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Unknown: Waternish Point, Skye, Little Minch

Craft (18th Century)

Site Name Unknown: Waternish Point, Skye, Little Minch

Classification Craft (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Vaternish Point

Canmore ID 295403

Site Number NG26NW 8003

NGR NG 233 670

NGR Description NG c. 233 670

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NG26NW 8003 c. 233 670

N57 36.5 W6 38

NLO: Waternish Point [name: NG 233 670]

Skye [name centred NG 45 35].

(No classification specified: cargo cited as timber and iron, and date of loss as October 1798). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked at Vaternish Point [Waternish Point], Skye.

(Location of loss cited as N57 37.0 W6 38.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 July 2008.

Activities

Loss (October 1798)

(No classification specified: cargo cited as timber and iron, and date of loss as October 1798). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked at Vaternish Point [Waternish Point], Skye.

(Location of loss cited as N57 37.0 W6 38.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (24 July 2008)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 July 2008.

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