Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balshagry

Balshagry, a hamlet in Govan parish, Lanarkshire, a short distance WNW of Glasgow Botanic Garden. Recent marine shells, like extant ones in the Firth of Clyde, have been found in stratified clay, in the hamlet's vicinity, at a height of not less than 80 feet above sea-level.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Govan ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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