Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Staffin (or Stenscholl)

Staffin (or Stenscholl), hamlet, Kilmuir par., Skye island, Inverness-shire, near head of Staffin Bay, 18 miles N. of Portree; P.O. See STENSCHOLL. Staffin Bay, on NE. side of Skye island, 4 miles SE. of Rudha Hunish, is 1½ mile across the mouth and ¾ mile deep; on E. side of bay is Staffin Island (½ mile by ¼ mile).


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kilmuir ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place names: STAFFIN     |     STAFFIN OR STENSCHOLL     |     STENSCHOLL
Place: Staffin

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