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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 757430
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/757430
NT49NW 8005 4103 9559
N56 8.9667 W2 56.95
Quality of fix = D
Evidence = Divers Report
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 26
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel is reported to have sunk while engaged on repair work on a moored oil rig around 1970 or 1971.
Surveying Details
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20 April 1983. A sunken barge, laden with steel scaffolding, is reported as having been located in the approximate position 56 09 02N, 002 56 36W.
Source: Forth Ports Authority.
19 September 1984. The obstruction is located, but not investigated, at 56 08 58N, 002 57 00W.
29 August 1987. The site located at 56 08 58N, 002 56 57W and proves to be a wooden barge standing 2 metres high and about 30 feet (9.1 metres) long.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
