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Unknown: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea

Craft (19th Century)(Possible)

Site Name Unknown: Sinclair's Bay, North Sea

Classification Craft (19th Century)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Freswick; Keiss

Canmore ID 285104

Site Number ND35NE 8030

NGR ND 37 56

NGR Description ND c. 37 56

Datum Datum not recorded

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

Archaeology Notes

ND35NE 8030 c. 37 56

N58 29 W3 5

NLO: Freswick [name: ND 370 675]

Freswick House [ND 377 670]

Freswick Bay [name: ND 383 675]

Keiss [name: ND 347 612]

Keiss Castle [name: ND 356 617]

Sinclair's Bay [name centred ND 37 56].

Possibly on map sheet or ND35SW.

Huna, 14th Dec. The hatch of a vessel, a bow sprit, and some barrels of tar, have driven on shore at Freswick and Keiss, Sinclair's Bay.

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 14,573, London, Tuesday December 18 1860.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 9985).

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.

The possible loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 December 2006.

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