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Unknown: Loch Dunvegan, Skye, Little Minch
Craft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Unknown: Loch Dunvegan, Skye, Little Minch
Classification Craft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 'Under (Close By) Dunvegan Castle'
Canmore ID 295605
Site Number NG24NW 8002
NGR NG 245 490
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/295605
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG24NW 8002 245 490
N57 26.9 W6 35.5
NLO: Loch Dunvegan [name centred NG 21 53]
Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Not to be confused with NG24NW 8001.
(No classification, cargo or date of loss cited). Unknown: 1866 report. Under (close by) Dunvegan Castle. Only timbers left, very rotten.
(Location cited as N57 26.90 W6 35.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The cited location of this wreck falls to the W of Dunvegan Castle (NG24NW 7.00: NG 24740 49106), in the upper part of the loch. It presumably falls within the intertidal zone.
Loch Dunvegan is an extensive loch set into the NW side of Skye, to the W of Waternish.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 August 2008.
Loss (1866)
(No classification, cargo or date of loss cited). Unknown: 1866 report. Under (close by) Dunvegan Castle. Only timbers left, very rotten.
(Location cited as N57 26.90 W6 35.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (5 August 2008)
The cited location of this wreck falls to the W of Dunvegan Castle (NG 24NW 7.00: NG 24740 49106), in the upper part of the loch. It presumably falls within the intertidal zone.
Loch Dunvegan is an extensive loch set into the NW side of Skye, to the W of Waternish.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 August 2008.
