Aeolus: Clardon Head, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Schooner (19th Century)
Site Name Aeolus: Clardon Head, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Schooner (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Murkle Bay; Clarendon Head; Aeolus
Canmore ID 264322
Site Number ND17SE 8004
NGR ND 16 70
NGR Description ND c. 16 70
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND17SE 8004 c. 16 70
N58 37 W3 27
NLO: Clardon Head [name: ND 153 703]
Murkle Bay [name centred ND 171 694]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Thurso, 19th Jan., 11.45 a.m., NW, strong gale, the AEOLUS, of Inverness, Doyle, hence to Alloa, with pavement, went ashore, yesterday, at Clarendon [Clardon] head, and is a total wreck: crew saved.
Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 18,642, London, Tuesday January 20 [1874].
NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4046).
(Classified as schooner, with cargo of pavement: date of loss cited as 18 January 1874). Aeolus: this vessel stranded on rocks at Clarendon [Clardon] Head. Capt. Doyle.
Registration: Inverness. Built 1857. 112 tons [unspecified]. Length: 26m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.75 W3 27.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 5439
Name : AEOLUS
Latitude : 583645
Longitude : 32730
Date Built : 1857
Registration : INVERNESS
Type : SCHOONER
Tonnage : 112
Length : 26
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 18
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1874
Comment : Stranded on rocks at Clarendon Head. Capt. Doyle
Cargo : PAVEMENT
