About Shinness

Shinness is a small Highland settlement on the shores of Loch Shin in Sutherland, reached via the A838 through Lairg, 9km southeast. The single-carriageway road continues northwest toward the remote coastal areas, making Shinness a waypoint for Highland exploration. About 3 EV charging points serve the area. The village sits at the southern tip of Loch Shin, one of Scotland's longest freshwater lochs at 17 miles.

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Shinness is in Scotland, at 58.083, -4.467 - about 34 km north of Culrain.

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