Archaeology Notes

Event ID 867883

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS24SW 8105 c. 2247 4203

N55 38.36 W4 49.26

NLO: Ardrossan [name: NS 235 425].

(Classified as wooden smack, in ballast: date of loss cited as 13 October 1891). Catherine Stevenson: this vessel was in collision and wrecked whilst lying at [the] Old Dock, Ardrossan. Capt. Taylor.

Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1862. 17grt. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.

(Location of loss cited as N55 38.37 W4 49.30).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Old Dock (NS24SW 36.11) at Ardossan is at NS 22479 42038. Ardrossan Harbour (NS24SW 36.00) is centred around NS 22585 422219.

The remains of the vessel were presumably removed without delay from this constrained location.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 March 2010.