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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.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ross Shire ScoCnty |
Place: | Balmacarra |
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