MHG50658 - Star: 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: (10/05/2007 13:15:14)
ND16NE 8025 c. 19 68
N58 36 W3 24

NLO: Castlehill [name: ND 196 686]
Dunnet Bay [name centred ND 198 704]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet ND26NW.

(Classified as sloop?, with cargo of salt: date of loss cited as 24 April 1844). Star: this vessel was wrecked at Castlehill, Dunnet Sands. Capt. McClasty. Registration: Inverness.
(Location of loss cited as N58 35.80 W3 22.75).
I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this loss is essentially tentative. Castlehill Harbour (ND16NE 41.00) is at ND 1980 6861.
Dunnet Sands are not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map. The name probbaly applies to the extensive sands at the SE end of Dunnet Bay, around ND 21 69.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 May 2007.



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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 18 67 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND16NE
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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