Gaelic Name: | An t-Sròn |
Official Name: | Strone |
Static Image Name: | Strone Point.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Strone Point, including St Columba's Church |
Unitary Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
Constituency Westminster: | Argyll and Bute |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Argyll and Bute |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.9851°N -4.8982°W |
Os Grid Reference: | NS 19300 80700 |
Map Alt: | Scotland |
Map Relief: | yes |
Post Town: | DUNOON, ARGYLL |
Postcode Area: | PA |
Postcode District: | PA23 |
Dial Code: | 01369 |
Hide Services: | yes |
Strone (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn) is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands at the point where the north shore of the Holy Loch becomes the west shore of the Firth of Clyde. The village lies within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.[1]
The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic for nose,[2] and applies to the hill above the village as well as to Strone Point. It adjoins the settlement of Kilmun on the loch, and the village of Blairmore on Loch Long. It has a (now disused) pier (built in 1847) and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services.[3]
A high road on the side of the hill serves additional houses including Dunselma, a Scottish baronial style house above the point. It was built as a sailing lodge for the wealthy Coats family (proprietors of the eponymous Paisley mills) in 1885-7 by the Paisley firm of Rennison and Scott.[4] It was bought by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association in 1941, and they used it as a hostel until 1965. It still forms a landmark clearly visible from the other side of the Clyde, and is a Category A listed building.It is on the A880 road.