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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 760845
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/760845
NG73SW 8001 centred 7023 3042
N57 18.4 W5 48.9
NLO: Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40]
Loch Kishorn [name centred NG 81 38]
Loch Carron [name centred NG 82 34].
See also NG83NW 27.00.
Formerly entered as NG73SW 8540 under classification Obstructions; Craft (possible).
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 150
Circumstances of Loss Details
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This is the former offshore drilling platform construction site used by Howard Doris Ltd.
Surveying Details
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1 December 1988. A considerable quantity of debris has been left on seabed within the limits of the former platform construction site. The limits of foul area:- 57 18 48N, 005 49 36W - 57 17 54N, 005 48 00W
28 June 1991. A local fisherman reports that a Howard Doris barge sank in 1986 in 159 metres at 57 18 31N, 005 48 57W, and that there is the wreck of a pontoon at 148 metres at 57 18 03N, 005 48 28W.
Report by the Scottish Office, Agriculture and Fisheries Department, 21 June 1991.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
