Archaeology Notes

Event ID 860069

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NG46NE 8003 c. 492 693

N57 38.6 W6 12.2

NLO: Staffin Bay [name centred NG 481 691]

Staffin Island [name: NG 492 693]

Skye [name centred NG 45 35].

(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: registration cited as PD 261, and date of loss as 11 October 1985). Fionella: this vessel stranded on Staffin [Island], Skye. All gone?

Registration: Peterhead. Length: 20m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 38.67 W6 12.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. It remains uncertain whether the vessel stranded on the W (Staffin Bay) or E (North Minch) side of the island.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 2008.