Loch Shin

Dammed for hydro power above Lairg, this long Sutherland loch stretches north-west toward the wild Reay Forest.

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Loch Shin is a reservoir in Highland. The closest station is Lairg, 13.4 km to the south-east. The nearest other lake is Loch Naver, 24.6 km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Loch Shin

The Ord

Chambered tomb near Lairg

The Ord, chambered cairns, cairns, settlements and field systems

11.6 km SE

Lairg Parish Church

Church near Lairg

Early 19th-century Telford church beside Little Loch Shin in the crossroads village of Lairg.

11.9 km SE

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Assynt–Coigach

National Scenic Area near Inverkirkaig

Strange, isolated peaks rising from a watery moorland wilderness in the far north-west

15.7 km W

Ben Klibreck - Meall nan Con

Munro · Marilyn

A Munro — a Scottish mountain over 3,000 ft.

16.7 km NE · Highland

Falls of Shin

Waterfall near Lairg

Rocky river falls near Lairg where Atlantic salmon leap upstream in summer, with a visitor centre and woodland walks.

17.2 km SE

Loch Naver

Loch

Below Ben Klibreck at the head of Strathnaver, it recalls a strath emptied during the Highland Clearances.

24.6 km NE · Highland