Strone, Cowal Explained

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
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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]

Origin of name

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]

Village

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.

References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 17 January 2017 . 14 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190614215203/https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/rr-content/uploads/2016/07/Downloadable-map-of-Loch-Lomond-and-the-Trossachs-National-Park.pdf . dead .
  2. https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_COLEGATE_Colegate_s_Guide_to_Dunoon_Kirn_and?id=AR5bAAAAcAAJ Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition)
  3. Book: Deayton, Alistair. Clyde Coast Piers. 2013. Amberley Publishing. 9781848684270.
  4. Web site: Basic Site Details: Dunselma. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. 26 August 2018.

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