Unknown: Kincardine Foreshore, River Forth
Boat
Site Name Unknown: Kincardine Foreshore, River Forth
Classification Boat
Alternative Name(s) Kincardine Bridge, Vessel 1; Kincardine-on-forth; Kincardine, Fife, Ship Graveyard
Canmore ID 147356
Site Number NS98NW 8002
NGR NS 9280 8727
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS98NW 8002 9280 8727
N 56 3.98 W 3 43.32
NLO: Kincardine-on-Forth [name: NS 932 875].
For other wrecks within the Kincardine Bridge ship graveyard, see NS98NW 8003-15.
For structures within the area NS 9275 8732 to NS 9257 8765, see NS98NW 337.
(Maritime Fife database no. NS98NW 170.01). This wreck has been identified as that of a 19th century salmon fishing boat of wooden construction. It measures 13m in length and 4m in beam and has a transom stern; iron fastenings and concretion deposits are apparent.
The wreck lies N-S in 1m depth of silt and is easy of access, being uncovered three hours either side of low water.
NMRS, MS/829/10, pp. 24-9 ('vessel 1').
Wooden ship hulk.
Site recorded by Maritime Fife during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, Kincardine to Fife Ness 1996