Shuna Island

Shuna Island[6] or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide and extends to some 155 ha (383 acres) in total. The island is characterised by a table topped hill at its southern end.[7] The name Shuna is probably derived from the Norse, for "sea island".[1] The island is separated from Appin by the Sound of Shuna.

Shuna Island
Gaelic nameSiùna[1]
Meaning of nameProbably "sea island" from Norse[1]
Location
Shuna Island
Shuna shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNM916490
Coordinates56.59°N 5.395°W / 56.59; -5.395
Physical geography
Island groupLoch Linnhe
Area155 ha (383 acres)
Area rank121 [2]
Highest elevationTom an t-Seallaidh 71 m (233 ft)
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaArgyll and Bute
Demographics
Population0[3]
References[4][5]
The farm on Shuna

Shuna is recorded in a late 16th-century document as belonging to John Stewart, the Laird of Appin.[5] He may have built Castle Shuna a small tower-house, which is now in ruins lies at the south end[8] In the 18th century, Shuna Farmhouse replaced Castle Shuna as the residence on the island: it is a Category B listed traditional farmhouse dating from the 1740s.[9] Opposite Castle Shuna, at the head of Loch Laich, is the island fortress of Castle Stalker, also historically a possession of the Stewarts of Appin.[10]

The island forms part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[11]

In 2012 the island was placed on sale via agents Savills for £1.85 million.[12]

Footnotes
  1. Mac an Tàilleir p. 105
  2. Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  5. Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 117-18
  6. "Shuna Island". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. "Overview of Shuna". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  8. "Castle Shuna". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  9. Historic Environment Scotland. "Shuna Farmhouse  (Category B) (LB12343)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  10. Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Stalker  (Category A) (LB12345)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  11. "National Scenic Areas" Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
  12. Welsh, Susan (5 June 2012) "Buy a piece of paradise". Glasgow. The Herald.
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