Strone (Inverness)
Appearance
Strone
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Location within the Inverness area | |
OS grid reference | NH526287 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | IV63 6XL |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Strone (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn, translating to "The Nose") is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish Highland and in the historic county of Inverness-shire.[1] It lies on the foot of the hill, Creag na h-Iolaire in Glen Urquhart in the Great Glen. The nearest town is Drumnadrochit and Urquhart Castle lies nearby.[2]
The hamlet is often confused with the village of Strone in Argyll and Bute.
References
- ^ "Streetcheck IV63 6XL". Streetcheck. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey". Get Outside Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 September 2022.