Balmaclellan

Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid referenceNX653791
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCASTLE DOUGLAS
Postcode districtDG7
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55°05′18″N 04°06′46″W / 55.08833°N 4.11278°W / 55.08833; -4.11278

Balmaclellan (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan,[1] meaning town of the MacLellans) 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.

  1. ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of The Family Names of The United Kingdom. London and Lewes: John Russell Smith and G. P. Bacon. p. 209. Retrieved 2 November 2022.