Balmacara
Balmacara (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac Ara) is a scattered village on the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, Ross-shire, Highland and is in the Scottish council area of the Highland, Scotland. In 1946, Lady Hamilton, bequeathed the 2,750-hectare (6,800-acre) Balmacara crofting estate to the people of Scotland, by donating it to the National Trust for Scotland. In 1954 the nearby Lochalsh House was conveyed to the Trust.
Balmacara
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Balmacara Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NG816272 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV40 8 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
The Shinty club, Kinlochshiel play in the adjacent hamlet of Kirkton.
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