Maritime record MHG52302 - UNKNOWN: FEARNS, OUTER LOCH TORRIDON

Summary

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Location

Grid reference NG 71 60 (point)
Map sheet NG76SW
Geographical Area MARITIME

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Full Description

NG76SW 8007 c. 72 61
N57 35 W5 49
NLO: Loch Torridon [name centred NG 76 59]
Rubha nan Fearn [name: NG 721 615]
Fearnmore [name: NG 723 606].
(No classification specified: cargo cited as timber, and date of loss as May 1797). Friends: wreck and cargo for sale at Fearns, West coast of Ross.
(Location of loss cited as N57 34.5 W5 47.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, and falls on the W side of the mouth of Loch Torridon. Fearns is not noted as such on the 1998 editrion of the OS 1:50,000 map.
This vessel presumably stranded at or close to the location of subsequent sale.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 July 2008. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 01/2009. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 295494.

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 12:57PM

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