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Balmullo ( Gaelic: ''Baile Mhullaich'') is a village in
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, Scotland. It is from the town of
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and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and
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.
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base Leuchars Station is also nearby.


History

The name ''Balmullo'' derives from
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...
''bāile'' "village" with ''mullaich'' "top". The village name was recorded as ''Beilmullhoh'' in 1282. Now largely a dormitory settlement, it was once a weaving village. Balmullo was the home of the picture postcard cartoonist Martin Anderson ('Cynicus') whose red
sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
Cynicus Castle was demolished in 1939, seven years after his death.


Balmullo today

Balmullo has a Spar grocery store which doubles as a
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and a pub, The Balmullo Inn. The Balmullo Primary School is located in the heart the village. A village newsletter is published online. In 2002, the village appeared in news articles after a
big cat The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus ''Panthera'', namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. All cats descend from the ''Felidae'' family, sharing similar musculature, c ...
was allegedly spotted nearby.


Industry

The quarry at Balmullo extracts orange-pink
felsite Felsite is a very fine-grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals. Felsite is a field term for a light-colored rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition. Color ...
(red pathway chippings), and lies to the west of the village. Minerals found here include azurite,
baryte Baryte, barite or barytes ( or ) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (Ba S O4). Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium. The ''baryte group'' consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), ...
,
malachite Malachite () is a copper Carbonate mineral, carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the chemical formula, formula Basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often for ...
, metatorbernite, and pseudomalachite.


Transport

Nearby travel links are: * Leuchars railway station, * Cupar railway station, * Dundee Airport,


References


External links


Balmullo Community Council's Own Site

Balmullo Community Council

Balmullo Community Council's Newsletter
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