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]

  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.