Bertha: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth
Dumb Barge (20th Century)
Site Name Bertha: Eyebroughy, Firth Of Forth
Classification Dumb Barge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ibris Rock; Eyebroughty; North Berwick; Outer Forth Estuary
Canmore ID 200249
Site Number NT48NE 8005
NGR NT 494 863
NGR Description NT c. 494 863
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT48NE 8005 c. 494 863
N56 4 W2 48.8
NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]
North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].
Possibly on map sheet NT58NW.
Loss (21 December 1900)
(Classified as wooden lighter, with cargo of salvage gear: date of loss cited as 21 December 1900). Bertha: [this vessel was] driven from mooring[s] beside a stranded steamer, and stranded at Ibris Rock.
Registration: Leith. Built 1863. 310 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N56 4.00 W2 46.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4614
Name : BERTHA
Latitude : 560400
Longitude : 24600
Date Built : 1863
Registration : LEITH
Type : LIGHTER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 310
Loss Day : 21
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1900
Comment : Driven from mooring beside a stranded steamer and stranded at Ibris Rk.
Cargo : SALVAGE GEAR
Named Location (Nlo) (28 February 2012)
NLO: Eyebroughy [name: NT 494 863]
North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].
Note (28 February 2012)
(Location entered as NT c. 494 863 [N56 4 W2 48.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Ibris Rock is not noted as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but is tentatively equated (follioqwing Larn and Larn) with the tidal islet of Eyebroughy.
The identity and location of the 'stranded steamer' remain unclear.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 February 2012.
