DEFERRED COMPENSATION (Narrative) (Details) - Management and Highly Compensated Employees [Member] - Executive Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Deferred compensation arrangement with individual, description	Shore Bancshares, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is for members of management and highly compensated employees of Shore Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The Plan permits a participant to elect, each year, to defer receipt of up to 100% of his or her salary and bonus to be earned in the following year. The Plan also permits the participant to defer the receipt of performance-based compensation not later than six months before the end of the period for which it is to be earned.
Employee percentage of salary, maximum	100.00%
Award vesting period	5 years