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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

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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