Gazetteer of Scotland

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BALCONY, castellated mansion, formerly
a seat of the Earls of Ross, near Evanton,
Ross-shire.
BALCRUVIE, ruined ancient castle in
Largo parish, Fife.
BALCURVIE, village in Markinch parish,
Fife. It has a public school with about
83 scholars.
BALDERNOCK, parish on south border
of Stirlingshire, averagely 1\ miles north
of Glasgow. Post town, Glasgow. Acres,
4322. Real property in 1880-81, £3868.
Pop. 569. The surface rises from the
river Kelvin to the skirt of Campsie Fells,
and comprises successively alluvial flat,
swelling knolls, and moorish hill. The
minerals include coal, lime, ironstone, fire-
clay, pyrites, and alum-ore ; and an in-
teresting antiquity is the large cromlech,
called Auld Wife's Lift. The churches
are Established and Free. The public
school has accommodation for 105 scholars.
BALDOON, estate, with ruined castle, \\
miles south-south-west of Wigton. The
castle was the scene of the incident which
suggested to Sir "Walter Scott the tragic
end of his Bride of Lammermoor ,
BALDOVAN, village, with railway sta-
tion, 7f miles north-north-west of Dundee.
Baldovan House is the seat of Sir John
Ogilvie, Bart.
BALDOVTE, hamlet and seat near Kirrie-
muir, Forfarshire. The hamlet has a post
office under Dundee.
BALDOWRIE, seat on south-west border
of Forfarshire, near Coupar- Angus.
BALDRAGON, railway station, 8f miles
north-north-west of Dundee.
BALDRIDGE, estate and suburb on north-
west side of Dunfermline, Fife. The
suburb has a public school with about 240
BALERNO, village on Water of Leith, 7
miles south-west of Edinburgh. It has a
post office, with money order department,
under Currie, a railway station, a United
Presbyterian church, and a rjublic school
with about 112 scholars. Pop. 474.
BALFIELD, hamlet in Lethnot parish,
Forfarshire.
BALFOUR, remnant of castle built by
Cardinal Beaton, in Kingoldrum parish,
Forfarshire.
BALFOUR, seat on the Leven, in Mark-
inch parish, Fife.
BALFOUR, seat near Kincardine O'Neil,
Aberdeenshire.
BALFOUR, hamlet and splendid modern
.nansion in Shapinshay Island, Orkney.
The hamlet has a post office under Kirk-
wall.
BALFRISHEL, village in Boleskine
parish, Inverness-shire.
BALFRON, town and parish in Strath-
endrick district, Stirlingshire. The town
stands on Endrick river, 1^ mile east of a
railway station of its own name, 19f miles
west-south-west of Stirling ; is a neat
modern seat of manufacture, and has a
post office, with money order and telegraph
departments, under Glasgow, a banking
office, a parochial church, a United Pres-
byterian church, and a public school with
about 147 scholars. Pop. 970. — The parish
contains also Holm of Balfron hamlet, and
is about 11 miles long and 3 miles broad.
Acres, 7820. Real property in 1880-81,
£7767. Pop. 1327. _ The surface includes
a fine tract of 6 miles along the Endrick,
and rises thence northward to Balgair
Moor. There are a Free church for Kill-
earn and Balfron, a United Presbyterian
church at Holm of Balfron, and 2 public
schools for 288 scholars.
BALGAIR, estate in Balfron parish,
Stirlingshire.
BALGARVIE, seat in Monimail parish,
Fife.
BALGAVIES, seat and lake near Auld-
bar railway station, Forfarshire.
BALGAY, wooded hill, with public park,
in north-western outskirts of Dundee.
BALGEDDIE, hamlet in Portmoak parish,
Kinross-shire. It has a United Presby-
terian church.
BALGIE, rivulet in Applecross parish,
Ross-shire.
BALGLASS, estate in Killearn parish,
Stirlingshire. An ancient fortalice on it
is believed to have been a retreat of Sir
William Wallace.
BALGONAR, seat in Saline parish, Fife.
BALGONE, seat of Sir George Suttie,
Bart. , in North Berwick parish, Hadding-
tonshire.
BALGONIE, or MILTON OF BALGONIE,
quoad sacra parish with village on river
Leven, 2 miles south-east of Markinch,
Fife. It has a post office under Markinch,
an Established church with 650 sittings,
and a public school with about 80 scholars.
Pop. 1394. Coalton, or Coalton of Bal-
gonie, village is in the vicinity. Pop. 419.
Balgonie House and Balgonie Castle are
also in the vicinity, and the latter is a large
ancient baronial fortalice, and was once a
seat of the Earls of Leven.
BALGOWAN, railway station, estate,
and public school, 9 miles west of Perth.
The school has about 87 scholars.
BALGOWN, bay in Kirkmaiden parish,
Wigtonshire.
BALGOWNIE, seat and bridge in Old
Machar parish, Aberdeenshire.
BALGRAY, hamlet on the Kelvin, about
3 miles north-north-west of Glasgow.
Nearly 30 fossil trees were discovered
in a quarry here, about 1828, all exogenous,
standing close to one another in their
natural position.
BALGRAY, hamlet in Tealing parish,
Forfarshire.
BALGREGGAN, seat in Stoneykirk
parish, Wigtonshire.
BALHADDIE, hamlet in Ardoch parish,
Perthshire.
BALHARY, seat in Alyth parish, Perth-
shire.
BALIGARVE, place, with public school,
in Lismore parish, Argyleshire.