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Lusitania: Cuillin Sound, Sea Of The Hebrides
Craft (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Lusitania: Cuillin Sound, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Craft (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) 'Near Sleat, Skye'; Point Of Sleat; Lusitania
Canmore ID 293113
Site Number NM59NE 8006
NGR NM 5936 9955
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293113
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NM59NE 8006 unlocated
NLO: Point of Sleat [name: NM 562 990]
Rubh' an Iasgaich [name: NG 551 025]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(No classification or cargo specified: date cited as 15 December 1832). Lusitania: headboard and wreckage [found] near Sleat, Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 1.75 W5 58.0).
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 date cited is presumably that of the reported discovery of wreckage.
The Cuillin Sound is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS map, but the term is applied to the waters between Rum (to the SW) and the SE part of Skye (to the NE). The Point of Sleat, the southernmost point of Skye, is at NM 562 990.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 4 March 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 15080
Name : LUSITANIA
Latitude : 570145
Longitude : 55800
Loss Day : 15
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1832
Comment : Headboard and wreckage near Sleat, Skye.
