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Betsey And Janet: Duart Point, Mull, Sound Of Mull

Craft (19th Century)

Site Name Betsey And Janet: Duart Point, Mull, Sound Of Mull

Classification Craft (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Betsey & Janet; Castle Douart; Duart Castle; Loch Linnhe; Firth Of Lorn

Canmore ID 253031

Site Number NM73NW 8012

NGR NM 748 354

NGR Description NM c. 748 354

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NM73NW 8012 c. 748 354

N56 27.4 W5 39.3

NLO: Duart Point [name: NM 747 354]

Sound of Mull [name centred NM 58 46]

Firth of Lorn [name centred NM 69 19]

Loch Linnhe [name centred NM 86 47].

Greenock, 18th Dec. 'The BETSEY & JANET, Sinclair, is stranded at Castle Douart [Duart], Sound of Mull.'

Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 6596, London, Tuesday December 21 1830.

NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 6748).

This vessel probably stranded at Duart Point, just in front of the Duart Castle (Duart Castle (NM73NW 1.00, at NM 74893 35325).

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), suggesting that she was successfully refloated.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 December 2003..

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