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Mary: Ravensheugh, Firth Of Forth
Brigantine (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Ravensheugh, Firth Of Forth
Classification Brigantine (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Ravenheugh'; 'west Of Dunbar'; Ravensheugh Sands; Outer Forth Estuary; Mary
Canmore ID 273275
Site Number NT68SW 8052
NGR NT 628 819
NGR Description NT c. 628 819
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Maritime - East Lothian
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT68SW 8052 c. 628 819
N56 1.7 W2 35.8
NLO: Dunbar [name: NT 678 790]
Scoughall Rocks [name: NT 618 835]
Peffer Sands [name: NT 623 825]
Ravensheugh Sands [name: NT 627 819]
North Berwick [name: NT 55 85].
Dunbar, 12th Oct. 'The MARY, Hill, from Dordt to Grangemouth, was driven on shore to the Westward, this morning, during a heavy gale, and is expected to become a wreck; crew saved.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9234, London, Saturday October 14 1843.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7797).
(Classified as brigantine, in ballast: date of loss cited as 12 October 1843). Mary: this vessel stranded near Ravenheugh [Ravensheugh], West of Dunbar. Registration: Crail.
(Location of loss cited as N56 1.75 W2 36.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Ravensheugh is not noted as such on the 1995 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
The classification and location of loss cited by Whittaker remain unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 July 2005.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 14278
Name : MARY
Latitude : 560145
Longitude : 23600
Registration : CRAIL
Type : BRIGANTINE
Loss Day : 12
Loss Month : 10
Loss Year : 1843
Comment : Stranded near Ravenheugh, west of Dunbar. Capt. Hill Expected wreck
Cargo : BALLAST
