Moir: Corran Pier, Loch Linnhe
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Moir: Corran Pier, Loch Linnhe
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Corran Narrows; Corran Ferry
Canmore ID 255264
Site Number NN06SW 8007
NGR NN 016 637
NGR Description NN c. 016 637
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NN06SW 8007 c. 016 637
N56 43.4 W5 14.6
NLO: Corran Narrows [name: NN 017 632]
Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].
Fort William, 16th Feb., the MOIR, of Banff, with slates, is stranded at Corran, expected to be saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,044, London, Saturday February 17 1872.
Fort William, 16th Feb., the MOIR, of Banff, which ran ashore in Corran yesterday, struck on the Ferry pier, and being holed is now sunk. At high water she is almost covered, but it is expected that both vessel and cargo will be got up. She was bound from Ballachulish to Dundee, with slates, Smith, master.[Record received incomplete].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 3753).
The 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map notes a pier at NN 016 637. The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that the vessel was successfully recovered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 April 2004.
