Unknown: Girdle Ness, Aberdeen, North Sea
Craft (16th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Girdle Ness, Aberdeen, North Sea
Classification Craft (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Girdleness; St Machar's Church Aberdeen; Unknown 1568
Canmore ID 312520
Site Number NJ90NE 8385
NGR NJ 973 053
NGR Description NJ c. 973 053
Datum Datum not recorded
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/312520
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NJ90NE 8385 c. 973 053
N57 8.3 W2 2.7
NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
(No classification specified: cargo cited as lead and bells, and date of loss1568). Unknown: [this vessel was] wrecked on Girdle Ness. Cargo stolen from St Machar [Machar's] Church [St Machar's Cathedral: NJ90NW 9.00].
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.40 W2 2.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
(Location entered as NJ c. 973 053 [N57 8.3 W2 2.7]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
St Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen (NJ90NW 9.00), is at NJ 93920 08785.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 August 2011.
Loss (1 January 1568 - 31 December 1568)
(No classification specified: cargo cited as lead and bells, and date of loss as 1568). Unknown: [this vessel was] wrecked on Girdle Ness. Cargo stolen from St Machar [Machar's] Church [St Machar's Cathedral: NJ90NW 9.00].
(Location of loss cited as N57 8.40 W2 2.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Named Location (Nlo) (25 August 2011)
NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]
Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].
Note (25 August 2011)
(Location entered as NJ c. 973 053 [N57 8.3 W2 2.7]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
St Machar's Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen (NJ90NW 9.00), is at NJ 93920 08785.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 August 2011.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 10897
Name : UNKNOWN 1568
Latitude : 570824
Longitude : 20230
Loss Year : 1568
Comment : Wrecked on Girdle Ness. Cargo stolen from St Machar Church, Aberdeen
Cargo : LEAD, BELLS
