Archaeology Notes

Event ID 852105

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR96SE 8007 c. 990 640

N55 49.6 W5 12.6

NLO: Ardlamont Point [name centred NR 989 637]

Kyles of Bute [name centred NS 040 730]

Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].

Greenock, 8th Mar. The cargo, saltpetre and sulphur, if the ISABELLA (smack), wrecked at Ardlamont Point, together with her hull and fittings, were sold yesterday.

Source, LL, No. 17,440, London, Thursday, March 10 1870.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11767).

(Classified as smack, with cargo of saltpetre and sulphur: date of loss cited as 25 February 1870). Isabella: this vessel was wrecked at Ardlamont Point. Capt. Robertson.

Registration: Greenock. Built 1841. 30 tons burthern. Length: 17m. Beam: 4m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 49.50 W5 12.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

The date of loss that is cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 February 2007.