- Ballantrae
Ballantrae is a community in
South Ayrshire ,Scotland . The name probably comes from theScottish Gaelic "Baile na Tràghad", meaning the "town by the beach".It is best known for being the fictional setting of "
The Master of Ballantrae " byRobert Louis Stevenson .Geologically, Ballantrae has lent its name to a subdivision of the Arenig group, which is the name applied to the lowest stage of the Ordovician System.
In June 1673 while holding a
conventicle at Knockdow near Ballantrae,Alexander Peden , was captured byMajor William Cockburn , and condemned by the Privy Council to four years and three months imprisonment on theBass Rock and a further fifteen months in theEdinburgh Tolbooth .A
stained glass window in thechancel of the church commemoratesElsie Mackay who perished in an attempt to become the first female transatlantic aviator. Her father,James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape of Strathnaver, was the owner of the Glenapp estate [http://www.ballantraeparishchurch.org.uk/Glenapp%20History.htm Ballantrae Parish Church] ] and flowering shrubs spell out her name on the opposite side of the glen. [http://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/girvan-news/2008/03/26/so-brave-and-beautiful-102545-20676715/ Ayreshire Post article - So Brave and so Beautiful] ]See also
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Struan Stevenson References
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