Balmaclellan

Balmaclellan
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan*
Balmaclellan Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan;
	Balmaclellan
	Balmaclellan Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NX653791
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway;
Lieutenancy area	Kirkcudbright;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CASTLE DOUGLAS
Postcode district	DG7
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway;
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries;

Balmaclellan (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac-a-ghille-dhiolan, meaning town of the MacLellans) is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells.

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