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Unknown: Dubh-sgier Mhor, Tongue Bay, Pentland Firth
Craft (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Unknown: Dubh-sgier Mhor, Tongue Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Craft (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Talmine Skerries; Black Rocks; Kyle Of Tongue; Unknown
Canmore ID 295001
Site Number NC56SE 8012
NGR NC 5982 6454
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295001
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC56SE 8012 5982 6454
N58 32.80 W4 24.53
NLO: Dubh-Sgeir Mhor [name: NC 598 645]
Kyle of Tongue [name centred NC 58 58]
Tongue Bay [name centred NC 60 61]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
See also NC66SW 8001.
(No classification, cargo or date of loss specified). Unknown: verbal report of a wooden vessel under the Ashbury (NC66SW 8001).
(Location of loss cited as N58 32.80 W4 24.53).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location cited by Whittaker remains unverified, but is accepted. It falls on the island of Dubh-Sgeir Mhor, within the West side of the entrance to the Tongue Bay and the Kyle of Tongue.
The report of a timber wreck remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1271
Name : UNKNOWN
Latitude : 583248
Longitude : 42432
Type : (WOOD)
Comment : Verbal report of wooden vessel under the ASHBURY
