Sròn

Sròn a' Chorra Bhuilg, a typical "Nose", above Creag-bheiteachain in Glen Scaddle
Sròn na Ban-righ, the Queen's Nose, in Glen Feshie

Sròn[a] is the Scottish Gaelic word meaning nose or point[1] and is the name of some hills in the Scottish Highlands.

The name "sròn" is often applied to pointed hills or promontories that form the edge of a mountain massive, giving the appearance of a nose-like ridge. As such, they are often not the highest hilltops; in fact only one of the 282 Munros is called Sròn: Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh ("the nose of the rough corrie"), located west of Loch Lochy.

Sròn also appears in names of towns (often anglicized as Stron),[citation needed] such as Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìtheinn), the point of the fairy hill (Sìth),[2] and Stranraer, (An t-Sròn Reamhar) the broad point.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Before the abolition of the acute accent in Scottish Gaelic, it was sometimes spelt as srón.

References

  1. ^ "The Gaelic origins of place names in Britain". Ordnance Survey GetOutside. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Whit's in a name: Scottish connections to mineral names". National Museums Scotland. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. ^ Everett-Heath, John (22 October 2020). "Stranraer". Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-190563-6. Retrieved 8 May 2024.


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