Balmacara

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Balmacara
  • Scottish Gaelic: Balle Mac Ara
Balmacara is located in Ross and Cromarty
Balmacara
Balmacara
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNG816272
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV40 8
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°17′02″N 5°37′29″W / 57.28394°N 5.62462°W / 57.28394; -5.62462Coordinates: 57°17′02″N 5°37′29″W / 57.28394°N 5.62462°W / 57.28394; -5.62462

Balmacara (Scottish Gaelic: Baile MacRath) 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.[1] In 1946, Lady Hamilton, bequeathed the 2,750-hectare (6,800-acre) Balmacara crofting estate to the people of Scotland, by donating it to the National Trust for Scotland. In 1954 the nearby Lochalsh House was conveyed to the Trust.[2]

The Shinty club, Kinlochshiel play in the adjacent hamlet of .

References[]

  1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia (1 April 2017). "Balmacara" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Balmacara". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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