Balmaclellan

Balmaclellan
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan*
Balmaclellan Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan;
	Balmaclellan
	Balmaclellan Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NX653791
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway;
Lieutenancy area	Kirkcudbright;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CASTLE DOUGLAS
Postcode district	DG7
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway;
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°05′18″N 04°06′46″W / 55.08833°N 4.11278°W

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.

^ 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.

[etymology-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.

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Balmaclellan Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan
Balmaclellan
Balmaclellan Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NX653791
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Kirkcudbright
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CASTLE DOUGLAS
Postcode district	DG7

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries
List of places UK Scotland 55°05′18″N 04°06′46″W / 55.08833°N 4.11278°W / 55.08833; -4.11278