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
  • Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mac Ara
Balmacara
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNG816272
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV40 8
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament
  • Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

The Shinty club, Kinlochshiel play in the adjacent hamlet of Rearig.

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