Archaeology Notes

Event ID 859508

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

(Classified as Gabbart: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1829). William: this vessel was wrecked near Cape Wrath.

Registration: Greenock. Built 1786. 52 tons burthern. Length: 14m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 38.0 W5 0.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 June 2008.