Shuna Island

#6822 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Shuna Island or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is approximately two kilometres long and one kilometre wide and extends to some 155 ha in total. The island is characterised by a table topped hill at its southern end. The name Shuna is probably derived from the Norse, for "sea island". The island is separated from Appin by the Sound of Shuna. ()

Alternative names: Area: 0.6 mi²Coordinates: 56°35'19"N, 5°23'43"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Shuna Island – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Stalker, St Moluag's Cathedral, Creach Bheinn, Castle Coeffin.

1.2 miSE
14th-century castle with limited tours
Castle Stalker, Appin
32 min walk • Castle Stalker is a four-storey tower house or keep. It is set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1+1⁄2 miles north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about midway between Oban and Glen Coe.
5 miSW
Church
St Moluag's Cathedral, Isle of Lismore
127 min walk • St. Moluag's Cathedral is located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not technically a cathedral, in spite of its name.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Creach Bheinn
152 min walk • Creach Bheinn is a prominent mountain in the Morvern area in the west of Scotland. It is less steep and even less frequently climbed than its northern neighbour, Garbh Bheinn, but the views to the south and west to the islands are open and extensive.
5.2 miSW
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Castle Coeffin
133 min walk • Castle Coeffin is a ruin on the island of Lismore, an island in Loch Linnhe, in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It stands on a promontory on the north-west coast of the island, across Loch Linnhe from Glensanda, at grid reference NM853437.
4.9 miSW
Archaeological site
Tirefour Castle, Isle of Lismore
126 min walk • Tirefour Castle, is an Iron Age broch located 4 kilometres north of Achnacroish on the island of Lismore, Scotland.
4 miS
Island
Eriska
102 min walk • Eriska is a flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland. Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong.