Editing Strontian (section)

{{Short description|Main village in Sunart, an area in western Lochaber, Highland, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Strontian
| scots_name                       =
| gaelic_name                      = Sròn an t-Sìthein
| population                       = 
| static_image_name                = Shore_of_Loch_Sunart_near_to_Strontian.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Loch Sunart north side view towards the bay where Strontian lies
| map_type                         = Scotland Lochaber
| coordinates                      = {{coord|56.696|-5.569|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference                = NM8161
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = 
| constituency_westminster         = [[Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch]]
| post_town                        = [[Acharacle]]
| postcode_district                = PH36 4
| postcode_area                    = PH
| dial_code                        = 01967 
}}

'''Strontian''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|r|ɒ|n|ˈ|t|iː|ə|n}};<ref>G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 143.</ref>
{{langx|gd|Sròn an t-Sìthein}} {{IPA|gd|s̪ɾɔːn̪ˠ ən̪ˠ ˈtʲiː.ɪn|}}<ref>[https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/strontian/ Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba]</ref><!--in the Gaelic of this district there is no intrusive /t̪/ in sròn-->) is the main [[village]] in [[Sunart]], an area in western [[Lochaber]], [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]], [[Scotland]], on the [[A861 road]]. Prior to 1975 it was part of [[Argyllshire]]. It lies on the north shore of [[Loch Sunart]], close to the head of the loch. In the hills to the north of Strontian lead was mined in the 18th century and in these mines the mineral [[strontianite]] was discovered, from which the [[Chemical element|element]] [[strontium]] was first isolated.

The village name in [[Scots Gaelic|Gaelic]], ''[[Sròn]] an t-Sìthein'', translates as the ''nose'' [i.e. 'point'] ''of the [[fairy hill]]'', meaning a knoll or low round hill inhabited by the mythological ''[[sídhe]]''. The nearby hamlets of [[Anaheilt]], Bellsgrove, and Upper and Lower Scotstown are now generally considered part of Strontian, with [[Polloch]] several miles away on the terminus of the road to [[Loch Shiel]]. Strontian is the location of Ardnamurchan High School, the local fire station, police station and other facilities.