MHG61505 - 1st Class Zulu wooden fishing boat - Loch Fleet

Summary

Remains of a 1st Class Zulu wooden fishing boat, Loch Fleet

Type and Period (1)

  • WRECK (19th Century to 20th Century - 1801 AD to 2000 AD)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Report in Northern Times May 12th 1995.
"Embo fishing fleet, after the war (1914-18) due to so many not returning and the migration of the herring that the boats constituting the fleet were taken round to loch Fleet and burned?". Memory of Richard Easson, Tain

As part of the Scotland’s Coastal Heritage at Risk Project (SCHARP) in 2014, a survey was carried out of a boat graveyard at Loch Fleet in partnership with the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) and the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS).

Vessel Q. The remains of a Zulu fishing boat, with a partially collapsed stem and raked stern in situ, apparently a 1st class boat based on extent of visible remains. 22 in situ floors (oak where examined) - possibly all floors present. External planking (possibly garboard strakes?) attached and in situ; keel and keelson presumably buried beneath these and ballast stones. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2009 aerial photographs. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7984 9499 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH79SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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