Unknown: North House, Fair Isle, North Sea
Sloop (19th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Unknown: North House, Fair Isle, North Sea
Classification Sloop (19th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Skroo Lighthouse; North Lighthouse; Atlantic
Canmore ID 288846
Site Number HZ27SW 8072
NGR HZ 222 742
NGR Description HZ c. 222 742
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Maritime - Shetland Islands
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
HZ27SW 8072 c. 222 742
N59 33.2 W1 36.4
NLO: Fair Isle [name centred HZ 21 72].
(Classified as sloop(?): no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 November 1817). Unknown: this vessel was driven ashore at North House, Fair Isle. Registration: Dutch?
(Location of loss cited as N59 32.0 W1 36.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record remains tentative. The location of North House cannot be ascertained from thae available map evidence, but it may be equated with the North (Skroo) Lighthouse (HZ27SW 185.00) at HZ 22157 74090.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 1 June 2007.
