Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shin, The

Shin, The, affluent of the Oykell, at Invershin, Sutherland; issnes from the SE. end of Loch Shin, flows 7½ miles S., has a fine waterfall 2 miles from its confluence with the Oykell, and is a salmon stream.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "affluent"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Sutherland ScoCnty
Place names: SHIN     |     SHIN THE     |     THE SHIN
Place: Shin

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