MHG52040 - UNKNOWN: DUIRINISH, SKYE, SEA OF THE HEBRIDES

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Type and Period (2)

  • WRECK (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CRAFT (Unknown date)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NG14NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Skye [name centred NG 45 35].
Possibly on map sheets NG13NE, NG14NW, NG14sw, NG14SE, NG15NE, NG15SW, NG15SE, NG23NW, NG23NE, NG24NW, NG24NE, NG24SW, NG24SE or NG25SW.
(Classified as F[ishing] V[essels], with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 21 December 1858). Unknown: thirty fishing boats have been wrecked on or about Durnish [Duirinish] Parish, Skye.
(Location of loss cited as N57 10.0 W6 30.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location cited by Whittaker is presumably arbitrary, but does not accord with that cited in the primary account .
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 August 2008. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference SV 0000 0000
Map sheet SV00SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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