Archaeology Notes

Event ID 684233

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR45SE 8006 c. 46 50

N55 41 W6 2

NLO: Islay [name centred NR 38 60]

Ardmore [name: NR 466 505]

Ardmore Point [name: NR 474 508]

Sound of Islay [name centred NR 43 71].

Possibly on map sheet NR44NE.

Ardmore, Island of Islay, 23rd Feb. 'The INDUSTRY, of Dingwall, Forsyth, from Liverpool to Methel [Methil] & St. David's [St Davids], is on shore here, and full of water.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9973, London, Monday March 2 1846.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8067).

Coulorsay [Coultorsay], 22nd Feb. 'A brig is on shore at Ardmore, on the South side of this Island: all hands safe.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9973, London, Monday March 2 1846.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8068).

These location assigned to this record is essentially tentative..

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2005.