River Shin

The River Shin is a river in the Scottish North West Highlands. The river flows from the southern end of Loch Shin, next to the village of Lairg. It flows in a generally southward direction, passing by Shin Forest and over the Falls of Shin.

Type: Stream
Description: river in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the Kyle of Sutherland
Also known as: “Abhainn Sin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carbisdale Castle and Invershin railway station.

Carbisdale Castle

Castle

Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.

Invershin railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, 61 miles 34 chains from Inverness, between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

Culrain railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inveran and Invershin.

Inveran

Hamlet

Inveran is a small village in the Parish of Creich located in the Sutherland region of the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A837 at the head of the Dornoch Firth and the site of the Shin Hydro-electric Power Station.

Invershin

Village

Photo: Andrew Longton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Invershin is a scattered village in the Parish of Creich, 6 miles south of Lairg and 4 miles north of Bonar Bridge in the south of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.