Archaeology Notes

Event ID 845279

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NF19NW 8005 c. 1049 9899

N57 48.64 W8 33.72

NLO: St Kilda [name: NF 09 99].

Possibly on map sheet NF09NE.

Formerly also entered as NF09NW 8001: location formerly also cited as NF c. 103 989 [N57 48.6 W8 33.9 and NF c. 10 98 [N57 48 W8 34].

The fishing boat [motor fishing vessel] Spinningdale ran aground and was wrecked on Hirta, the main island of the St Kilda archipelago during a storm in February 2008. The 14-strong crew was rescued.

Source: BBC News, 21 June 2008.

The 82ft [25m] motor trawler stranded at the foot of cliffs on Hirta, St Kilda, in February 2008.

[No accurate location cited: illustrated].

Source: Times 23 June 2008.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The published photograph depicts the vessel as intact and upright. Hirta or Hiort is the main island of the St Kilda group.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 July 2008.

The wreck of this vessel remains in situ, tucked into the foot of the cliff amongst rocks to S of the Factor's House [NF19NW 21.45: NF 1030 9924] on the E side of Village Bay. The NTS have no intention of removing it.

Information from RCAHMS (ARG), 7 July 2008.

A location at NF c. 103 989 appears appropriate to this record.

Village Bay is not noted as such on the 1996 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name applies to the prominent indentation, which is also known as Bagh a' Bhaile or Loch Hiort, set into the SE side of Hirta or Hiort, the main island of the St Kilda group.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 July 2008.

The correct location for this wreck is NF c. 1049 9899.

Information from RCAHMS (IGP), 21 July 2008.

This vessel has now split into two, the stern having broken away. The bow and midships portion has been washed up to a point hard against the base of the cliff.

Visited by RCAHMS (DRE), 5 May 2009.