Sròn

Sròn is the

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

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and is the name of some hills in the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland S ...

. Before the abolition of the

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in Scottish Gaelic, it was sometimes spelt as ''srón''. 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 Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh is a Scottish mountain situated on the northern side of Loch Lochy, 13 kilometres north of Spean Bridge in the Highland Council area. Overview Sròn a’ Choire Ghairbh reaches a height of 937 metres (3074 feet) a ...

("the nose of the rough corrie"), located west of Loch Lochy. Sròn also appears in names of towns (often anglicized as ''Stron''), such as Strontian (''Sròn an t-Sìtheinn''), the ''nose of the fairies'' ('' Sìth''), and

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of ...

, (''An t-Sròn Reamhar'') the ''fat nose''. Scottish Gaelic language Geography of Scotland {{Scotland-geo-stub