Archaeology Notes

Event ID 776736

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NB56SE 8007 c. 55 62

N58 29 W6 12

NLO: Sgiogarstaigh [name centred NB 549 617]

Port Sgiogarstaigh [name centred NB 550 620].

Not to be confused with NB56NW 8007 or NB56SE 8008.

Possibly on map sheet NB56SW.

(Classified as Lugsail [Lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as SY 536, and date of loss as 3 March 1885). Mary: this vessel was wrecked at Skegersta [Sgiogarstaigh]. Capt. McDonald.

Registration: Port of Ness [Port Nis]. 5 tons register. Length: 6m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 28.75 W6 12.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 July 2008.