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Slug Road

Map of Aberdeenshire showing the A957
The Slug Road at Spyhill

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]

Lewis Grassic Gibbon describes the Guthrie family travelling along the Slug Road in bad weather as they move to Kinraddie in his novel Sunset Song.

References

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

57°00′47″N 2°22′08″W / 57.01306°N 2.36889°W / 57.01306; -2.36889