Industry: Ardmore, Atlantic
Brig (19th Century)
Site Name Industry: Ardmore, Atlantic
Classification Brig (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ardmore Point; Sound Of Islay
Canmore ID 276739
Site Number NR45SE 8006
NGR NR 46 50
NGR Description NR c. 46 50
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/276739
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR45SE 8006 c. 46 50
N55 41 W6 2
NLO: Islay [name centred NR 38 60]
Ardmore [name: NR 466 505]
Ardmore Point [name: NR 474 508]
Sound of Islay [name centred NR 43 71].
Possibly on map sheet NR44NE.
Ardmore, Island of Islay, 23rd Feb. 'The INDUSTRY, of Dingwall, Forsyth, from Liverpool to Methel [Methil] & St. David's [St Davids], is on shore here, and full of water.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9973, London, Monday March 2 1846.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8067).
Coulorsay [Coultorsay], 22nd Feb. 'A brig is on shore at Ardmore, on the South side of this Island: all hands safe.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 9973, London, Monday March 2 1846.
NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 8068).
These location assigned to this record is essentially tentative..
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), possibly suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 November 2005.
