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Unknown: Uamh An Tairbh, Loch Varkasaig, Duirinish, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Craft (Period Unknown)
Site Name Unknown: Uamh An Tairbh, Loch Varkasaig, Duirinish, Skye, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Craft (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Bicary Point; Loch Bracadale; Unknown
Canmore ID 101937
Site Number NG24SE 8001
NGR NG 25592 41737
NGR Description NG c. 255 417
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101937
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG24SE 8001 c. 255 417
N57 23 W6 34.1
NLO: Loch Bracadale [name centred NG 285 380]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Formerly entered as NG24SE 8446 at cited location NG 2559 4173 [N 57 23 W 6 34].
(Location cited at NG c. 256 420 and name as Uamh an Tairbh, Loch Varkasaig).
G Ridley 1990.
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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16 October 1970. At a place known locally as Bicary Point (possibly after a vessel called BICARY) china plates with a floral decoration have been located in 11 metres. The remains of a large wooden windlass lies on the beach and is dated by the locals to about 1910. The site was located by divers during the summer of 1970.
The position given [NG 2559 4173: N57 23 W6 34] is the approximate location of Bicary Point.
Report by B R Johnson, from a letter dated 7 October 1970 and received via Lloyds, 14 October 1970.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Neither Uamh an Tairbh nor Bicary Point is noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. Neither Larn and Larn nor Whittaker (both works 1998) note the loss of a vessel named Bicary in Scottish waters.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 April 2002.
R and B Larn 1998; I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 001911
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.38333,-6.56667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.38304,-6.56769
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.38333,-6.56667
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : -1
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : UNKNOWN
Contact Description : Notable debris
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1970
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H4427/70 16.10.70 AT A PLACE KNOWN LOCALLY AS BICARY PT, POSSIBLY AFTER A VESSEL CALLED BICARY [NOT RELIABLE]. CHINA PLATES WITH A FLORAL DECORATION HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN 6 FMS. THE REMAINS OF A LARGE WOODEN WINDLASS LIES ON THE BEACH DATED BY THE LOCALS AS ABOUT 1910. LOCATED BY DIVERS IN SUMMER OF 1970. (B R JOHNSON, LTR 7.10.70, VIA LLOYDS LTR 14.10.70). POSN 572300N, 063400W FOR FILING ONLY.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 18/03/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 18/03/2009
