Archaeology Notes

Event ID 781898

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NF70NW 8004 735 096

N57 3.6924 W7 23.2404

NLO: Traigh Bhan [name centred NF 740 095]

An Caolas Barrach (Sound of Barra) [name centred NF 75 09].

This 'boat wreck' measures about 60 ft (18.3m) by 10ft (3m) and the 'sternpost' stands 7ft (2.1m) above the sand. It is intermittently visible in the intertidal zone.

Information from Mr D Rixson, 26 March 1998.

NMRS, MS/829/12.

Material reported under RoW amnesty (2001):

A144 A plank fragment and a brick were recovered from an unknown vessel found in an intertidal context on the Isle of Fuday, near Barra, Western Isles.

[Location cited as NF 737 095 and date as late 15th century, without description or cited evidence].

NMRS, MS/829/33.