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Roslin Castle: Loch Broom

Craft (19th Century)

Site Name Roslin Castle: Loch Broom

Classification Craft (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Near Inverness'; 'three Miles From Ullapool'; Lochbroom; North Minch; Roslin Castle

Canmore ID 270479

Site Number NH09NE 8005

NGR NH 07 96

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270479

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NH09NE 8005 unlocated

NLO: Inverness [name: NH 665 455]

Ullapool [name: NH 125 942]

Loch Broom [name centred NH 10 93].

Formerly entered as NH19SW 8016 (unlocated).

See also NH19SW 8015 and NH19SE 8002.

Possibly on map sheets or NH19SE.

The SAMUEL, Murray, of Stornoway: the NANCY, McLeod: and the ROSLIN CASTLE, of Stornoway, were lost near Inverness in the late gales.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 4206, London, Tuesday November 24 1807.

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 5596).

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 4 November 1807). Roslin Castle: this vessel was wrecked three miles from Ullapool.

Registration: Ullapool.

(Location of loss cited as N57 55.0 W5 15.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

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

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 February 2005.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 8123

Name : ROSLIN CASTLE

Latitude : 575500

Longitude : 51500

Registration : STORNOWAY

Loss Day : 4

Loss Month : 11

Loss Year : 1807

Comment : Wrecked 3 miles from Ullapool.

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