Place:


Balmacarra  Ross and Cromarty

 
Ordnance Survey New Popular edition map -- click to enlarge

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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Balmacarra like this:

Balmacarra, a village in Lochalsh parish, Ross-shire, on the N side of Loch Alsh, 3 miles E by N of Kyleakin Ferry. It has an hotel, a branch of the Commercial Bank, a parish church, a Free church, and has also the head post office of Lochalsh, with money order, savings' bank, insurance, and telegraph departments.

Balmacarra through time

Balmacarra is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Balmacarra itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Balmacarra, in Highland and Ross and Cromarty | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22339

Date accessed: 14th May 2024

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