Cellarhead: Port Sgiogarstaigh, Lewis, North Minch
Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Cellarhead: Port Sgiogarstaigh, Lewis, North Minch
Classification Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Skegirsta Quay; Port Sgiogarstaigh Pier; Cellarhead
Canmore ID 295105
Site Number NB56SW 8013
NGR NB 549 621
NGR Description NB c. 549 621
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB56SW 8013 c. 549 621
N58 28.7 W6 12.3
NLO: Sgiogarstaigh [name centred NB 549 617]
Port Sgiogarstaigh [name centred NB 550 620].
Possibly on map sheet NB56SE.
(Classified as Wooden Lugsail [Lugger], in ballast: date of loss cited as 27 November 1912). Cellarhead: this vessel was driven from mooring and stranded at Skegirsta [Sgiogarstaigh] Quay, Lewis.
Registration: Stornoway. Built 1905. 3 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N58 28.75 W6 12.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Skegirsta [Sgiogarstaigh] Quay is presumably to be equated with Port Sgiogarstaigh Pier (NB56NW 65), at NB 5491 6210.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 4532
Name : CELLARHEAD
Latitude : 582845
Longitude : 61200
Date Built : 1905
Registration : STORNOWAY
Type : LUGSAIL (WOOD)
Tonnage : 3
Loss Day : 27
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1912
Comment : Driven from mooring and stranded at Skegirsta Quay, Lewis
Cargo : BALLAST
