MHG50634 - Mary: Dunnet Sands, Dunnet Bay, Pentland Firth

Summary

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (Undated)
  • SLOOP (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (08/05/2007 10:07:54)
ND26NW 8020 c. 21 69
N58 36 W3 22

NLO: Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702]
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND27SW.

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 7 December 1809). Mary: this vessel ran foulf of anchor at Scrabster, and was wrecked on Dunnet Sands. Registration: Thurso.
(Location of loss cited as N58 36.5 W3 21.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. The Dunnet Sands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map; the name presumably applies to the extensive area of sands that is depicted around the SE end of Dunnet Bay.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 May 2007.



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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 20 69 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND26NW

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