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Unknown: Kincardine Foreshore, River Forth
Boat
Site Name Unknown: Kincardine Foreshore, River Forth
Classification Boat
Alternative Name(s) Kincardine Bridge, Vessel 5; Kincardine-on-forth; Kincardine, Fife, Ship Graveyard
Canmore ID 147372
Site Number NS98NW 8006
NGR NS 9250 8760
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/147372
- Council Fife
- Parish Maritime - Fife
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS98NW 8006 9250 8760
N 56 4.15 W 3 43.62
NLO: Kincardine-on-Forth [name: NS 932 875].
For other wrecks within the Kincardine Bridge ship graveyard, see NS98NW 8002-5 and 8007-15.
For structures within the area NS 9275 8732 to NS 9257 8765, see NS98NW 337.
(Maritime Fife database no. NS98NW 170.14). This wreck has been identified as the incomplete temains of a small wooden boat of carvel construction; the surviving length and beam being recorded as 7.65m and 2.6m respectively. The vessel may have broken into two halves, one of which has been buried or (more probably) washed away. The dimensions of the frames and futtocks have been recorded and stone ballast is evident.
The wreck lies WNW-ESE in very deep silt and is easy of access, being uncovered between one and two hours either side of low water.
NMRS, MS/829/10, pp. 57-60 ('vessel 5').
