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{{about|the village in Cowal|the village near Loch Ness|Strone (Inverness)}}
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'''Strone''' ({{lang-gd|An t-Sròn}}) is a village on the [[Cowal|Cowal Peninsula]]
==Origin of name==
The name comes from the [[Scottish Gaelic]] for nose,<ref name=ColegateP49>
==Village==
{{blockquote|Until within less than twenty years there was no such thing as a human habitation upon this commanding and picturesque promontory, with the exception of a few straggling huts and cottages. Gradually, however, its capabilities for the erection of villa residences began to be appreciated. The inhabitants now look upon an "old settlement," the entire promontory being girdled round about by villas of great architectural beauty.|''Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay'' (John Colegate, 1868)<ref name=ColegateP49>
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, Renfrewshire|Paisley]] mills) in
It is on the [[A880 road (Great Britain)|A880 road]].
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==Gallery==
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{{Commons category|Strone, Cowal}}
* [http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1254/ Gaelic place names of Scotland - website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201233941/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1254%2F |date=1 February 2017 }}
* [http://www.argyllonline.co.uk/index.asp?id=203 Towns in the Dunoon & Cowal area - website]
* [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=31320594 Geograph - website]
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