Maritime record MHG38259 - STAR: SCRABSTER ROADS, THURSO BAY, PENTLAND FIRTH

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Grid reference Centred ND 1100 7000 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND17SW

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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ND17SW 8009 c. 11 70
N58 37 W3 32

Possibly on map sheet ND16NW.

NLO: Thurso [name: ND 115 687]
Scrabster [name: ND 102 702].
Thurso Bay [name centred ND 115 699].

Possibly on map sheet ND26NW or ND27SW. Whittaker locates the loss at 'Castlehill, Dunnet Sands', classifies the vessel as a '?sloop' and notes the cargo as salt.
['Castlehill' probably refers to Castletown [name: ND 196 678] and Dunnet Sands are presumably the extensive sands at the SE end of Dunnet Bay, around ND 21 69.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 September 2002.
I G Whittaker 1998.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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