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Shuna Island

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Shuna is recorded in a late 16th-century document as belonging to John Stewart, the Laird of Appin. He may have built Castle Shuna, a small tower-house, which is now in ruins and lies at the south end. In the 18th century, Shuna Farmhouse replaced Castle Shuna as the residence on the island: it is a
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Category B listed traditional farmhouse dating from the 1740s. Opposite Castle Shuna, at the head of Loch Laich, is the island fortress of
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This article is about the island in Loch Linnhe. For other places with the same name, see
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Shuna (disambiguation)
Scottish Gaelic
Norse
Shuna Island is located in 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
Loch Linnhe
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Country
Scotland
United Kingdom
Demographics

Loch Linnhe
Appin
Castle Stalker
National Scenic Area
Savills



93 permanently inhabited islands
2011 census
Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands
Ordnance Survey
OS Maps Online

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