Reference

Date March 2012

Event ID 960541

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/960541

Project Adair - ORCA data upload

Sitename : Rotherfield

Altname : Burra Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney

Note : MBES geophysical anomaly of blockship remains at N58 55.587 W3 18.68716 of high archaeological potential. An irregular shaped mound on the seabed aligned N-S, measures around 13.8 metres by 2.7 metres and is about 8 metres in height. It is situated in about 3.3 metres of water on irregular ground. Due to the nature of the supplied MBES survey data it is difficult to ascertain which blockship these remains could be associated with.

Kevin Heath (pers. comm) By position this could be the bow of the Blockship SS Rotherfield ADM 116/2073A (UKHO wreck No 1099).

Sources :

Kevin Heath (personal communication),2012

UKHO wreck report,2012,1099

Burra Sound at 2m resolution in WGS1984 Bathymetry id 2010-27833_ScapaFlowMain_Burra_2m_SB_WGS84.bag