Archaeology Notes

Event ID 764743

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG83NE 8001 8688 3592

N57 21.8417 W5 32.65

Formerly entered as Site no. 8594.

NLO: Strome Castle [name: NG 863 354]

Stromeferry [name: NG 865 346]

Loch Carron [name centred NG 83 34]

Inner Sound [name centred NG 64 40].

Quality of fix = EDM

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Surveying Details

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8 Janaury 1987. The wreck of the old Strome Ferry, measuring 16 x 5 metres (52.4 x 16.4 feet), lies stranded at 57 21 50N, 005 32 43W. NGR eastings 186822.9, northings 835916.9n.

Report by HMS ENDURANCE.

6 June 1991. The vessel was found to be charted at 57 21 50.5N, 005 32 39W on chart number 2528 [edition of 12 October 1990].

Hydrographic Office, 1995.