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Violet (Possibly): Littleferry, Loch Fleet, North Sea
Boat
Site Name Violet (Possibly): Littleferry, Loch Fleet, North Sea
Classification Boat
Alternative Name(s) Littleferry Pier; 'near Littleferry'
Canmore ID 97584
Site Number NH89NW 8012
NGR NH 8057 9560
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/97584
- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH89NW 8012 8057 9560
N57 56.02 W4 1.11
Formerly entered as Littleferry, Pier, Derelict Ship (RCAHMS NH89NW 19.01, within Golspie parish).
Beached forward section of wooden boat. At time of photographing structural features of hull and deck were well
preserved.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 12 August 1996.
(No classification, cargo or date of loss specified). Violet: this vessel was abandoned on shore near Littleferry after the First World War and left to rot.
(Location cited as N57 56.00 W4 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The equation of this vessel with the recorded abandonment of the Violet remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted.The available photograph (JR Hume, 1974) records the bow portion (only) of a heavily-timbered vessel. The decking and much of the planking have been lost.
The location assigned to this record remains unverified. Littleferry (North) Pier (NH89NW 19.00) is at NH 80572 95590.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 January 2011.
RCAHMS, SC/440367.
Note (12 August 1996)
Beached forward section of wooden boat. At time of photographing structural features of hull and deck were well preserved.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 12 August 1996.
Note (26 January 2011)
The equation of this vessel with the recorded abandonment of the Violet remains unverified, but is tentatively accepted. The available photograph (JR Hume, 1974) records the bow portion (only) of a heavily-timbered vessel. The decking and much of the planking have been lost.
The location assigned to this record remains unverified. Littleferry (North) Pier (NH89NW 19.00) is at NH 80572 95590.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 January 2011.
RCAHMS, SC/440367.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7689
Name : VIOLET
Latitude : 575600
Longitude : 40000
Comment : Abandoned on shore near Littleferry after First World War and left to rot.
Loss
(No classification, cargo or date of loss specified). Violet: this vessel was abandoned on shore near Littleferry after the First World War and left to rot.
(Location cited as N57 56.00 W4 0.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
