Shuna Island

Island in Loch Linnhe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

This article is about the island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin, Argyll and Bute. For the island in the Firth of Lorn, offshore from Arduaine, Argyll and Bute, see Shuna, Slate Islands. For other uses and places with the same name, see Shuna (disambiguation).

Shuna IslandScottish Gaelic name| Siùna[1]

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Meaning of name| either "watching island" [2] or "sea island", [1] both from Norse
Location

Shuna Island

Shuna shown within Argyll and Bute

OS grid reference| NM916490
Coordinates| 56°35′24″N 5°23′42″W﻿ / ﻿56.59°N 5.395°W﻿ / 56.59; -5.395
Physical geography
Island group| Loch Linnhe
Area| 155 ha (383 acres)
Area rank| 121 [3]
Highest elevation| Tom an t-Seallaidh 71 m (233 ft)
Administration
Council area| Argyll and Bute
Country| Scotland
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Demographics
Population| 0[4]
References| [5][6]
The farm on Shuna

Shuna Island[7] or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The island is approximately two kilometres (1+1⁄4 miles) long and one kilometre (5⁄8 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.[8] 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 is recorded in a late 16th-century document as belonging to John Stewart, the Laird of Appin.[6] He may have built Castle Shuna, a small tower-house, which is now in ruins and lies at the south end.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

The island forms part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[12]

In 2012 the island was placed on sale via agents Savills for £1.85 million.[13]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Mac an Tàilleir p. 105
2. ^ The place-names of Argyll : Gillies, H. Cameron : 1906, p.239. Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://share.google/EtvLfhWUUQQHdPbWG
3. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent. 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census and 101 such islands in 2022.
4. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
5. ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
6. ^ a b Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 117-18
7. ^ "Shuna Island". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
8. ^ "Overview of Shuna". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
9. ^ "Castle Shuna". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Shuna Farmhouse (Category B Listed Building LB12343)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
11. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Stalker (Category A Listed Building LB12345)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
12. ^ "National Scenic Areas" Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
13. ^ Welsh, Susan (5 June 2012) "Buy a piece of paradise". Glasgow. The Herald.

## Further reading

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* Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
* Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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