Ballinclach
Burgh (Medieval)
Site Name Ballinclach
Classification Burgh (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glenluce
Canmore ID 61179
Site Number NX15NE 35
NGR NX 19 57
NGR Description NX c. 19 57
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Old Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NE 35 c. 19 57
Possibly on map sheet NX25NW.
In 1496 Ballinclach was erected an ecclesiastical burgh of barony belonging to the abbot and monastery of Glenluce. There is no evidence to indicate the site of the burgh, but it probably lay in the vicinity of the present village of Glenluce, which in 1707 was erected a burgh of regality.
RCAHMS 1987.
