Old Photograph Balkail House Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of Balkail House by Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. In 1704 the house belonged to the Ross family. It was demolished in 1961 leaving only a fragment of its walled garden in the glen on the South side of the village of Glenluce.

Ross can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent as in Clan Ross. In this case, the name is of Scottish origin. The family name can also be of German origin; in German, das Ross, means " the steed " or " the horse ", derived from Gaelic meaning " Horse Lord " or " Lord of the Horse " due to the righteous bond between anyone with the surname Ross and their relations to horses specifically when paired with the traditional Irish name Aidan, or Aedan, Ayden, Aiden.



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