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Unknown: Inner Moray Firth
Ferry (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Inner Moray Firth
Classification Ferry (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fort George; Fortrose; Beauly Firth; Inverness Firth
Canmore ID 291886
Site Number NH75NE 8013
NGR NH
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/291886
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH75NE 8013 unlocated
NLO: Fort George [name: NH 762 567]
Fortrose [name: NH 727 564].
Possibly on map sheet NH75NW.
Not to be confused with NH75NE 8012.
(Classified as Ferry: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 15 December 1806). Unknown: the Fort George to Fortrose ferry [was] upset [capsized] with the loss of fourteen lives.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.0 W4 5.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially tentative, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.
The major artillery fortification of Fort George (NH75NE 3.00) is at NH 76079 56674.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2007.
