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Topic: Kyle of Durness


  
  Durness Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Little wonder that Durness parish, which until 1724 stretched as far as Tongue in the east and Kylesku in the south was split into three.
To the north of Durness is Faraid Head and Balnakeil Bay.
Durness is now one of the few remaining places of any size in mainland Scotland that you can only access by single track road.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /durness/durness   (528 words)

  
  Durness
Durness ist ein Dorf mit etwa 400 Einwohnern in den nordwestlichen Highlands von Schottland.
Mangels Straßenanschluss kann sie nur zu Fuß oder in der Kombination einer kleinen Fußgängerfähre über den Kyle of Durness mit einem Pendel-Minibuss erreicht werden.
In Balnakeil, einem zwei Kilometer südlich von Durness gelegenen Weiler, wurde ein Kunsthandwerkerdorf gebaut.
www.xn--enzyklopdie-s8a.de /Durness.html   (334 words)

  
 Kyles of Durness scotland pictures
Durness is the most North Westerly village on mainland Scotland.
Durness also boasts the amazing Smoo cave, you can explore this sea cave by foot or by boat.
Next to and slightly north of Durness is the lovely Balnakeil Bay which is easy to access and a truly beautifull spot.
www.dwrobertson-photography.com /gal_Kyle_Durness.asp   (0 words)

  
 The Cape Wrath Challenges - 16th-22nd May 2004
Durness is in the county of Sutherland - that is the southern land of the Vikings.
Durness is the most north-westerly village on the British mainland located 16 kilometres east of Cape Wrath in the far North West tip of Scotland.
The village of Durness serves a large area of scattered townships and farms and is a major tourist destination in the far North of Scotland with an abundance of scenic, wildlife and cultural attractions.
www.runnerswebuk.com /cwc_ar.html   (441 words)

  
 Durness - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Durness (or Diuiriainiais in gaelic, Drnis if you live locally or Little Fife by the Sea) is a large bustling town / Nato bombing range in the far northwest of the Scottish Highlands and is the largest township in the northwestern corner of the world.
Durness is the most northwesterly town in the Sutherland region of Scotland, only a few miles from Cape Breton, Scotland's most northwesterly point (since drifted off to Canada).
Durness was first discovered by Viking settlers who became lost on their journey to the Faroe Islands and thought that they might pop into the Sango Sands Oasis for a quick pint and chat with Janet while they were stranded in Sango Bay overnight.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Durness   (1320 words)

  
 Bambooweb: Durness
Durness is a remote village in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, lying on the Kyle of Durness.
The main attractions in Durness are Smoo Cave, a sea cave with a small river running through it and a waterfall in wet weather, unspolit beaches backed by cliffs, and the surrounding sea birds, seals and porpoises.
During World War II it was used to station naval troops, and the island in its centre was used as a bombing target as it resembles a battleship.
www.bambooweb.com /articles/D/u/Durness.html   (277 words)

  
 Durness-Ullapool
Deze pagina is als volgt verdeeld: Durness en Kinlochbervie, van Kinlochbervie naar Kylesku, de Assynt(-motortrail), Inchnadamph, en Inverpolly Reserve en de Summer Isles.
Durness (omgevingskaart) is het meest noordwestelijke plaatsje in Scotland.
Kleinschalig als ze in Durness worden gehouden, zijn de Highlandgames hier nog onbedorven.
home.planet.nl /~kees0584/durness.htm   (1233 words)

  
 Tour Sutherland, Tour Caithness, Tour Scotland.
Only link to cape from outside world is ferry across Kyle of Durness.
The Sutherland family can trace their ancestry back to Freskin of Moravia, and one of his descendants, Hugh, migrated to Sutherland in the days of William the Lion, with the 1st Earl of Sutherland being created in 1235.
Durness is a crofting village spread out along coast.
www.visitdunkeld.com /tour-sutherland.htm   (0 words)

  
 Cape Wrath Durness Scottish Highlands
Visitors to the lighthouse can cross the Kyle of Durness by ferry boat and then travel twelve miles by minibus along a track which in winter can be difficult to negotiate
The land between the village and the lighthouse is known as the Parph, two hundred and seven square kilometers of moorland.
To access the cape Wrath you must first take a ferry across the Kyle of Durness which takes approximately a quarter of an hour.
www.capewrath.org.uk /Introduction.htm   (858 words)

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