundred yards away is the start of the trail to
Sandwood Bay, one of the most beautiful beaches in North West Scotland.
References
Populated places in Sutherland
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