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Old Balkello

Angus geography stubsUse British English from April 2017Villages in Angus, Scotland
South from Balluderon Hill
South from Balluderon Hill

Old Balkello is a village in Angus, Scotland, three miles north of Dundee on the Auchterhouse to Tealing road.

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N 56.531538 ° E -3.030712 °
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DD4 0RF
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South from Balluderon Hill
South from Balluderon Hill
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