Unknown: Rubha Nam Brathairean, Skye, Little Minch
Fishing Vessel (19th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Rubha Nam Brathairean, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Fishing Vessel (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'In A Small Creek Near Brothers Point, North Skye'; Unknown 1893
Canmore ID 295473
Site Number NG56SW 8001
NGR NG 527 628
NGR Description NG c. 527 628
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG56SW 8001 c. 527 628
N57 35.3 W6 8.3
NLO: Rubha nam Brathairean [name: NG 527 628]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as November 1893). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked in a small creek near Brothers Pt [Rubha nam Brathairean], North Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.25 W6 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presumably stranded in one or other of the two pronounced clefts on either side of the promontory of Rubha nam Brathairean.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 July 2008.
Loss (November 1893)
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essel]: date of loss cited as November 1893). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked in a small creek near Brothers Pt [Rubha nam Brathairean], North Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 35.25 W6 9.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (28 July 2008)
The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The vessel presumably stranded in one or other of the two pronounced clefts on either side of the promontory of Rubha nam Brathairean.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 July 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3501
Name : UNKNOWN 1893
Latitude : 573515
Longitude : 60900
Type : FV
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1893
Comment : Wrecked in a small creek near Brothers Pt, North Skye
