Balmaghie
Balmaghie, from the Scottish Gaelic Baile Mhic Aoidh, is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and was the seat of the McGhee family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jamie Stuart 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Balmaghie House”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Threave Castle and Crofts Mote.
Threave Castle
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5 kilometres west of Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
Crofts Mote
Archaeological site
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crofts Mote is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Balmaghie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenlochar and Crossmichael.
Glenlochar
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenlochar is a hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway.
Crossmichael
Village
Photo: Allmhurach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crossmichael is a small village on the east side of Loch Ken in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, about 4 miles north of Castle Douglas in Scotland. Crossmichael is situated 2½ miles north of Balmaghie.
Castle Douglas
Photo: Tenesca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 4000 in 2022. The big attractions are Threave Gardens and the castle. This page also describes nearby villages such as Dalbeattie, and the coast of the Solway Firth.
Balmaghie
- Category: village
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.94769° or 54° 56′ 52″ northLongitude
-4.00328° or 4° 0′ 12″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9C6QWXXW+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 887071741OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Balmaghie” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balmaghie”
- Dutch: “Balmaghie”
- French: “Balmaghie”
- Irish: “Baile Mhic Aoidh”
- Japanese: “バルマギー”
- Scots: “Balmaghie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Mhic Aoidh”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balmaghie”. Photo: Jamie Stuart 11, CC BY-SA 4.0.