English / Map Form: Strontian
Gaelic Form: Sròn an t-Sìthein
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A861
English / Map Form: Strontian
Gaelic Form: Sròn an t-Sìthein
Language Notes
G nom. sg. sròn, masc. ‘nose, hill’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art an (with t- before sibilants) + gen. sg. of sìthean, masc. ‘small fairy hill’.Element Meaning
G sròn ~ nose, hill; sìthean ~ small fairy hill
Sources
| Stroninshen | 1685 RPS [1685/4/92] |
| Stonevean vel Stronteane | 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93 |
| Sròn an t-Sithein | previous signage |
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