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Fowey: Isle Of Ewe, Loch Ewe, North Minch

Sloop (19th Century)

Site Name Fowey: Isle Of Ewe, Loch Ewe, North Minch

Classification Sloop (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Gray Hound

Canmore ID 295183

Site Number NG88NW 8012

NGR NG 84 88

NGR Description NG c. 84 88

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NG88NW 8007 c. 84 88

N57 50 W5 38

NLO: Isle of Ewe [name centred NG 850 883]

Loch Ewe [name centred NG 84 86].

Possibly on map sheet NG88NE.

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 8 May 1830). Gray Hound: this vessel was wrecked on [the] Isle of Ewe.

Registration: Inverness. Built 1810. 8 tons burthern. Length: 7m. Beam: 3m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 50.0 W5 40.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 July 2008.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 97

Name : GRAY HOUND

Latitude : 575000

Longitude : 54000

Date Built : 1810

Registration : INVERNESS

Type : SLOOP

Tonnage : 8

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 7

Beam : 3

Loss Day : 8

Loss Month : 5

Loss Year : 1830

Comment : Wrecked on Isle of Ewe.

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