EHG5132 - Timber Recovery and Site Inspection - Unknown Wreck, Galmisdale Bay, Isle of Eigg

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archaeology

Date

Jan/Feb 2016

Description

WA Coastal & Marine was commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland to complete a range of tasks relating to the Galmisdale wreck. These tasks including the retrieval of previously recovered timbers believed to be from the Galmisdale wreck, as well as a monitoring inspection and sandbagging of the wreck. The timbers, recovered from local storage on Eigg as well as some in the care of the Highland Council in Inverness were to be recorded and subjected to dendrochronological analysis (carried out by AOC Archaeology). This work was undertaken as part of the contract for Underwater Archaeology Services (HS/C/2804). <1>

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Location

Location Galmisdale Bay, Isle of Eigg
Grid reference Centred NM 4849 8388 (37m by 37m)
Map sheet NM48SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Operational Area ROSS SKYE AND LOCHABER
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Wreck - Galmisdale Point, Eigg (Maritime)

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2021 1:18PM

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