7-512: Shuna Island 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. The name Shuna is probably derived from
14-539: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Loch Linnhe Loch Linnhe ( / l ɒ x ˈ l ɪ n i / lokh LIN -ee ) is a sea loch in the Highland Council area, in the west of Scotland. The part upstream of Corran is known in Gaelic as An Linne Dhubh (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as An Linne Sheileach (the salty pool). The name Linnhe
21-557: Is derived from the Gaelic word linne , meaning "pool". Loch Linnhe follows the line of the Great Glen Fault , and is the only sea loch along the fault. About 35 kilometres (20 miles) long, it opens onto the Firth of Lorne at its southwestern end. The part of the loch upstream of Corran is 15 km (9 mi) long and an average of about 2 km (1 mi) wide. The southern part of
28-575: The Bard Fr. Allan MacDonald , an important figure in Scottish Gaelic literature , Loch Linnhe was said in local Scottish folklore to be the home of an each-uisge , or "water horse", whose back could accommodate all the children who wished to ride him. But when they did, the water-horse would gallop off into the nearest lake to drown and eat the children on his back. Fr. Allan MacDonald later recalled that during his childhood in nearby Fort William, "Many's
35-648: The 1740s. 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. The island forms part of the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area , one of 40 in Scotland. In 2012 the island was placed on sale via agents Savills for £1.85 million. 56°35′14″N 5°23′43″W / 56.58722°N 5.39528°W / 56.58722; -5.39528 This Argyll and Bute location article
42-585: The Norse, for "sea island". 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. 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 Category B listed traditional farmhouse dating from
49-515: The loch is wider, and its branch southeast of the island of Lismore is known as the Lynn of Lorne . Loch Eil feeds into Loch Linnhe at the latter's northernmost point, while from the east Loch Leven feeds in the loch just downstream of Corran and Loch Creran feeds into the Lynn of Lorne. The town of Fort William lies at the northeast end of the loch, at the mouth of the River Lochy . According to
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