Unknown: Setter, Pentland Firth
Craft (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Setter, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near John O' Groats'; North Sea
Canmore ID 288378
Site Number ND37SE 8041
NGR ND 38 73
NGR Description ND c. 38 73
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND37SE 8041 c. 38 73
N58 38 W3 4
NLO: John o' Groats [name centred ND 385 727]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet ND37SW.
(Classified as fishing boat: date of loss cited as 25 December 1828). Unknown: this vessel was upset and lost at Setter, near John o'Groats.
(Location of loss cited as N58 38.5 W3 7.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location and map sheet assigned to this record are essentially tentative. The location of Setter cannot be established from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 May 2007.
