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Agnes Campbell: Rubh A' Mhill Bhain, Loch Inchard, North Minch

Schooner (19th Century)

Site Name Agnes Campbell: Rubh A' Mhill Bhain, Loch Inchard, North Minch

Classification Schooner (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Moulbain, South Side Loch Inchard'; Atlantic; Agnes Campbell

Canmore ID 256426

Site Number NC25NW 8007

NGR NC 20 55

NGR Description NC c. 20 55

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NC25NW 8007 c. 20 55

N58 27 W5 5

NLO: Loch Inchard [name centred NC 23 55]

Rubh a' Mhill Bhain [name: NC 210 553]

Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].

Possibly on map sheet NC15NE.

25 December 1874, AGNES CAMPBELL, 20yrs old, of Perth, wooden schooner, 70 tons, 4 crew, Master J. McLeod, Owner J. Mackie, departed Whitehaven for Thurso, carrying coal, wind W1, stranded, Moulbain [Rubh a' Mhill Bhain], S. side Loch Inchard.

Source: PP Abstracts Returns of Wrecks and Casualties on Coasts of the UK 1874 - 75 (1875 [C.1341] LXX.501).

Wick, 29th Dec., the AGNES CAMPBELL (schr.), of Perth, McLeod, from Whitehaven to Thurso, with coal, struck on a rock in turning out of Loch Inchart, 25th Dec., and was run ashore making five feet of water per hour: crew saved.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,944, London, Saturday January 9 1875.

NMRS, MS/829/69 (no. 2521).

(Classified as schooner: no cargo specified but date of loss cited as 26 December 1874). Agnes Campbell: this vessel was wrecked at Loch Inchard and sold as a wreck. Capt. Laren.

Registration: Perth. Built 1854. 70 tons burthern. Length: 19m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 27.0 W5 5.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 April 2004.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 15325

Name : AGNES CAMPBELL

Latitude : 582700

Longitude : 50500

Date Built : 1854

Registration : PERTH

Type : SCHOONER

Tonnage : 70

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 19

Beam : 5

Loss Day : 26

Loss Month : 12

Loss Year : 1874

Comment : Wrecked at Loch Inchard and sold as a wreck. Capt. Laren

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