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Moroccolo (Possibly): Aultbea, Loch Ewe, North Minch
Craft (20th Century)
Site Name Moroccolo (Possibly): Aultbea, Loch Ewe, North Minch
Classification Craft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Aultbea Pier
Canmore ID 291402
Site Number NG88NE 8006
NGR NG 8679 8892
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291402
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG88NE 8006 8679 8892
N57 50.35 W5 35.53
NLO: Aultbea [name: NG 874 892]
Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].
See also NG88NE 8005.
Moroccolo (possibly). Date of loss cited as 5 January 1935. [No further information].
(Location cited as N57 50.35 W5 35.53).
I G Whittaker 1998.
This entry by Whittaker presumably refers to a surviving wreck. The cited location falls within the intertidal area to the N of Aultbea pier and jetty (NG88NE 9.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 November 2007.
I G Whittaker 1998.
