BALMALCOLM, village in Kettle parish, Fife.
BALMANGAN, small harbour, and ruined ancient tower, at mouth of the Dee's estuary, Kirkcudbrightshire.
BALMANNO, fine old baronial fortalice, converted into farmhouse, 2f miles west of Abernethy, Perthshire.
BALMANNO, seat in Marykirk parish, Kincardineshire.
BALMAODAN, old parish, now called Ardchattan, Argyleshire. Remains of old church, bearing the old name, still exist.
BALMASHANNAR, hill, with quarry, near Forfar.
BALMBRAE, village in Falkland parish, Fife.
BALMEDIE, hamlet in Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a public school with about 141 scholars.
BALMEECHY, place in Fearn parish, Boss-shire. It has a public school with about 57 scholars.
BALMERINO (popularly BALMIRNIE), village and parish on Firth of Tay, Fife. The village stands 4J miles west-south-west of Newport, is near remains of an abbey founded in 1229, and gave the peerage title of baron to the family of Elphinstone, attainted in 1746. The parish contains also the villages of Galdry and Coultry ; and its post town is Newport. Acres, 3431. Real property in 1880-81, 6926. Pop. 664. The shore is bold and rocky, and the interior includes a fertile valley be-tween two hill-ridges. Birkhill, Naughton House, and Naughton Castle are chief objects ; and the last is a vestige of a structure said to have been built by a natural son of William the Lion. The public school has about 97 scholars.
BALMORAL, royal castle on the Dee, 7 miles west-south-west of Ballater, Aberdeenshire. It occupies a charming site, with splendid views ; it has grounds ex-tending, jointly with those of Abergeldie and Birkhall, about 11 miles along the Dee ; it superseded a previous edifice, which belonged to the Earl of Fife, and was purchased and occupied by the royal family ; it was erected in 1853, after designs by Smith of Aberdeen, under direction of the Prince Consort ; it is in modified form of the old Scottish baronial style, and it comprises 2 blocks, connecting wings, and a projecting tower 35 feet square and 80 feet
BALMORE, village and haughs in Baldernock parish, Stirlingshire.
BALMULE, seat in Dunfermline parish, Fife.
BALMULLO, village, 3 miles south-south-east of Newport, Fife. It has a post office under Leuchars, a United Original Secession church, and a public school with about 95 scholars. Pop. 258.
BALMUNGO, seat, 1J mile south of St. Andrews, Fife.
BALMURE, seat in Mains parish, Forfarshire.
BALMUTO, seat, with ancient tower, in Kinghorn parish, Fife.
BALNABOTH, seat near Kirriemuir, Forfarshire.
BALNABRUACH, fishing village in Nigg parish, Ross-shire.
BALNACRAIG, estate, with old mansion and Carlogie House, in Aboyne parish, Aberdeenshire.
BALNAGOWAN, seat in Kilmuir-Easter parish, Ross-shire. It belonged once to the Earls of Ross, and belongs now to Sir Charles W. F. A. Ross, Bart.
BALNAGUARD, village in Little Dunkeld parish, Perthshire.
BALNAHUA, island midway between Lunga and Easdale, Argyleshire. It measures only about a mile in circuit, but is all one slate quarry. Pop. 108.
BALNAKIEL, old seat, first of the Bishops of Sutherland, next of Lords Reay, in Durness parish, Sutherland.
BALNAMOON, seat in Menmuir parish, Forfarshire.
BALNAPALING, fishing village in Nigg parish, Ross-shire.
BALNASUIN, hamlet in Weem parish, Perthshire.
BALQUHAIN, seat and ruined ancient castle in Chapel of Garioch parish, Aberdeenshire. The castle was occupied by Queen Mary on the eve of the battle of Corrachie, and was burnt by the Duke of Cumberland in 1746.
BALQUHAPPLE, old chapelry, now part of Kincardine parish, Perthshire.
BALQUHATSON, estate, with rich coal mines, in Slamannan parish, Stirlingshire.
BALQUHIDDER, village and parish in south-west of Perthshire. The village stands near foot of Loch Voil, If mile west of King's House railway station, and 12 J north-west of Callander, and has a post office under Crieff, a handsome parochial church of 1855, a Free church, a public school with about 61 scholars, and a churchyard, containing the grave and rude monument of Rob Roy. The parish contains also the villages of Lochearnhead and Strathyre, and is about 18 miles long and 6i miles broad. Acres, 54,675. Real property in 1880-81, 8832. Pop., quoad civilia, 759 ; quoad sacra, 627. The outline is somewhat triangular, and projects a long acute angle to the west. The borders, except at head of Loch Earn and at upper part of Loch Lubnaig, consist of portions of the Grampians, the song-celebrated 'Braes o' Balquhidder.' The chief part of the interior is a strath, watered by Loch Doine, Loch Voil, and the stream running thence to Loch Lubnaig. The seats are Stronvar, Edinchip, and Edinample.
BALQUHOLLY, ancient castle, mostly superseded by Hatton Castle, in Turritf parish, Aberdeenshire.
BALRUDDERY, seat in Liff parish, Forfarshire. BALRYMONTH (East and West), two hills in St. Andrews parish, Fife.
