Concora: A' Chreac, Stornoway, Lewis
Auxiliary Lugger (20th Century)
Site Name Concora: A' Chreac, Stornoway, Lewis
Classification Auxiliary Lugger (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bck 286; Eye Peninsula; Hen And Chicken Rock; Chicken Rock; Stornoway; Concora (Bck 286)
Canmore ID 296512
Site Number NB42NE 8007
NGR NB 497 287
NGR Description NB c. 497 287
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NB42NE 8007 c. 497 287
N58 10.6 W6 15.5
NLO: A' Chreac [name: NB 497 287]
Stornoway [name: NB 425 330]
Cala Steornabhaigh [name centred NB 431 315].
(Classified as Auxiliary Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as BCK 286, and date of loss as 26 August 1926). Concora: this vessel caught fire, was towed, and run ashore near Chicken Rock, Stornoway. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1899. 34grt. Length: 22m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.67 W6 15.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Chicken Rock is not noted on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably refers to the prominent isolated rock of A' Chreac.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 October 2008.
Loss (26 August 1926)
(Classified as Auxiliary Lugsail [lugger]: no cargo specified, but registration cited as BCK 286, and date of loss as 26 August 1926). Concora: this vessel caught fire, was towed, and run ashore near Chicken Rock, Stornoway. Capt. Smith.
Registration: Buckie. Built 1899. 34grt. Length: 22m. Beam: 5m.
(Location of loss cited as N58 10.67 W6 15.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (2 October 2008)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Chicken Rock is not noted on the 1997 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the name presumably refers to the prominent isolated rock of A' Chreac.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 October 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 12947
Name : CONCORA (BCK 286)
Latitude : 581040
Longitude : 61530
Date Built : 1899
Registration : BUCKIE
Type : AUX. LUGSAIL
Tonnage : 34
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 22
Beam : 5
Loss Day : 26
Loss Month : 8
Loss Year : 1926
Comment : Fire, towed and run ashore near Chicken Rock, Stornoway. Capt. Smith
