Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (SoMAP)

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Date 1994 - 2005

Event ID 556341

Category Project

Type Project

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Survey of maritime sites including: Dartmouth: Eilean Rubha an Ridire; Evelyn Rose (Possibly): Ardtornish Point; Glen Carradale: Loch Aline Jetty; Hispania: Sgeir Mor; John Preston: Rubha Dearg; Loch Tearnait, Crannog; Pelican: Calve Island; Rondo: Dearg Sgeir; Shuna: Rubha Aird Seisg; Strathbeg: Cnap A' Chailbhe; Swan: Duart Point; Thesis: Rubha an Ridire; Unknown: Calve Island; Unknown: Scallaslte Bay and a stone quay and Ardtornish.

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People and Organisations

Related Event(s)

Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
560422	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	(Location cited as NM 693 428). Ardtornish Bay: stone quay. The remains of an old stone quay were identified while walking along the rocky western shore of Ardtornish Bay, adjacent to Ardtornish Castle. The pier does not appear on Admiralty chart 2155 (surveyed 1851) so must post-date this. [...]	18 August 1995
556342	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	Tape measure and detailed recording of a merchant steamship, Thesis, and the immediate environment by Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (SoMAP). [...]	2000
556249	RECORDING	SIDE SCAN SONAR SURVEY	Remote sensing of the merchant steamship, Thesis, and the immediate environment by Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (SoMAP).	2004

Digital Images

Related Collection Item(s)

BS 149/1 CS

Maritime photographs: 1994 dive season of SOMAP at the wrecks of the Dartmouth (NM74SW 8002), John Preston (NM64SE 8005) and the Thesis (NM74SW 8001).

MS 5243/3

Maritime archive: SoMAP and Wreckmap working papers on the Thesis: Rubha An Ridire. Includes records register, record sheets, object record sheets and project plans.

MS 5243/5

Maritime archive: Various research papers on the Thesis: Rubha An Ridire. Includes RCAHMS information; Thesis entry in the Shipwreck index; Entry in the BSAC Wreck register; Entry in Dive North-West Scotland; Entry in Argyll Shipwrecks; Brouwer summary for Thesis; Exert from Admiralty Manual of Seamanship Vol I (1979) and Vol II (1951); Documentation of a discussion between R Grieve and P Robertson; Correspondence between P Robertson and R Fenton.