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Shuna Island

Shuna Island

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This article is about the island in Loch Linnhe. For other places with the same name, see Shuna (disambiguation).

Shuna Island[6] 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.[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.

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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 and 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]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Mac an Tàilleir p. 105
  2. [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. [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. [4]
    Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  5. [5]
    Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 117-18
  6. [6]
    "Shuna Island". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Overview of Shuna". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  8. [8]
    "Castle Shuna". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
  9. [9]
    Historic Environment Scotland. "Shuna Farmhouse (Category B Listed Building) (LB12343)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  10. [10]
    Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Stalker (Category A Listed Building) (LB12345)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  11. [11]
    "National Scenic Areas" Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
  12. [12]
    Welsh, Susan (5 June 2012) "Buy a piece of paradise". Glasgow. The Herald.

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