Balmacara
Balmacara is a scattered village on the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Highland and is in the Scottish council area of the Highland, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Baile Mac Ara” and “Balmacarra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Colonel Murchison’s Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchtertyre and Duirinish.
Auchtertyre
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchtertyre is a village, lying half a mile from the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, in the Highlands and in the Scottish council area of the Highland Council. Auchtertyre is situated 2 miles east of Balmacara.
Duirinish
Hamlet
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
Duirinish is a hamlet in Lochalsh near Plockton in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The hamlet is largely formed around the Allt Dhiuirnis river, which flows westward into the Inner Sound. Duirinish is situated 2½ miles northwest of Balmacara.
Drumbuie
Hamlet
Drumbuie is a settlement situated less than 1 mile southwest of Duirinish in Lochalsh, Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. The fishing hamlet of Erbusaig is located less than one mile to the southwest. Drumbuie is situated 2½ miles northwest of Balmacara.
Balmacara
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.29294° or 57° 17′ 35″ northLongitude
-5.64205° or 5° 38′ 31″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BMCOpen location code
9C9P79V5+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 566165031OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656459Wikidata ID
Q4852329
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Balmacara” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Balmacara”
- Dutch: “Balmacara”
- Irish: “Baile Mac Ara”
- Irish: “Baile Mac Carra”
- Irish: “Baile MacRath”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Mac Ara”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Mac Carra”
- Swedish: “Balmacara”
- “Baile Mac Ara”
- “Balmacara”
- “Balmacara - Baile Mac Ara”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balmacara Estate and Balmacara House.
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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 “Balmacara”. Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.