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Unknown: Sandside Bay, Pentland Firth

Sloop (18th Century)

Site Name Unknown: Sandside Bay, Pentland Firth

Classification Sloop (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Sandside; North Sea

Canmore ID 288558

Site Number NC96NE 8017

NGR NC 963 657

NGR Description NC c. 963 657

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC96NE 8017 c. 963 657

N58 34 W3 47

NLO: Sandside Bay [name: ND 963 657]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss entered as 1788). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked at Bay of Sandside [Sandside Bay], possibly between 1781 and 1788.

(Location of loss cited as N58 34.0 W3 47.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.

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