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Taindale: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea

Brig (18th Century)

Site Name Taindale: Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea

Classification Brig (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Toftsness; North Ronaldsay Firth; Taindale

Canmore ID 269229

Site Number HY74NE 8002

NGR HY 76 47

NGR Description HY c. 76 47

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Orkney
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

HY74NE 8002 c. 76 47

N59 19 W2 25

NLO: Sanday [name centred HY 67 40]

North Ronaldsay Firth [name centred HY 74 49]

Tofts Ness [name centred HY 760 471].

(Classified as brig, with cargo of flax and logs: date of loss as 19 November 1778). Taindale: this vessel stranded at Toftsness [Tofts Ness], Sanday. Possibly all gone and later loss? Registration: maryport.

(Location of loss cited as N59 18.0 W2 25.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

It remains unclear or not whether this vessel was successfully recovered.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 December 2004.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 12326

Name : TAINDALE

Latitude : 591845

Longitude : 22500

Registration : MARYPORT

Type : BRIG

Loss Day : 19

Loss Month : 11

Loss Year : 1778

Comment : Stranded at Toftsness, Sanday. Possibly AG and later loss ?

Cargo : FLAX, LOGS

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