Shuna, Loch Linnhe

Shuna
Location
Shuna
Shuna shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NM916490
Area and summit
Area 155 ha (383 acres)
Area rank 122
Highest elevation Tom an t-Seallaidh 71 m (233 ft)
Population
Population 0
Groupings
Island group Loch Linnhe
Local Authority Argyll and Bute
References [1][2][3]
If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census.

Shuna Island is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is characterised by a table topped hill at its southern end.[4]

Castle Shuna a small tower-house, now in ruins lies at the south end[5]

The island forms part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey
  3. ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 1841954543. 
  4. ^ "Overview of Shuna". Gazetteer for Scotland. http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst1541.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  5. ^ "Castle Shuna". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=23289. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  6. ^ "National Scenic Areas". SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.