Loch Shin

Loch Shin is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the town of Lairg. The loch, the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is long.
In the 1950s, the level of the loch was raised by over by the construction of Lairg Dam by Wimpey Construction as part of a hydro-electric scheme.
Around the loch there are mountain ranges; the Ben More Assynt in the west and Ben Klibreck to the east. The loch drains to the North Sea by way of the short River Shin that feeds into the Dornoch Firth at Bonar Bridge.
Three miles to the north of Lairg is a monument in remembrance of an early attempt to tame the Highlands. The area around the loch is a centre for sheep farming in Scotland.