Shuna, Slate Islands
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| Shuna, Slate Islands | |
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| Location | |
  Shuna, Slate Islands
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| Shuna, Slate Islands shown within Scotland. | |
| OS grid reference: | NM760080 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name: | Siuna
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| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 451 ha |
| Area rank (Scottish islands): | 74 |
| Highest elevation: | Druim na Dubh Ghlaic 90 m |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | 1 |
| Population rank (inhabited Scottish islands): | 94= out of 97 |
| Groupings | |
| Island Group: | Slate Islands |
| Local Authority: | Argyll and Bute |
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| References: | [1][2][3][4] |
Shuna (Gaelic Siuna) is one of the Slate Islands lying east of Luing on the west coast of Scotland.
[edit] History
Shuna Castle was built as recently as 1911 for a rumoured cost of £300,000. It fell into disrepair in the 1980s when the cost of maintenance become too great.[5]
Unlike the other Slate Islands, Shuna has little slate, and has historically been farmed, although it is now quite overgrown with woodland. There are several cairns in the south and west of the small island.
During the nineteenth century the population numbered as many as 69, but in the 2001 census, Shuna was one of four Scottish islands with a population of one. The island has been privately owned by the Gully family since 1946. It is now occupied by a farmer and his family, who also let four houses as holiday cottages.[5]
[edit] Wildlife
The island has healthy populations of Red, Roe and Fallow deer, along with Otters, Common and Grey Seals, Porpoises and Dolphin out on the water.[5]
[edit] External links
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Iain Mac an Tailleir. Placenames. Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
- ^ a b c Shuna Wildlife & History. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
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