Balmerino,

Balmerino, a small village of Fife, on the Firth of Tay, 3½ miles SW. of Dundee by water. Near it are scanty remains of a Cistercian abbey (1227), whose lands came into the possession of Sir James Elphinstone, created Lord Balmerino in 1604. The sixth and last lord (1688–1746) was beheaded on Tower Hill for his share in the '45. See J. Campbell's History of Balmerino (Edin. 1867; new ed. 1899).