Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Balloch

Balloch, a tract of land in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire. It includes a moss of considerable extent, and on an average 16 feet in depth; and it contains an interesting dyke of serpentine, described by Sir Charles Lyell in the Edinburgh Journal of Science.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a tract of land"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")
Administrative units: Kirriemuir ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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