Balnageith, located on the western edge of the suburbs of
Forres
Forres (; gd, Farrais) is a town and former royal burgh in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately northeast of Inverness and west of Elgin. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions. There ...
in
Moray,
Scotland
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, is the site of an excavated linear
cropmark
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with a rounded corner that has been interpreted as a possible Roman military camp or fort. The enclosure may originally have been of up to in size.
Blalnageith was the birthplace of
Duncan Dunbar (senior)
Duncan Dunbar (1764 – 1825) was a Scottish brewer and wine merchant.
Dunbar was born in Balnageith near Forres, in what was then Elginshire. He settled in Limehouse, London
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in the 1760s Dunbar moved to London and became a brewer in
Limehouse
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,
London
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.
Administrative Area
* Council: Moray
* Parish: Forres
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Archaeological sites in Moray
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