Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballumbie

Ballumbie, an estate, with the seat of Rt. M `Gavin, Esq., and with remains of an old castle, in Murroes parish, Forfarshire, 14 miles NE of Dundee. The old castle was the seat of the ancient Anglo-Norman family of Lovel, now long extinct.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate, with the seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Murroes ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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