Balmore
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Balmore is a hamlet in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 1 km West of Torrance and 5km East of Milngavie.
South of Balmore lie The Balmore Haughs and the River Kelvin which flows East-West before turning South and joining the River Clyde.
To the South of the River Kelvin and North of the Forth & Clyde Canal lie several Imperial Roman archaeological sites. The remains of part of the Antonine Wall run East-West and along it two Roman Forts, one Roman Fortlet and a Roman Camp can all be found within 2 km of Balmore.
Magnus Magnusson, the journalist and television presenter lived nearby until his death.
Balmore appears on The Coal Authority's gazetteer of places where a Coal Mining Search is required in regard to property transactions.
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