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Unknown: Sleat
Craft (17th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Sleat
Classification Craft (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Slate; Sound Of Sleat; Sea Of The Hebrides
Canmore ID 296632
Site Number NG70NW 8002
NGR NG
NGR Description Unlocated
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296632
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NG70NW 8002 unlocated
NLO: Sound of Sleat [name centred NG 72 09].
See also NB35NE 8052 (Lewis), NF86NW 8010 (North Wist/North Uist), and NG08NW 8005 (Inshgall).
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 1671). Unknown: several ships were cast away and brock [broken] about Lewes [Lewis], Inshgall, Noirth Wist [North Uist] and Slate [Sleat].
(No relevant location of loss cited).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, and it remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 October 2008.
Loss (1671)
(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 1671). Unknown: several ships were cast away and brock [broken] about Lewes [Lewis], Inshgall, Noirth Wist [North Uist] and Slate [Sleat].
(No relevant location of loss cited).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (15 October 2008)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, and it remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 October 2008.
