Archaeology Notes

Event ID 655280

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG10SW 8003 13 03

N57 2.0 W6 43.0

NLO: Canna [name centred NG 25 05]

Humla [name: NG 199 005].

(No classification, cargo or date of loss cited). Unknown: new wreck symbol on chart.

(Location of loss cited as N57 2.0 W6 43.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The significance of this record remains unclear. It may refer to a net snag or sonar contact.

The cited location lies about 8.1km WSW of the W end of Canna, and 7.5km NW of Humla. The isolated stack of Humla lies about 3.8km SSW of the SW part of Canna.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 March 2008.

UKHO has no recorded contact in this vicinity. The area was surveyed using sidescan sonar, and it may be a bottom contact.

Information from Lt Cdr N McEachan RN (Wrecks Officer, UKHO). 5 March 2008.