Balmaclellan

Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west . To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous lies below the .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain” and “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balmaclellan Church and Barscobe Castle.

Church
Photo: WeeHolly, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 17th-century tower house in Balmaclellan, , . It is a typical house of a country laird, and according to a panel above the entrance, was built in 1648.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry.

Village
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is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in . It lies on the west side of the valley of the , 1 mile north of the end of .

Village
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St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in , , in the historic county of . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Balmaclellan.

Balmaclellan

Latitude
55.08832° or 55° 5′ 18″ north
Longitude
-4.11177° or 4° 6′ 42″ west
Elevation
354 feet (108 metres)
Open location code
9C7Q3VQQ+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7120758328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2656458
Wiki­data ID
Q4852330
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Balmaclellan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Balmaclellan”
  • Breton: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • Chinese: “巴尔麦克莱兰”
  • Chinese: “巴爾麥克萊倫”
  • Cornish: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • Dutch: “Balmaclellan”
  • French: “Balmaclellan”
  • German: “Balmaclellan”
  • Irish: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • Irish: “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”
  • Japanese: “バルマクレラン”
  • Manx: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • Persian: “بالمکللان”
  • Scots: “Balmaclellan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”
  • Swedish: “Balmaclellan”
  • Welsh: “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • “Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”
  • “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”
  • “Balmaclellan”
  • “Balmaclellan - Baile Mac Gille Fhaolain”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Creaganfois and Little Kenmure Loch.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Balmaclellan Motte and Moat Hill.

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