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Cretetree: An Acarseid A' Tuath, Caolas Scalpaigh, Loch Tarbert, Little Minch

Concrete Barge (20th Century)

Site Name Cretetree: An Acarseid A' Tuath, Caolas Scalpaigh, Loch Tarbert, Little Minch

Classification Concrete Barge (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Creteree; Sound Of Scalpay; Scalpay, North Harbour; North Minch; Loch An Tairbeairt; Cretetree

Canmore ID 102877

Site Number NG29NW 8003

NGR NG 2146 9718

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Maritime - Western Isles
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NG29NW 8003 2146 9718

N57 52.6333 W6 41.9333

NLO: Scalpay (Scalpaigh) [name centred NG 23 95]

An Acarseid a' Tuath [name centred NG 212 971]

Loch an Tairbeairt [name centred NG 188 962].

Formerly entered under classification Transport Craft; Cargo Vessel; Coal Hulk

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Buoyage =

Orientation of keel/wreck = EW

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The vessel, a concrete collier, was believed to have been in Scapa Flow during World War II.

Surveying Details

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5 October 1970. The wreck was sited at 042.5 degrees, 533.4 metres from Creag nah Tlaire trig point 136.

Report by HMS WOODLARK dated 26 August 1970.

The wreck is shown, lying with its keel on an orientation of 090/270 degrees with mast, in 57 52 38N, 006 41 56W on survey k6192/1.

1 October 1971. A photo was supplied. The wreck is 200 feet (61 metres) long, constructed of concrete. It was once used as a coal hulk and is now permanently grounded and used as a jetty and store.

Report by HMS WOODLARK dated 17 September 1971.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

Now used as a store for fisherman's equipment, photographed during visit.

Information from RCAHMS, June 1997.

(Classified as concrete hulk: date cited as c. 1953?). Cretetree: this vessel is stranded, and in use as a coal hulk.

Registration: Stornoway. Built 1919. 711grt. Length: 60m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 52.63 W6 41.93).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The cited location falls within An Acarseid a' Tuath, a prominent inlet at the W end of Scalpay (Scalpaigh). This is presumably the inlet that is cited as North Harbour. It remains unclear how and when the vessel reached its present location.

The available imagery depicts a hulked vessel which is of considerable size, apparently of no great age, and without evident parallel in form or function. It remains intact and in good condition.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 March 2007.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 2067

Name : CRETETREE

Latitude : 575238

Longitude : 64156

Date Built : 1919

Registration : STORNOWAY

Type : HULK (CONCRETE)

Tonnage : 711

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 60

Position : Exact Position

Loss Year : 1953

Comment : In use as a coal hulk, stranded. Circa-1953?

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