Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barscobe Castle and Kells Parish Church.
Barscobe Castle
Castle
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barscobe Castle is a 17th-century tower house in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is a typical house of a country laird, and according to a panel above the entrance, was built in 1648.
Kenmure Castle
Castle
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Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west Scotland. Kenmure Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Balmaclellan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry.
New Galloway
Village
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Galloway is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, 1 mile north of the end of Loch Ken.
St John’s Town of Dalry
Village
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St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. St John’s Town of Dalry is situated 2½ miles northwest of Balmaclellan.
Balmaclellan
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.08832° or 55° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.11177° or 4° 6′ 42″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
9C7Q3VQQ+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 7120758328OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Balmaclellan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balmaclellan”
- Chinese: “巴尔麦克莱兰”
- Chinese: “巴爾麥克萊倫”
- Dutch: “Balmaclellan”
- French: “Balmaclellan”
- German: “Balmaclellan”
- Irish: “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”
- Japanese: “バルマクレラン”
- Persian: “بالمکللان”
- Scots: “Balmaclellan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile MhicIllFhaolain”
- Swedish: “Balmaclellan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Creaganfois and Little Kenmure Loch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balmaclellan Church and Balmaclellan Motte.
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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 “Balmaclellan”. Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.