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Unknown: Strathnaver, Atlantic
Craft (17th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Strathnaver, Atlantic
Classification Craft (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'Upon The Coast Of Strathnaver'; Pentland Firth
Canmore ID 294998
Site Number NC66SE 8005
NGR NC
NGR Description Unlocated
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC66SE 8005 unlocated
NLO: Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
Possibly on map sheet NC76SW.
(No classification specified: cargo cited as wine, brandy, spices and iron, and date of loss as 1671). Unknown: this vessel was 'cast upon the coast of Strathnaver'. Robert Gordon, son [of the] Earl of Sutherland dies.
Registration: Dutch. 250 tons burthern.
(Location of loss cited as N58 33.0 W4 15.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker. The available evidence may indicate that the vessel stranded at or near the ill-defined mouth of the River Naver, which debouches into Torrisdale Bay at NC c. 69 61, opposite Bettyhill. The area is one of extensive (and presumably migratory) sand dunes.
Infirmation from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
