Strone (Inverness)
Strone
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  Strone 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, "The Nose") is a small hamlet in the administrative county of the Scottish Highlands and in the historic county of Inverness-shire.[1] It lies on the foot of the hill, Creag na h-Iolaire (Scottish Gaelic: "Eagle Rock") in Glen Urquhart within the Great Glen. The nearest town is Drumnadrochit, and Urquhart Castle lies down the hill to the East.[2]
The hamlet can be confused with the village of Strone in Argyll and Bute.
References
[edit]- ^ "Streetcheck IV63 6XL". Streetcheck. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey". Get Outside Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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