Query regarding Balimore, Kilmichael. Thanks for your reply, Les. Placenames with 'baile' are common in Argyll. The sense of the word has varied a lot over time but originally it meant a farm settlement, like the Scots 'ferm-toun'. I am not in any way puzzled by interpretations of 'baile' but I am puzzled by the reference to Balimore as being a sizeable place of over 30 crofts/holdings in the mid 1800s and wonder where you got that information. Le meas Jean