Balmullo

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| country = Scotland

| official_name = Balmullo

| gaelic_name = Baile Mhullaich

| scots_name = Bawmullo

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| coordinates = {{coord|56.378393|-2.928686|display=inline,title}}

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| unitary_scotland = Fife

| lieutenancy_scotland = Fife

| constituency_westminster = North East Fife

| constituency_scottish_parliament = North East Fife

| post_town = St Andrews

| postcode_district = KY16

| postcode_area = KY

| dial_code = 01334

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Balmullo (Gaelic: Baile Mhullaich) is a village in Fife, Scotland. It is {{convert|7|mi|km}} from the town of St Andrews and near to the villages of Lucklawhill, Guardbridge, Dairsie and Leuchars. Army base Leuchars Station is also nearby.

History

The name Balmullo derives from Celtic 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 Cynicus Castle was demolished in 1939, seven years after his death.{{cite web | url=http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/archive/fpbiographies/anderson.html | publisher=Madras College | title=Martin Anderson | accessdate=2007-01-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061017145956/http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/archive/fpbiographies/anderson.html |archivedate = 2006-10-17}}

Balmullo today

Balmullo has a Spar grocery store which doubles as a Post Office and a pub, The Balmullo Inn.

The Balmullo Primary School is located in the heart the village.{{cite web | url=http://www.fife.gov.uk/atoz/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&facid=89D5CF15-1594-4C78-BC7C61B2C04E1BF2 | publisher=Fife Council | title=Balmullo Primary School | accessdate=2007-01-03}} A village newsletter is published online.{{cite web | url=http://www.issuu.com/balmullo | publisher=Balmullo Community Council | title=The Balmullo Newsletter | accessdate=2010-12-28}}

In 2002, the village appeared in news articles after a big cat was allegedly spotted nearby.{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishbigcats.co.uk/concer.htm | title=Scottish Big Cats : Panther sighting in Balmullo, 9th March 2002 | publisher=Scottish Big Cats | accessdate=2006-01-03 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031023054803/http://www.scottishbigcats.co.uk/concer.htm | archivedate=23 October 2003 |url-status = dead}}

Industry

File:Balmullo quarry from the A914 south of Balmullo - geograph.org.uk - 77737.jpg

The quarry at Balmullo extracts orange-pink felsite (red pathway chippings), and lies to the west of the village. Minerals found here include azurite, baryte, malachite, metatorbernite, and pseudomalachite.

Transport

Nearby travel links are:

Leuchars railway station, {{convert|1.6|mi|km}}
Cupar railway station, {{convert|5.8|mi|km}}
Dundee Airport, {{convert|10|mi|km}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110226083706/http://balmullo.com/ Balmullo Community Council's Own Site]
[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/SustainableDevelopment/funding/CERSprojects2002-03/7546 Balmullo Community Council]
[http://www.issuu.com/balmullo Balmullo Community Council's Newsletter]

Category:Villages in Fife