📌 Lairg, Highland
★★★
This loop is the easier of the two short walks marked out from Ferrycroft Visitor Centre on the outskirts of Lairg. The village sits on the shores of Little Loch Shin, which is itself separated by a dam from the foot of vast Loch Shin itself, artificially raised to a higher level. Waymarked paths come close to the shores of the former, but a detour to the dam wall is necessary to see the latter. A couple of ponds surrounded by woodland and a very ruined iron age broch complete the offering.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Ferrycroft Visitor Centre car park, 0.5 mi west of Lairg village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 579062
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.021948,-4.407058
🚌 Buses stop on A836 at southerly A839 junction
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 20 m | ⌛ 45 min
Features: 🏠 Ferrycroft Visitor Centre; 💧 Little Loch Shin; 💧 Loch Shin; ⭕ ruined broch
⬤ Easy | Excellent paths, gentle gradients. Short detour on narrow path through grass to dam.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start & visitor centre – Ferry Wood & ponds – Little Loch Shin – Loch Shin dam – ruined broch – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Mallard ducks on the loch, treecreepers.
Weather: Sunshine and a rain shower, big clouds and rainbows. Breezy, 12°C.
July 2020
