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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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