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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 855933
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/855933
ND12SW 8004 c. 11 21
N58 10 W3 31
NLO: Berriedale [name: ND 121 229]
Dunbeath [name: ND 161 296].
Glasgow, 13th Oct. The MARGARET (sloop), from Inverness to Keiss, was driven on shore at Langwell during the gale 10th Oct., and went to pieces: crew and about a third of the cargo (tiles) saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,719, London, Tuesday October 14 1851.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8700).
(Classified as sloop, with cargo of tiles; date of loss cited as 10 October 1851). Margaret: this vessel was wrecked at Langwell.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1851. 16 tons burthern. Length: 12m. Beam: 3m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.50 W3 30.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. Langwell [name: ND 103 218] lies inland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 September 2006.
