Reference

Date 2011

Event ID 963739

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963739

NM 7433 6124 The Molly left Strontian in December 1739 with 115 tons of lead bars, each bar weighing 8 stones Amsterdam (or 9 stones Avoirdupois). It ran into a skerry to the SSW of Rubha an Daimh in Loch Sunart and sank. No further details are known but the cargo was later salvaged by Jacob Rowe at a cost of £200. The skerry has since been known as Sgeir Mhali, the Molly’s Skerry.

Funder: Garbh Chriochan a’ Deas Lost Place Names Survey

Jim Kirby, 2011