Slug Road Explained

The Slug Road (A957) is a 13-mile road in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] It runs from Stonehaven in the Mearns to Banchory in Deeside, crossing a spur of the Grampians. The pass through which it runs is known as the Slug (from the Gaelic word sloc, meaning "hollow")[2] and lies between the hills Craigbeg and Cairn-mon-earn.[3]

References

57.0131°N -2.3689°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slug Road . Gazetteer for Scotland . 1 November 2024 .
  2. Web site: Slug n.3 . Scottish National Dictionary . Dictionaries of the Scots Language . 1 November 2024 .
  3. Bremner . Alexander . 1925 . Glacial Geology of the Stonehaven District . Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society . 11 . 32 .

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