- found in the Northern Isles, and derived from the Old Norse word drangr, 'a detached pillar of rock', this term is used in place-names, often in the plural, to denote high rock formations rising from the sea. The Statistical Account of Scotland for Shetland (1834–45) notes many curious rocks, the most remarkable... situated at the back of Hillswick Ness, and called the Drongs.
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