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Mystery: Innerwell, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Mystery: Innerwell, Wigtown Bay, Solway Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mysyery; Inner Well; Innerwell Port; Innerwell Fishery; Baldoon Sands
Canmore ID 124515
Site Number NX44NE 8005
NGR NX 48 49
NGR Description NX c. 48 49
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/124515
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NX44NE 8005 c. 48 49
N54 49 W4 22
NLO: Innerwell Port [name: NX 480 494]
Baldoon Sands [name centred NX 482 495]
Wigtown Bay [name centred NX 52 48].
Formerly entered under classification Oyster Dredger, and at cited location NX 4840 4950 (N54 49.0 W4 21.5).
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 December 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3318
Name : MYSTERY
Latitude : 544900
Longitude : 42200
Date Built : 1879
Registration : Not Registered
Type : SMACK (WOOD)
Tonnage : 16
Position : All Gone
Loss Day : 28
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1899
Comment : Stranded Innerwell, Garlieston. Found bottom-up. Capt. Malone
Cargo : BALLAST
