Shin Power Station
Shin Power Station is an industrial building in Highland Council, Scotland. Shin Power Station is situated nearby to the hamlet Inveran, as well as near Invershin Cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carbisdale Castle and Falls of Shin.
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.
Falls of Shin
Waterfall
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falls of Shin is a waterfall on the River Shin, in northern Scotland, near the villages of Bonar Bridge and Lairg. Falls of Shin had a popular visitor centre, managed as part of Balnagown Estates, a company owned by former Harrods boss Mohamed Al-Fayed. Falls of Shin is situated 1¼ miles north of Shin Power Station.
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. Invershin railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Shin Power Station.
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.
Culrain
Village
Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village. Culrain is situated 1½ miles south of Shin Power Station.
Shin Power Station
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.94347° or 57° 56′ 37″ northLongitude
-4.41142° or 4° 24′ 41″ westInception
1958Operator
SSE RenewablesOpen location code
9C9QWHVQ+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 130127380OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
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