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Balmaclellan (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile MhicIllFhaolain'', 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. ==Location and people== Balmaclellan is one of four parishes in the northern district of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. It contains , of which about are cultivated. It includes areas of water, extensive plains of moss and about of tree plantation, but most of the land is used for sheep or cattle pasture. Many of the cattle are of the Galloway breed.〔(Gen Uki.org: Balmaclellan )〕 The climate is temperate. Average monthly temperatures range from 1 to 7 C° in January, and 11 to 18 °C in July–August, with 984 mm of rain yearly.〔(Met Office Auchincruive 1971-2000 averages )〕 In 1887, John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles" Described the inhabitants as "... of a mixed Gaelic and Germanic origin, and speak Braid Scots, a Northumbrian dialect of English. Those that profess a religion are generally but by no means entirely Calvinist Christians, adhering to the Church of Scotland or the Wee Frees".〔(A vision of Balmaclellan )〕 In 2009, of those who profess a religion in Balmaclellan most are Presbyterians adhering to the Church of Scotland. The population was 554 in 1801, 634 in 1901 and 550 in 1951.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balmaclellan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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