Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balledgarno or Ballerno

Balledgarno or Ballerno, a village in Inchture parish, Perthshire, 7 miles W of Dundee. It is supposed to have taken its name from an ancient castle, built by a Prince Edgar, and now extinct. Balledgarno House stands in its south-western vicinity, and is a fine mansion, surrounded by plantations.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Inchture ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty
Place names: BALLEDGARNO     |     BALLEDGARNO OR BALLERNO     |     BALLERNO
Place: Baledgarno

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