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Roslin Castle: Stonehaven Harbour, Stonehaven Bay, North Sea

Lugger (19th Century)

Site Name Roslin Castle: Stonehaven Harbour, Stonehaven Bay, North Sea

Classification Lugger (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Stonehaven Harbour, Back Of South Pier; Roslin Castle

Canmore ID 199918

Site Number NO88NE 8012

NGR NO 877 854

NGR Description NO c. 877 854

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NO88NE 8012 c. 877 854

N56 57.6 W2 12.2

NLO: Stonehaven [name: NO 878 855]

Stonehaven Bay [name centred NO 880 862].

Location of loss formerly entered as NO c. 879 854 [N56 57.6 W2 11.9].

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 December 1899). Roslin Castle: [this vessel] stranded [at the] back of [the] South pier, Stonehaven [harbour]. Ca[pt. Leiper.

Not registered. Built 1895. 15 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N56 57.67 W2 11.75).

I G Whittaker 1998.

(Location entered as NO c. 877 854 [N56 57.6 W2 12.20]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Stonehaven Harbour (NO88NE 56.00) is centred at NO 87764 85415.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 October 2001.

Activities

Loss (26 December 1899)

(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 26 December 1899). Roslin Castle: [this vessel] stranded [at the] back of [the] South pier, Stonehaven [harbour]. Ca[pt. Leiper.

Not registered. Built 1895. 15 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N56 57.67 W2 11.75).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Named Location (Nlo) (24 October 2001)

NLO: Stonehaven [name: NO 878 855]

Stonehaven Bay [name centred NO 880 862].

Location of loss formerly entered as NO c. 879 854 [N56 57.6 W2 11.9].

Note (24 October 2001)

(Location entered as NO c. 877 854 [N56 57.6 W2 12.20]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Stonehaven Harbour (NO88NE 56.00) is centred at NO 87764 85415.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 October 2001.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 3320

Name : ROSLIN CASTLE

Latitude : 565740

Longitude : 21145

Date Built : 1895

Registration : Not Registered

Type : LUGGER (WOOD)

Tonnage : 15

Loss Day : 26

Loss Month : 12

Loss Year : 1899

Comment : Stranded back of south pier, Stonehaven. Capt. Leiper

Cargo : BALLAST

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