Placename
Gaelic name: Staonag
Name in Original Source: An Staonach
English meaning: Bent hill
Placename feature: Hill
Notes: Staonach as an adjective means oblique, askew, inclined; also crooked as in wily. As a noun, something which stands at an oblique angle? This hill is a portion of Beinn a' Chait(q.v.) lying just off the south-east end of Loch Lunndaidh (q.v.)
W. J. Watson's notes: 213: Staonag - The bent or crooked hill, E. of Loch Lundie; a fem. diminutive from staon, bent.
Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIII
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.4735,-5.620782
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