Balmakewan, seat, Kincardineshire, 5 miles SW.
of Laurencekirk.

Baliuakiel House, once a residence of the Bishops of
Sutherland and Caithness, and afterwards of the Reay
family, at mth. of Kyle of Durness, NAY. Sutherlandsh.

Balinalcolm, vil., Kettle par., mid. Fifeshire.

Balmaleedie, stream, in Marykirk par., Kincardine-
shire, running to the North Esk.

Baliuangan, small bay and harb., Kirkcudbright
bay, Kirkcudbrightshire.

Balmanno.—old baronial seat, now a farmhouse, SE.
Perthshire, 3 miles SAAL of Abernethy.—2. Balmanno,
seat, Marykirk par., Kincardineshire.

Balmaqueen, hamlet, in N. of Isle of Skye, Inner
Hebrides.

Ralmnslianncr, a hill, in co. and £ mile S. of Forfar,
alt. 572 ft.; an extensive sandstone quarry is here.

Balm brae, vil., Falkland par., mid. Fifeshire.

' Balmedie, seat, Aberdeenshire; post-tn., Belhelvie.

Balmenacli, distillery, near Grantown, Elginshire.

Balmerino, par. and vil., on Firth of Tay, N. Fife-
shire, 3J miles SW. of Dundee by water, 3431 ac., pop.
664; has remains of an abbey of the 13th century;
post-town, Newport.

Balmoral, ry. sta., 3 m. SW. of Belfast, co. Antrim.

Balmoral Castle, royal residence, Crathie par., AY.
Aberdeensh., on river Dee, 52J m. W. of Aberdeen. The
estate was purchased by Queen Victoria in 1848, and in
1853 the present castle was built in place of the old
one ; a deer forest of 30,000 ac. belongs to the estate.
The ry. sta. is Ballater, 9 m. E. ; 572 m. from London.

Balmore, vil., Baldernock par., S. Stirlingshire, on
river Kelvin, 3J miles E. of Milngavie.

Balmnle, seat, 3 m. NE. of Dunfermline, Fifeshire.

Balmullo and Lucklawliill, vil., Leuchars and
Logie pars., Fife, pop. 316 ; P.O.

Balmungo, seat, Fifesh., 1J mile SE. of St Andrews.

Balmuto, seat, Fifeshire, 3 miles N. by W. of
Burntisland.

Balm WeU, a bituminous spring, in par. and £ mile
S. of Liberton vil., Edinburghshire.

Balnabotli, seat, Kirriemuir par., Forfarshire.

Balnabrackney, hamlet, 3 miles SE. of Kinnegad,
SW. co. Meath.

Balnabruach, fishing vil., Nigg par., NE. Ross-sh.

Balnacross, ancient joar., now in Tongland par.,
Kirkcudbrightshire.

Balnageltlt, vil., N. Elginshire, 2 miles from Forres.

Balnagovvan.—seat, E. Ross-shire, 5£ miles S. by
W. of Tain.—2. Bain ago wan, small island, Argyll-
shire, in Loch Linnhe.

Balnaguard, vil., LittleDunkeldpar., E. Perthshire,
2 miles W. from Ballinluig sta.

Balnahuaigli, islet, Jura par., W. Argyllshire, pop.
108 ; with very extensive slate quarry.

BalnakeiUy, seat, near Pitlochry, Perthshire.

Balnakiel, small bay, Durness par., Sutherlandshire.

Balnakyle, cascade, on Black water, Clyne par.,
Sutherlandshire.

Balnamoon, seat, Forfarsh., 4J m. NW. of Brechin.

Balnasuln, hamlet, in Weem par., mid. Perthshire.

Balne, township with ry. sta., Snaith par., E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Snaith, 2866 ac.,
pop. 358.

BalncUan, ferry, on river Spey, between Elginshire
and Banffshire, near mouth of river Avon.

Balone.—hamlet, in par. and 1£ mile SW. of St
Andrews, Fifeshire.—2. Balone, old castellated man-
sion, Tar bat par., Ross-shire; it was once the seat of
the Earls of Cromarty, but has been deserted for over
two centuries.

Balquhaln, seat and ruined ancient castle, Chapel-
of-Garioch par., E. Aberdeenshire, 3 miles from
Inverurie ; the dwelling of Queen Mary on the eve of
the battle of Corrichie in 1562.

Balquhandy, seat, Perthshire, 2 m. S. of Dunning.

Balquliapplc, ancient chapel, now of Kincardine
par., Perthshire.

Balqnhatson, estate with extensive collieries, Sla-
mannan par., Stirlingshire, pop. 370.

Balquhidder, par. and vil., W. Perthshire, at E.
end of Loch Voil, 3 miles W. of Lochearnhead ry. sta.,
56,149 ac, (1474 water); quoad sacra par., 759 ac., pop.