Archaeology Notes

Event ID 650776

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT77NE 8011 unlocated

NLO: Barns Ness [name: NT 723 772]

Dunbar [name: NT 678 790]

Skateraw Harbour [name: NT 737 756].

Possibly on map sheet NT77NW.

Location formerly cited as NT c. 75 77 [N55 59 W2 24].

(Classified as Bristol Beaufighter: date of loss cited as 27 November 1944). JL 427: this aircraft of 132 OTU [RAF] crashed into the sea 1.5 miles ExS of Barnsness [Barns Ness] lighthouse. Registration: British.

(Location of loss cited as N55 59.5 W2 24.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. Barns Ness lighthouse (NT77NW 37.00) is at NT 72317 77236.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 August 2005.